How do you steer a hot air balloon?

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I’ve heard people say things like they choose a wind current or something, but that sounds so imprecise and doesn’t make a lot of sense… Like I’ve heard the wind moving in different directions at different elevations? But when you get close to whatever field you’re trying to land in what happens if the wind starts blowing you a different direction?

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The only thing you can do is change your altitude such that you move with the direction of the wind.

However because drag is the only force driving this change, you can’t really control your “turning radius”, so it is very limited control.

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