We've just installed the Pi in the Sky telemetry board in our Vulture 2 spaceplane, and while it's primarily for High Altitude Ballooning (HAB) missions, we're using it as part of our onboard Raspberry Pi rig.
It's a nifty bit of kit, combining GPS and radio transmitter. As well as beaming lo-res Raspberry Picam images from aloft via SSDV (Slow Scan Digital Video), it also allows hi-res stuff to be recorded to the Pi's SD card for later recovery.
Hats off to Dave Akerman and Anthony Stirk for this handy board, and there's more on our installation here.
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Thank you.
@Michael: It's one-way traffic only between the Pi and the ground.
is this device capable of two-way data traffic from the pi to a ground station??
my readings suggest not but interested to be proven wrong.
Well to be done just before launch or lunch whichever is best
That'd work, although it'd be a bugger to replace anything if necessary.
I wonder if expana foam could be sprayed inside to fix everything for very little weight. Not sure if its conductive or not. Not the servos of course.
I wake up in a cold sweat seeing stuff flying about inside the aircraft. The Playmonaut is indeed off the partying,
I still see lots of thread bar taking a free ride to space! I hope that playmobilnaut is following an exercise routine. No late night bar action and fast food for him. Does he really need a cup, I am hoping that's just because he is testing.
Everything is within our weight limits. It has to be built like a brick outhouse, or we're going to have trouble.
Should be available on spacenear - we'll advise nearer the date.
Eish you have some heavy weight hardware bolting stuff together there you could save a stack of weight just reducing the extra thread on the bolts. How is the CG looking with the wings on?? I assume you are checking frequently.
As regards the Pi board, in the words of Andy- I want one
Will LOHAN pop up herehttp://spacenear.us/tracker/ ? I will watch with interest if so.