This is the spot for ballooning. Share your stuff here.
Earl
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This is the spot for ballooning. Share your stuff here.
Earl
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Earl -
Did the plane end up going where you told it? How did you solve activating the servo's at the right time?
I am trying to get everything together for a launch, using APM2.5. No APRS, just a modified cell phone for recovery(sends SMS of location).
Thanks. Lincoln
We are testing the aprs locating hardware. The website is aprs.fi and the callsign is ke5vsh. We are testing all weekend so you should see it.
Launch is from the Walmart parking lot in Edgewood Nm at 8am. Watch the track in the inet.
Earl
All the equipment has not arrived yet.
Here is what we are flying this time.
APM2 with data recording.
433mhz 3D radios with 1 watt amplifier.
5watt ATV video TX on 439.25mhz
10 watt APRS system for live tracking on the Internet.
3 small video cameras up/down/side view with 16gb data recording cards
The APRS system will have a high altitude GPS unit on it.
900mhz 1watt XBee radio to send telemetry
3 5000 ma 11.7 volt lipo batteries.
Cut away thermal system to cut balloon from package controlled by XBee radio
You may view the flight via aprs.fi on the Internet starting at 8 am mountain time 5/15/12
Earl
More to come.
I fly a Cameron Z 400 is that enough stuff ;-)