It flew ! For 50 feet off ground. Premature rope cut ! Dang....getting closer
Moment of ground release.
Next Friday...8-10-12...same time ...same place...another launch !
Earl
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It flew ! For 50 feet off ground. Premature rope cut ! Dang....getting closer
Moment of ground release.
Next Friday...8-10-12...same time ...same place...another launch !
Earl
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Hi Earl and Company!
A few questions about your Ardu / balloon
mission, as I plan ours.
How are you planning to activate the Ardu. In my
vision, as the balloon carries it up, it is inactive. Upon
release from balloon, Ardu should activate and
home in on the first waypoint.
How are you dealing with measuring the accuracy
of the winds and modeling sites? A major task is
to calculate, based on current winds, the optimal
release point (so that the glider is not fighting strong winds
to reach the landing field). You want to pick a release
point such that glide ratio plus tail wind will allow the
plane to reach the landing site with little effort.
Then the problem becomes calculating a balloon launch
point such that the balloon will drift to the optimal
release point. Have you thought about this? Do you
have a sense of how accurate upper atmosphere winds
sites are? And balloon trajectory model sites?
Any attention you can give to my many questions will
be much appreciated!
--Lt Nafissian, Aerospace Education, Civil Air Patrol
Hi Earl -- please see my Qs on the "Another 97,000 ft ..." blog post from a month or so back. Thanks and great work!!!! --Lt Nafissian
When you work only one night a year, you need a hobby !
Earl
Earl I for got to mention Bigger balloons than yours have had premature takeoffs and we get to see what Santa Clause does in the of season awesome photos! Good luck!
@Earl . . . Awesome project - thanks for sharing!
@Monroe . .. thanks for heads-up on Big Red Bee.
Sorry to hear, do you know what was causing the adruino to reset
Earl you look Like the guy behind the fence on "tool time " and just as knowledgeable also. Good luck next week!
A little more detail on cut-down
Some more..
one shows the cut down rope and nichrome wire.
Thanks all !
The guy with the Red X8 is me...Earl
The boy in the B/G is Jean-Luc, my son. He will be 21 on 8-19-12
Earl
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