Our Vulture 2 spaceplane has been taken apart and reassembled for the last time, principally to allow us to cram in extra batteries for the servos.
We're powering the servos from eight AA Energizer Ultimate Lithiums, via a Castle Creation BEC. This separates the Pixhawk power supply, and the autopilot now runs off its own four pack of the same batteries.
As you can see above, we've also installed the RFD 900u Radio Modem and antenna, so we're good to go for long-range comms.
It just remains for us to fire the whole thing up and check that we now have enough juice to run the servos for the entire mission. We have no doubt we've got it covered.
There are full details on the mods here.
Down at Kickstarter, meanwhile, we're nudging £20,000 of our £30,000 target to launch the Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator (LOHAN) mission from Spaceport America. If you fancy chipping in a few bucks to the cause, we've got a range of tempting rewards available for backers.
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