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projects:jimbob:launch3 [2013/07/30 18:03] kevwalprojects:jimbob:launch3 [2013/08/07 07:41] (current) – [Predictor] kevwal
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 Just the one: Just the one:
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 [[projects:jimbob:habtrk|HABTRK]] [[projects:jimbob:habtrk|HABTRK]]
  
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 Single Energiser Lithium AA or AAA Single Energiser Lithium AA or AAA
  
-AA - 3,000 mah, 15g +  * AA - 3,000 mah, 15g 
-AAA - 1,250 mah, 8g+  AAA - 1,250 mah, 8g
  
 Going to use a single AA for my first flight - the voltage drop from a AAA whilst the GPS is getting a fix is quite high and the boost converter I am using fails to maintain the voltage required to the GPS and it resets after a couple of hours in the freezer. Going to use a single AA for my first flight - the voltage drop from a AAA whilst the GPS is getting a fix is quite high and the boost converter I am using fails to maintain the voltage required to the GPS and it resets after a couple of hours in the freezer.
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 This means they can lift payloads of approx. 60g (or slightly more if you allow for stretching). However experimenters typically aim for payloads of the order of 20 - 40g per balloon in order to attempt to make them float. This means they can lift payloads of approx. 60g (or slightly more if you allow for stretching). However experimenters typically aim for payloads of the order of 20 - 40g per balloon in order to attempt to make them float.
  
-http://www.randomengineering.co.uk/Random_Aerospace/Balloons.html+  * http://www.randomengineering.co.uk/Random_Aerospace/Balloons.html 
 + 
 +===== Enclosure ==== 
 + 
 +ToDo 
 + 
 +===== Helium ===== 
 + 
 +Purchased: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Helium-Helium-Cylinder-Helium-Gas-Balloon-Gas-10litre-200bar-/171072782079?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item27d4bb7eff 
 + 
 + 
 +===== Weight ===== 
 + 
 +Tracker including aerial - 13.8g 
 + 
 +Battery including lead - 16.2 
 + 
 +Insulation ~ 7 
 + 
 +Total = 39g
  
-===== Tracker ==== 
  
-[[projects:jimbob:habtrk|HABTRK]] 
  
 ===== Predictor ==== ===== Predictor ====
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 and modifying the predictor from here: http://ukhas.org.uk/_media/guides:burst3.xls and modifying the predictor from here: http://ukhas.org.uk/_media/guides:burst3.xls
  
-with a balloon weight of 37g, a burst diameter of about 0.70m is the best estimate I could make.+with a balloon weight of 37g, a burst diameter of about 0.70m is the best estimate I could make for a 'if it bursts' flight path with a Descent rate of 5m/s. 
 + 
 +Based on a 39g payload, to get an ascent rate of 1m/s = 3.5g free lift 
 + 
 +===== Flight Document ==== 
 + 
 +Flight Document created http://habitat.habhub.org/genpayload/ 
 + 
 +Doc ID: c5c392ef5958c9dce8ffd58920297444 
 +Document: {"type":"flight","approved":false,"name":"G7PMO Launch 2","start":"2013-08-07T00:00:00+01:00","end":"2013-08-07T23:59:59+01:00","launch":{"time":"2013-08-07T10:00:00+01:00","timezone":"Europe/London","location":{"latitude":52.3,"longitude":-0.7}},"metadata":{"location":"Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, UK","project":"G7PMO","group":"Kevin Walton"},"payloads":["e55cc3ffb42062c70087dae3d9520903"]} 
 + 
 + 
 +==== Launch Announcement ==== 
 + 
 +Launching Wednesday 7th August around 10am a single tracker foil launch, from a site near Wellingborough (Northants). 
 + 
 +Primary tracker: RFM22B based, $$HABTRK, 434.150Mhz (434138400 on my rx), USB, RTTY, 470Hz Shift, ASCII-7, 50 Baud, Parity none, 1 Stop bit 
 + 
 +$$HABTRK, id, time, lat, lon, alt, sats, vinmv, rfm_temp.
  
-Foil balloon float bursts seem much less predictable than weather balloons, but I will use the above for an idea of the flight path.+Documentation is here: http://ukhas.org.uk/projects:jimbob:launch3
  
 +Track it here: http://spacenear.us/tracker/ or http://habitat.habhub.org/mobile-tracker/
  
 +Predictor based on Marston launch here: http://predict.habhub.org/hourly/marston/ or anywhere http://habhub.org/predict/ or http://weather.uwyo.edu/polar/balloon_traj.html
  
  
 +Burst predictors are linked from here: http://ukhas.org.uk/guides:balloon_data
projects/jimbob/launch3.1375207410.txt.gz · Last modified: 2013/07/30 18:03 by kevwal

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