guides:launch_kit
Table of Contents
Here's a good general list of kit to take with you when you launch.
Payload
- The payload box
- Radio tracker(s)
- GSM/SPOT backup tracker if you're using one
- Fresh Lithium Energizer Ultimate batteries for the tracker
- Contact Labels/cards for inside and outside the payload box
- Video / stills cameras
Flight Train
- At least 2 metres of braided Nylon cord, no more than 2mm diameter
- Parachute
- Balloon
- Good quality cable ties 5mm width at least 250mm long
- Gaffer tape
Filling Kit
- Ground sheet (tarpaulin)
- Gas cylinder
- Gas regulator/valve
- Filling Tube
- Kitchen Scales
- Printed Neck Lift Calculation (see http://habhub.org/calc/)
- Full bottle of water weighing at least as much as the “neck lift” figure in the above calculation
- Scissors
- Wire Cutters
- Latex gloves
Tracking Kit
- Laptop or netbook running dl-fldigi, or Android phone or tablet running https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brejza.matt.habmodem&hl=en_GB
- SSB UHF radio or scanner with fresh batteries and audio cable, or SDR for laptop
- Magmount 434MHz (70cm) aerial, with adapter if necessary to fit to aerial socket on radio
- 3G dongle for laptop, or MiFi, or phone with wifi tethering
- Car chargers or spare batteries for all electronics kit
Chase Kit
- Phone or Pi or laptop with GPS to upload car position to map
- Car Sat Nav or phone with mapping (preferably offline mapping)
- Pen and paper
- Small Yagi aerial
- Knife
- Telescopic pole with hook
- Carrier bag to put the balloon remnants in
Miscellaneous
- Printed copy of launch permission from the CAA
- Food & Drink
- Folding table to work on
- Wellies / walking boots
- Suitable clothing for the weather
- Torch
guides/launch_kit.txt · Last modified: 2015/06/25 12:42 by daveake