projects:picoatlas:picoatlasviii
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PicoAtlas VIII
Components
- pAVA R7 board with linear regulator
- Atmega328
- Rfm22b
- Ublox 6
- 2 x AAA
- 2 x 3.7v 100mA solar cells in parallel
Launch 1
- Launch 1 was on 15/12/12 - unfortunately on releasing the payload it did not have enough lift resulting in it dragging across the fields and getting caught in a tree 2km away, max altitude was 101m. Was recovered the next day (still transmitting).
Lessons
- Need to launch Pico's in ideal weather, from now onwards I plan to only launch in:
- Ground windspeed < 8km/h
- < 50% cloud cover
- no rain or forecast rain
- Need to take in to account that lifting gas might cool once outside and lose lift, may require a little more gas before launch.
projects/picoatlas/picoatlasviii.txt · Last modified: 2012/12/18 07:13 by jcoxon