BASE 66 yesterday Launch 9:50 EDT 40.25N 86.7W Slow ascent Burst 13:45 EDT @ 80kft Landed @ Hamilton County Sheriff's Office 40.05N 85.99 W
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Balloon Flights Completed - BASE 35
Started Apr 4, 2009
How do we get the data from the StratoSAT software and the HALO pod?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Howard Brooks Apr 2, 2009.
MapPoint 2009 - 1.2 GByte file! Long time to download
Started Apr 1, 2009
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BASE 65 yesterday. Launch 9:34 AM EDT from 39.66N, 86.56W. Burst at 83kft. Landed at 39.37 N, 86.0256W in Atterbury Fish & Wildlife Area.
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BASE 64 was smooth Launch 9:01 EDT fm 40.12 N, 86.91 W Watched balloon fm 50 kft till burst (80.3 kft) Landed in clover at 40.22 N, 86.26 W
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BASE 63 recovered from 230 kilovolt power lines by Duke Energy crew. All packages are fine.
Howard
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BASE 63 today. Launch near Clark's Hill, IN (40.25N, 86.7W) around 1030 EDT (1430 UTC). Landing hear Roachdale, IN (39.85N, 86.8 W).
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BASE 62 completed today. Very easy recovery from knee-high cornfield outside Columbus, Indiana
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BASE 60 complete. Landed in small tree over shallow creek. Balloon partially in water. Rest hanging in air. Zip-off pants helped recovery.
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BASE 59 completed. Slight launch delay for radio check and adding pod from Purdue. Visual final descent. Easy recovery in soybeans.
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BASE 59 is scheduled for 28 June from DePauw campus about 10 am EDT (1400 UTC).
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Howard Brooks replied to Bernhard Beck-Winchatz's discussion 'Alternatives to Polystyrene'
Bernhard,
We're still using polystyrene, but we've stopped using the hot wire cutting technique. All cutting and shaping is done in our machine shop with the band saw (or handsaw) and the milling machine. One of the…
Howard Brooks replied to Steve Levine's discussion 'MIT Science Fair in Cambridge....'
Steve,
Please congratulate Sam on his success at the Fair.
What does your platform contain? What type of communication system? Is there a real-time data downlink? Do you have uplink command and control? Does the…
Howard Brooks replied to L. Paul Verhage's discussion 'Dissertation'
Paul,
I encourage to contact Dr.Steve Snyder (stsnyder@taylor.edu) at Taylor University. Steve is an educational psychologist. He has developed a learning assessment tool that Taylor has used and made available to other colleges through…
2011 Academic High Altitude Conference at Iowa State University
June 20, 2011 at 9am to June 24, 2011 at 12pm
The 2011 Academic High Altitude Conference has been set for June 22-24 at Iowa State University (ISU).We will also have workshops on June 20-21 (June 20 beginner, June 21 advanced) at ISU.More details will be coming soonSee More
Howard Brooks is attending Susan Gavin's event
Howard Brooks commented on Albert Lozano's video
Albert,
I relocated the following tracker option:
http://www.rpc-electronics.com/rtrak-hab.php
The price is announced at $235 per unit.
Howard
Howard Brooks commented on Albert Lozano's video
Albert,
Yes, most of the time we fly the Garmin-18 and MicroTrak 300. I also fly a newer unit with the frequency agile MicroTrak8000. Stratostar has nice systems that are ready to fly.
I've also seen good reviews for…
Howard Brooks replied to Jason Krueger's discussion 'Near-Space Student Micro-controller Choices'
This is the best link to the list of good GPS units:
http://showcase.netins.net/web/wallio/GPSrcvrsvs60kft.htm
Please read the entire page as some newer GPS units have passed the test since 2009.
The problem is simply based on…
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BASE 6 DePauw launch
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BASE 41
Dear friends,
BASE 41 went up came down and we brought everything home. Less than five hours and 125 miles on the vehicle for the entire trip.
Only two significant problems.
One - the 144.39 MHz APRS radio had developed some battery problem that
was not noticed during the reprogramming and recharge earlier this
week. The emergency battery pack that was quickly spliced into the
power input failed at a connector to one of the batteries… Continue
BASE 41 went up came down and we brought everything home. Less than five hours and 125 miles on the vehicle for the entire trip.
Only two significant problems.
One - the 144.39 MHz APRS radio had developed some battery problem that
was not noticed during the reprogramming and recharge earlier this
week. The emergency battery pack that was quickly spliced into the
power input failed at a connector to one of the batteries… Continue
Posted on March 19, 2010 at 8:57am
BASE 40
Launch is still a go for 8:10 Eastern Time this morning.
Here is the flight prediction for 1500 ft/min ascent and burst at 80 kft.
Howard
Here is the flight prediction for 1500 ft/min ascent and burst at 80 kft.
Howard
Posted on October 8, 2009 at 4:09am — 3 Comments
BASE 34 successfully completed
BASE 34 was successfully completed on 12 March 2009. Launched from the roof of the Julian Science and Mathematics Center on the DePauw campus, the flight reached a maximum altitude of 103,800 feet. Landing occurred between Potsdam and Laura, Ohio. The payload landed in a tree,
but was recovered with the EZ Hang slingshot.
The recovery… Continue
but was recovered with the EZ Hang slingshot.
The recovery… Continue
Posted on March 13, 2009 at 3:30pm
Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 3:31pm on March 8, 2009,
Jason Krueger said… - We can get you the payload by Wednesday. A long flight is ok with us, we just want to do another balloon-to-balloon link test.
Can you write a blog entry about a technical topic or a story about a recovery?
Thank you - Jason
- At 3:32pm on March 5, 2009,
Jason Krueger said…
- Howard - What time are you going to launch on March 12th? Would you have 2lb or so to do a HALO link test with us?
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