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Cutdown Method via remote signals
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Kenneth Schnautz Mar 9.
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Did you use CHDK on your Canon to allow a timed shoot?
Very cool. How well did this work?
The University of Southern Indiana (USI) High Altitude Ballooning Team
Thanks for this. It helps a lot and I look towards incorporating this method into our High Altitude Ballooning projects.
Ken
Dear Ken,
You might want to contact Jason Krueger and see if StratoStar is planning to build an off-the-shelf command controllable cutdown device. I know they have worked on timed cutdown devices to terminate flights that go on for too long.
The E…
Thanks, Howard.
I found this site as well a few weeks ago and was hoping to find out how it works (a non-technical description). I assume the signal is sent from a device on the ground, and the orange box (containing the Alinco DJ-C1) somehow recei…
Dear Kenneth,
Most active cutdowns utilize amateur radio frequencies requiring a licensed radio operator to control the radios. Here is a link to a simple cutdown device developed by the Edge of Space Sciences group in eastern Colorado:
http://www…
Our school would like to use a cutdown mechanism this year relying on a two way communication between the ground and the balloon (at 95,000 ft)
Does anyone have any ideas or experiance that could be helpful in creating two way communication with th…
It looks great, though I think they are creating a false sense of
height by curving the "earth's edge" at maximum height. If we can see
that much of a curve, we should be seeing some oceans, not just a
canyon.
Did he survive?
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