This is real interesting stuff. Some balloon cutdown systems that might be of interest from ISU: https://sites.google.com/site/cyhabet/habet/habet-engineering/habet-electronic-system-hes/cutdown-system-1-0 https://sites.google.com/site/cyhabet/habet/habet-engineering/habet-cutdown-system Maybe we can rig a chute to direct balloon away from populated areas...like I-80! Gary On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 12:01 AM, Doug Philips <dgou@xxxxxxx> wrote: > We had Gabe's noisy annoy-a-tron which seemed to work quite well. > I wonder, if this works for a cube sat, we should try it for the balloon! > > http://www.southgatearc.org/**news/november2012/christmas_** > eve_ham_radio_satellite_to_**flash_morse_code.htm#.UKMk_**YV5Fcw<http://www.southgatearc.org/news/november2012/christmas_eve_ham_radio_satellite_to_flash_morse_code.htm#.UKMk_YV5Fcw> > > -=Doug > >