[hackpgh-balloon] Re: We're launching Sunday!
- From: Andy Amrhein <andyaamrhein@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: hackpgh-balloon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 00:46:14 -0500
Sorry, I think I am going to miss this launch. Hope everything, including
location/recovery, goes well.
Andy
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 8:46 AM, Doug Philips <doug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> The weather is finally looking up and we're planning to launch on Sunday!
>
> I put up a short blog post on the main site.
> Last night Gary started looking at potential launch sites, but we won't be
> seriously nailing down locations until Friday night. Final launch location
> will be confirmed Sunday morning.
>
> We picked Sunday in part because there is a class in the shop Saturday,
> and in part because it gives us a little more time to dot all the teas and
> cross all our eyes.
>
> Gabe is going to get a backup cylinder of Helium since we're no longer
> 100% sure of the amount we have left in the main tank and not knowing how
> much that tank weighs empty we have no way to find out in advance.
>
> Gary has tested his camera in the vast coldness of his freezer and got
> very little fogging when it came back up to room temp, so we think we're
> good to go there.
>
> Bob is going to fly a conventional GPS with logger to see just what it's
> parameters are.
>
> I haven't had time to work up a payload with Sayan's sensors...
> Only one of our two main transmitters is working, so I need to look at the
> solder connections Friday night and add some long overdue strain relief.
>
> Gabe will bring a chainsaw (no kaboom devices!), I'll bring the axe, and
> we'll probably borrow the shop's machette though Bob also has one.
>
> Friday night after the tesla coil settles down, we'll do a dry run of the
> launch procedure to double check supplies and to give everyone an idea of
> how things'll go Sunday.
>
> To the Skies!
> -=D
>
>
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