Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Weight of Everything
Parachute - 140.5 grams
Styrofoam Box - 306.6 grams
GPS Phone - 99.4 grams
Camera 1 - 128.5 grams
Camera 2 - 84.8 grams
2 Hand Warmers - 34 grams
Total (in grams) - 1,054.8 grams
Total (in pounds) - 2.3 pounds
Thursday, May 17, 2012
How to Fill Up and Tie Off the Balloon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiWyBXtLE5A
5 day forecast from May 17 to May 21
Today May 17
- Chance of rain:
- 0%
- Wind:
- NNW at 12 mph
Fri May 18
- Chance of rain:
- 0%
- Wind:
- E at 5 mph
Sat May 19
- Chance of rain:
- 0%
- Wind:
- ESE at 4 mph
Sun May 20
- Chance of rain:
- 0%
- Wind:
- ESE at 6 mph
Mon May 21
- Chance of rain:
- 30%
- Wind:
- E at 7 mph
Designing the Payload
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Questions for Balloon Trajectory
1. What is our ascent rate expected to be?
2. What is our burst altitude expected to be?
3. What is our descent rate expected to be?
Once we have these questions answered, we can get a great prediction on habhub and then work it into our papers.
-Mr. Malburg and Mr. Goldstein
Friday, May 11, 2012
Hussein and Eduardo
Procedure: Hussein and Eduardo will experiment with different materials to determine how to attach these two pieces. They will give feedback to group with design details before construction begins.
New Mod Start
2. What new obstacles / questions do we need to answer?
3. What tests need to been done before launch day?
4. A procedure needs to be written for FAA notification.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Balloon Trajectory Forecast
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Weight of the Otterbox
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Update
Phone is operational !! How often do you think we should transmit a signal? We are able to choose the second amount and it will continually run in the background..
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Vivian's Blueprint
Friday, April 20, 2012
Zoom on camera
InstaMapper Website
For our tracking purposes our username is "formangeography"
The password for our device is "geography"
Boost Mobile Phone
We are currently setting up the phone with Boost Mobile
Steps
Then we weigh everything in the box
Test the boxes water proof without the camera, phone, etc..
Then put the camera and phone in the box and put it in water
Checking the GPS in different temperature
Design
The box will have wire/string attached to handles- the parachute strings will be attached to these strings on the handles. The top of the parachute has a loop that the balloon strings will be attached to.
Website for Tracking (Att: Peter and Mark)
Thursday, April 19, 2012
First Drop Test
-Ben Goldstein, Mark Malburg, and Jason Smith
camera
Sim card still needed
GPS Apps
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Update
Material
creating a link in a post
after clicking it, simply fill in the text you want the link to be shown as, or highlight the wanted text already in the post box, and then push the link button,
after doing this, copy and paste the URL into the "to what URL should this link go" spot.
once you do this, press OK, and you are all set.
your welcome!
Tree Density
Monday, April 16, 2012
What we have bought so far...
2. Parachute
3. GPS / Boost Mobile Phone
4. Handwarmers (Vivian)
Balloon size is dependent on the weight of the payload so lets narrow down our weight once the products arrive.
FAA Regulations
- No person may operate an unnamed ballon.
- We need to know the location of the launching site
- We need to estimate the duration of the flight
- We need to notify the FAA or military ATC facility immediately after the launch.
- Also if we cancel the launch we need to notify the FAA or ATC facility.
- We need to monitor the course of the ballon unless the ATC requires otherwise.
- Need to forward it’s position reports requested by ATC every two hours
- We can have an unnamed free ballon if it is authorized by ATC and it only goes 2,000 feet above the surface.
- An hour before the beginning decent we need to let the ATC and FAA know where it is and how it is and the forecast trajectory for the balance of the flight.
review of april 16/possible launch area
we seem to be making some good progress to day.
we are looking up a radar deflector so planes will notice it.
i think it should also be brightly colored, so that pilots will be able to physically see it more easily in the day time.
what does everyone think?
someone suggested that we launch near Lake Waramaug here is a link to their site
what do you guys think about this?
any other ideas?
high altitude weather prediction
I think high altitude weather doesn't really matter because there are always turbulent. we cant really avoid them.
Turbulence Map
WEIGHT
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Population Density Map
Friday, April 13, 2012
App
Hey guys,
If you have an iphone/droid, you should check out the Blogger app. It's very convenient, works very well, and has all the same capabilities as the website itself. Also, it's free to download.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Possible Backup Camera?
Standard | Miniature Effect | ||||||||
HD: 1280 x 720 | 640 x 480 | 320 x 240 | HD: 1280 x 720 | VGA: 640 x 480 | |||||
24 fps** | 30 fps*** | 30 fps*** | 5x | 10x | 20x | 5x | 10x | 20x | |
6 fps | 3 fps | 1.5 fps | 6 fps | 3 fps | 1.5 fps | ||||
Video Size (KB/sec.) | 2,345 | 1,240 | 319 | 573 | 287 | 143 | 246 | 123 | 61 |
4GB | 26 min. 48 sec. |
50 min. 17 sec. |
3 hr. 2 min. 52 sec. |
1 hr. 45 min. 52 sec. |
3 hr. 21 min. 9 sec. |
5 hr. 35 min. 16 sec. |
3 hr. 43 min. 30 sec. |
6 hr. 42 min. 20 sec. |
11 hr. 10 min. 33 sec. |
16GB | 1 hr. 49 min. 48 sec. |
3 hr. 25 min. 54 sec. |
12 hr. 28 min. 47 sec. |
7 hr. 13 min. 30 sec. |
13 hr. 43 min. 40 sec. |
22 hr. 52 min. 47 sec. |
15 hr. 15 min. 11 sec. |
27 hr. 27min. 20 sec. |
45 hr. 45 min. 35 sec. |
http://www.amazon.com/Canon-Powershot-A1200-Digital-Black/dp/B004HW73S4/ref=sr_1_2?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1334159070&sr=1-2
What do you guys think?
EVERY ONE PLEASE AND COMMENT
Should we buy from Rocket Man?
What size if we choose to buy from them?
ATTN: Mark and Peter (Boost Mobile GPS)
Materials List
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
April 10 overall overview
keep in mind that our budget is $400.00 so keep it efficient and keep working togther.
everyone has been doing a great job looking things up and recording the information and brainstorming ideas.
keep up the good work!
david- overall manager partner person
How high will the balloon go?
seniors: please read
i also think that hussein's (blogmaster) idea for the LED lights is great
thank you for the info ben goldstien! great job!
good job with the camera, that is a good idea jason.
great job with the GPS info mark! great idea!
Otterbox case
Emergency Beacons
heres a place to purchase weather balloons
camera
Ben Goldstein - Parachutes
Payload Recovery Parachutes are made of Low-porosity 1.1 Rip-stop Nylon.
* Adjustable descent (pat#5472394)
* Quick, soft, reliable deployment
* No shock cord required
* Reinforced with nylon webbing
* Tubular shroud lines sewn over the top of the canopy
* Positive controlled deployment
* 4 shroud lines reduce chances of tangling
* More stable than cross-form or conical chutes
* Professionally designed at a fair price
* Made in the USA
Monday, April 9, 2012
Possible GPS
materials
-Austin Iverson
structure idea
also, please look at my other post.
david
Great Website for resources
I found a publishing website
Contact information: (i just sent her an e-mail) nancy@universetoday.com that's e-mail i read who we send in our story to.
The website: http://www.universetoday.com/
Project 55
Mac Kirk found this video about a group of highschool students launching a weather balloon into space. Check it out!
ideas
"three high-definition cameras placed a 120 degrees apart from each other mounted to its payload."
"track the balloon’s flight via cell phone, picking up information from the GPS sensor it piped through an amateur radio system, which was also placed in the balloon’s payload."
"a latex balloon and encased the cameras and radio with polystyrene foam to prevent temperature and water damage. They threw in a few hand warmers for good measure "
i found these sentences in an article which can be found on: http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2012/01/28/news/doc4f248f5811b5d498758852.txt?viewmode=default
Near Space Balloon Flight, shot with HD HERO cameras from GoPro from Kevin Macko on Vimeo.
"We are a group of engineers/designers from San Francisco. This was our second balloon launch on 6/5/2010. Shot with 2 HD Hero cameras from GoPro. Launched from the California coast near Davenport, landed in Crows Landing 70 miles away. Peak altitude 80,000 feet. Acquired GPS, pressure, accelerometer, and temperature data with a Shadowbox (shadowboxlive.com). The payload was tracked with a SPOT satellite personal tracker."
We need to get a HD Gopro Camera.
Boxes
Here are some links
http://usedcardboardboxes.com/
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=cheap+boxes&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#q=cheap+boxes&hl=en&safe=active&client=safari&sa=X&rls=en&tbs=vw:g&tbm=shop&prmd=imvns&ei=FSiDT7ndEYHq0gHLrPz3Bw&ved=0CPMBEL0N&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=b0dbb0c5db9803c6&biw=1280&bih=593&safe=active
Parachute, or a super-shock resistant Container?
I talked to a guy who knows a guy, who knows a lot about SD chips and what not, and he said that it was incredibly hard to destroy one, including its data. So what i was thinking was that we made a super shock resistant case instead of a parachute to avoid wander of our balloon. This case would be water-proof, just in preparation for the worst. What do you guys think?
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Potential Problems. (Mac Kirk)
2. Keeping the box warm at high altitudes
3. Reducing impact upon landing
4. Camera battery life.
5. Pictures and videos?
6. Dependable products
7. Having our equipment show on radar
8. The estimated weight/ will parachute be able to hold it.
9. Parachute deployment strategy
10. Gps tracking?
11. Potential perimeter of landing sight
12. Weather on launch day
4/7/12 - Research - Vivian
Progressive minds breed innovation
We have been slowly progressing with our project "Up Enterprises" Now this is where we settle everything and make our plans come to fruition. Whether it is finding the cheap prices or stronger more durable material, we are working strongly together to make the best product we can. We have shared the workload in the following manner:
Mac/Jason Smith- Working to find cheap balloons that will last in the temperature and atmosphere
Ben/Eduardo Job, Austin Iverson- Finding sturdy inexpensive boxes for practice and launch that wont lose its form in atmosphere
Peter/Mark Malburg- Locating cheap accurate GPS that will be easy to work with and around
Vivian/Ben Goldstein- Looking for efficient strong parachute that will keep our project landing safely
Rene/ Kevin Grace- Finding a solid quality camera that will still produce film in high atmosphere
David/Hussein Elwy- Overall management to help make the most strong and efficient product under the budget.