Nova 8 / HAPS-D, Last minute bolt-on - sunrise from altitude |
Nova 8 / HAPS-D, Last minute bolt-on - sunrise from altitude |
Aug 28 2008, 11:36 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
"We're launching tomorrow morning' says Ed.
"Shame I can't make it, I have to be at work" says I. "At 3 am" says Ed "Hmmm" says I Long story short - hopefully a reflight of the HAPS1 A560 tomorrow - at dawn - with recovery in time for me to get back to Leicester in time for work. Ed will fill you in on the rest of the payload. He's an engineer - I'm just a temperamental artist. Obviously - anyone with half a brain will be fast asleep, so may not be any/many live updates. Possibly live tracking, maybe uStream while we're setting up. The real problem is the toxicology involved in staying up all night with caffeine based beverages. (For people just finding this thread... Movies from the Nova 8 camera http://vimeo.com/1628664 Ascent Part 1 http://vimeo.com/1628493 Ascent Part 2 http://vimeo.com/1628497 Ascent Part 3 http://vimeo.com/1628414 Descent Movies from the HAPS-D camera http://vimeo.com/1628947 Ascent Part 1 http://vimeo.com/1628809 Ascent Part 2 http://vimeo.com/1628810 Ascent Part 3 http://vimeo.com/1626812 Descent http://vimeo.com/1628991 All of the still images at 6fps from the HAPS-D camera http://vimeo.com/1629086 All of the still images at 6fps from the Nova 8 camera Download the MOV from bottom right on these - and you can essentially scrub your way thru all the images at quite a reasonable resolution. |
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Aug 29 2008, 09:19 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
That earlier Balloon was testing Ed et.al.'s plans for a balloon gondola that can fly itself home again. The rocket launched were seperate - just happening at the same venue. BUT - at some point, the CU Spaceflight guys intend to combine high power rocketry and high altitude ballooning
And TRAC was 'The Race Against Cancer' - a friend of mine was a co-organiser so I helped out on the weekend of the event to get things moving. It was quite a few racing drivers from GP2 and below, all racing for free, with the money raised by spectators etc going to Cancer Research UK - http://www.theraceagainstcancer.co.uk/ |
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