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Interesting to know.

2008-11-10T22:42:00.000-05:00

Interesting to know.

Alli and the Team,This is your friendly VE checkin...

2008-04-24T22:53:00.000-04:00

Alli and the Team,

This is your friendly VE checking back in to see how you guys are coming on the balloon project. Glad to see that you are close to getting off the ground!

By the way, we have an updated version of the Technician study guides at:
http://teara-ve.ka4puv.com/techguide.html

73,
Norman
KA4PUV

Check out the success of Wright State University n...

2008-01-06T22:35:00.000-05:00

Check out the success of Wright State University near Dayton, Ohio (http://www.cs.wright.edu/balloon/). We use a timer circuit from Velleman attached to a digital camera, a new system with near real time photo transmission using 900MHz industrial radios and a board computer to transmit between balloon and ground and a altitude switched three camera video system with a compact dvr. We use our own flight prediction program (Excel workbook) which feeds Google Earth .kml files and creates a fax for notifying the FAA of flight details.

Okay, I finally got around to following Michelle's...

2008-01-03T17:58:00.000-05:00

Okay, I finally got around to following Michelle's advice and checking this here blog out. Pretty cool idea.

Although, I don't think you need to bother with all that fancy-pants GPS stuff. Just tie 20 miles of string to the balloon, then you can pull it back towards you as it's descending.

As a bonus, you could use 20 miles of coax cable (shouldn't be too expensive or heavy to lift, I would think) and send the pictures back directly via laptop/webcam, rather than having to wait for them to download.

One gotcha we found with CHDK is that it can only ...

2007-12-12T14:45:00.000-05:00

One gotcha we found with CHDK is that it can only switch back and forth from picture mode to video mode if your camera has a button dedicated for taking movies. For instance a Canon Powershot S2IS has a dedicated "record" button for taking a video from any of the camera's modes (P, Tv, M, etc). The Canon Powershot A610 (what we bought) doesn't have a movie button though, you have to manually turn the mode dial to the "Video" setting then press the shutter button. So as of right now it doesn't look like we'll be able to capture any videos with our A610 :(

I'm glad you were able to find some useful info on our blog :) We've been trying to document everything fairly well so others can use our blog as a ballooning reference.

thx
Daniel

Thx for the Software Recap, specifically AGWPE & A...

2007-12-11T14:39:00.000-05:00

Thx for the Software Recap, specifically AGWPE & AGW Tracker. I have a MicroTrak 8000 for my primary transmitter. Fired it up then went to the APRS sites... nothing. I have no repeaters anywhere around me.

Saw your doco on the AGW tools... so I dug out an ancient scanner, picked up a 1/8 to 1/8 stereo cable at RadioShack, and hooked it all up to my laptop. Ta da! I can see my packets and my loc on the maps. So thx again for all your detailed doco... we hope to launch in the next 3-4 weeks.

Using a Nikon S1 (tiny, light, has an intervalometer built in), but may add a Canon with CHDK, owing to your success with it. I would like to use CHDK to do movies at intervals.

Best regards,
Lobster

By the way, thank you guys for putting out all the...

2007-11-22T08:53:00.000-05:00

By the way, thank you guys for putting out all the technical information.

If you are taking photos sideways (in order to get the curvature shot), you might want to find ways to have a way for the payload to rotate so that you can get a 360 panorama.

Good luck on your flight and Happy Thanksgving,

Igor.

We're going to use the CHDK software on our camera...

2007-11-22T08:45:00.000-05:00

We're going to use the CHDK software on our camera to run a script that will tell the camera when to take a picture. This way we can take a picture once every few minutes at low altitudes and once every few seconds at high altitudes. Hopefully we'll be able to get a couple of videos at high altitude too.

As for the optical zoom, I don't think we'll be zooming in much as we're mainly trying to get a cool picture of the curve of the earth.

You guys have some cool pics. Good luck on your project.

V

2007-11-20T17:41:00.000-05:00

What is your time lapse between photos ?For inform...

2007-11-20T17:40:00.000-05:00

What is your time lapse between photos ?

For information, our parameters were as follows:

- a canon s3 is
- when switched on, we would have the optical full on at 12 X
- photos were taken every 23 seconds.

the results were

http://sei.tamu.edu/geocam/Panoramas/panorama_22-23-50pct.htm

the actual photos are here:
http://sei.tamu.edu/geocam/Final_Pictures/index40.html

Your camera seems to be able to do 4 X optical or 3 times less than ours.

With a 12 X, we had a resolution close to the high end of google maps:
http://hasp-geocam.blogspot.com/2006/10/comparing-satellite-imagery-and-geocam.html

You guys have a good flight,

Igor.
http://nuit-blanche.blogspot.com

Hello Daniel,We put the results of our stitching h...

2007-11-17T15:52:00.000-05:00

Hello Daniel,

We put the results of our stitching here:

http://sei.tamu.edu/geocam/Panoramas/panorama_22-23-50pct.htm

FYI, we used a Canon S3 IS and had the 12 x optical full on.

Good luck to your project,

Igor.
http://nuit-blanche.blogspot.com

Congrats to all three of you from the TEARA VE Tea...

2007-09-19T23:21:00.000-04:00

Congrats to all three of you from the TEARA VE Team! This Tarheel will be waiting to see if Wolves reall do know how to fly... : )

73,
Norman

Hey guys, hope the exam went well! This is James (...

2007-09-13T19:59:00.000-04:00

Hey guys, hope the exam went well! This is James (Clare's fiance) - what a cool project, I've always wanted to do something like that :) Let me know if I can help in any way! It's been a while since I burnt anything with a soldering iron, but I think I remember how...