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High-Altitude Ballooning Workshop August 6 & 8, 2013. James Flaten Minnesota Space Grant Consortium University of Minnesota flate001@aem.umn.edu 651-399-2423 (cell). Contact information James Flaten , U of MN, flate001@aem.umn.edu Seth Frick, U of MN student, frick100@umn.edu
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High-Altitude Ballooning WorkshopAugust 6 & 8, 2013 James Flaten Minnesota Space Grant Consortium University of Minnesota flate001@aem.umn.edu 651-399-2423 (cell)
Contact information James Flaten, U of MN, flate001@aem.umn.edu Seth Frick, U of MN student, frick100@umn.edu Spencer McDonald, U of MN student, mcdon773@umn.edu Hannah Weiher, U of MN student, weih0016@umn.edu Christopher Gosch, U of MN student, gosc0010@umn.edu John Jackson, U of MN student, jacks974@umn.edu Kale Hedstrom, U of MN, heds0002@aem.umn.edu David Murr, Augsburg College, murrdl@augsburg.edu Angel Rodriquez, Augsburg College student, rodrigu2@augsburg.edu Chuck Niederriter, GustavusAdolphus College, chuck@gac.edu Steve Mellema, GustavusAdolphus College, mellema@gustavus.edu AnandVyas, Inver Hills Community College, AVyas@inverhills.mnscu.edu NhanPhan, Inver Hills Community College student, nhanphan2112@hotmail.com Peter Pitman, White Bear Lake High School (South Campus), peter.pitman@isd624.orgLynn Spears, Farnsworth Aerospace Magnet Middle School, lynn.spears@spps.orgSusan Koppendrayer, Calvin Christian Middle School, skdrayer@calvinchristian.orgJon Laqua, Tripoli Rocketry, jon.laqua@thomsonreuters.com Chris Ziemann, Tripoli Rocketry, czavmnus1@gmail.com
General AgendaDay 1 – Tuesday, August 6, 2013morning: payload-buildafternoon: ballooning skillsDay 2 – Thursday, August 8, 2013flight: launch, chase, recovery
Payload Box Construction Options,“Flat-sat” Configuration, and Rigging(Christopher)
Telemetry of experimental data (Hannah – zigbees; Seth – RTrak)
Arduino packagesX: basic UnoY: basic MegaZ: “super” Uno(Spencer)
Overview of Ballooning Skillsand Comments about FAR 101(James)
GPS Radio Tracking(Hardware/Software)(In Flight and On The Ground)(Spencer – aprs; Hannah – StratoSAT; James – other)
Practice Balloon Inflation and SealingExcess Lift Calculation and Measurement(Hannah)
GPS Radio Trackingfrom the Ground(Spencer – aprs “in-car”Hannah – StratoSAT“in-car”Christopher – internet)