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Team SPIRIT of the Koala Project VOLT Launch Readiness Review

Team SPIRIT of the Koala Project VOLT Launch Readiness Review. Dustin Fishelman, Andrew Trujillo, Anthony Anglin , Thomas Jefferies, Star Pais, Joao Mansur, Dylan Cooper, Colin Harkins 11/27/12. Mission Overview. The mission of Project VOLT

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Team SPIRIT of the Koala Project VOLT Launch Readiness Review

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  1. Team SPIRIT of the KoalaProject VOLTLaunch Readiness Review Dustin Fishelman, Andrew Trujillo, Anthony Anglin, Thomas Jefferies, Star Pais, Joao Mansur, Dylan Cooper, Colin Harkins 11/27/12

  2. Mission Overview • The mission of Project VOLT • Determine the feasibility of using the flow of atmosphere across the surface of the BalloonSat, flown to 30 kilometers, during accent, to provide power to a BalloonSat.

  3. Design Overview Flight Tube will be attached to box with ball bearings, allowing the box to spin Airflow across the surface of the box and the fins will spin the box A magnet will be attached to the flight tube, allowing it to spin within the box The magnet will spin within coils of wire, generating a current in the wire

  4. Design Overview A GO PRO camera will film the flight A Canon Camera will capture images during flight Temperature Sensors will record both internal and external temperature during flight A humidity sensor will record humidity during flight A pressure sensor will record pressure during flight A 3Axis Accelerometer will measure acceleration in the X, Y, and Z axis during flight.

  5. Design Overview Coils of Wire GO PRO Magnet Fins Heater Arduino w/ Temperature, Accelerometer, Pressure, and Humidity Sensors Canon Camera Arduino w/ Voltage and Current Sensor

  6. Test Results Little higher then room temperature Reached room temperature Mission Sim/ Experimental Systems Test

  7. Test Results Reached 7 Celsius External Cooler Test

  8. Test Results BalloonSat • Drop Test • Dropped from a height of approximately 13m • Mass simulators weighing a total of 2kg • The box survived very well • Only a few dents along the edges • No breaks in the box and all of the rocks were still secured when opened

  9. Test Results Whip Test Structure survived completely intact All components remained in position

  10. Prediction of Flight Results Hope to recover data from flight confirming our hypothesis that wind power is not a feasible source of power for BalloonSats We expect that the amount of power generated will be greatest in the first part of the flight It will increase to its highest near the top of the troposphere, where average wind speeds are highest The lower density of the air should make for less force spinning the balloon All of this data will come in the form of discrete data points of current and voltage This data will be graphed and compared to the altitude of the BalloonSat

  11. Biggest Concerns Not enough spin to cause the magnet and wire to create voltage Low amount of spin on the BalloonSat Current sensor does not record properly Fins break off of Satellite during flight

  12. Requirement Compliance

  13. Requirement Compliance

  14. Requirement Compliance

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