April 2010
6 posts
WatchThe last video the camera took before the battery died. Near the end is an absolutely beautiful shot.
WatchMid-flight footage with some nice shots of the Earth and the Sun
WatchLadies and Gents, we have liftoff!
Had, rather…We actually flew on Thursday with much success!!
We haven’t had the chance to do more than preliminary data analysis though; pretty much we know we made it just shy of 90,000ft, and we have reviewed our pretty pictures and video.
I will be updating as we review our sensor info, identify our system oversights, and determine our...
Oh no! Pretend you're talking to me! We *are*...
As promised, we have some data from our Comm-Testing Car Chase…Enjoy
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After several hours perfecting our system in the lab, we decided to get ourselves some fresh air…though not without one final check over the setup by our resident comm expert.
Once Ryan was satisfied with the equipment, we finally got off our butts and...
Everything you know is about to change...
2.5 hours into our balloon blitz and we thought we might dazzle you all with some pictures of the current setup complete with Evan’s Bloggy debut:
Our Board Layout Complete with the GPS and Sensors
Evan Showing off the internal and external structure frames
The Camcorder’s New Home
Peek-a-Boo with Evan
The Bean Face Looking Awesome
Dave Tested, Ashwin Approved
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Is there a way down? Yes. Falling
The last few weeks have been crazy busy and, as such, we (ok ok, I) fell behind on the most honorable duty of maintaining the very voice of this project.
With that said, this post shall serve as the bridge to bring the enthusiastic viewer up-to-date on the project and ready for the plethora of information to come this weekend (and pictures, lots and lots of those to take up space and make it seem...
March 2010
1 post
They're so still. The trees? What did you expect?...
Holy Updates Batman!
…Wrong blog…
Anywho, a lot has happened in the past few weeks and we have been up to unbloggable heads in work to do.
Before I start, I have a bit of good news: After weeks of patiently waiting, we have finally received our netbooks! So now, without further adieu, I would like to introduce the two newest members of our team: Comm-et and Code-y.
Comm-et (aka...
February 2010
2 posts
Two days ago, I didn't believe in the existence of...
These past weeks have provided the fine citizens of Narnia with a lot of work before them. Following our former success in both foraging for and ordering components, we have since been conducting functionality tests to characterize the merits of each component. A formal outline of our progress is below…
GPS…
Perhaps the most excitement has come from the two GPS units (the Garmin 35...
And what about you? You must be some kind of...
Following our most recent set of trade studies and a rather successful trip to the lab where no one received any serious injuries (for the record losing fingers doesn’t count), we now find ourselves with considerable knowledge (and when the scavenging is good, possession) of the majority of our main components…
Comm…
Since this subsystem is proving to be the heftiest in terms...
January 2010
3 posts
Balloon Lab Balloon Team →
The third balloon team this semester from the University of Michigan
Fraggle Rock Balloon Team →
This is one of the other two balloon teams from the University of Michigan this year.
She thinks she's found a magical land... In the...
Narnia is off to a strong start following our PDR last Thursday. As such, we decided to celebrate with a lengthy blog chocked full of nutritious and delicious balloon bits…
Post PDR Questions, Comments, and Concerns…
We received several helpful comments and suggestions we need to take into account:
GPS: Our final decision on this was the Garmin 18. We went with the 18 model due to...
