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Balloon Launch North Devon

Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2016 6:50 pm
by JonnyAlpha
Hi;

I am planning on carrying out a launch sometime before July 2016 in North Devon.
Just an enquiry at this stage to see if anyone is in this area and would be willing to help out?

Thanks

Re: Balloon Launch North Devon

Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2016 8:56 pm
by jdjordan
I not able to get to Devon for the launch. However, another teacher and I are looking using a weather balloon and a raspberry pi to get data from Central Wisconsin, USA. I am currently looking for information on how to do this. Any help I can get will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
John Jordan

Re: Balloon Launch North Devon

Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2016 9:18 pm
by gordon77
jdjordan wrote:I not able to get to Devon for the launch. However, another teacher and I are looking using a weather balloon and a raspberry pi to get data from Central Wisconsin, USA. I am currently looking for information on how to do this. Any help I can get will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
John Jordan
https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/pi-in-the-sky-2/

Re: Balloon Launch North Devon

Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2016 9:48 pm
by JonnyAlpha
jdjordan wrote:I not able to get to Devon for the launch. However, another teacher and I are looking using a weather balloon and a raspberry pi to get data from Central Wisconsin, USA. I am currently looking for information on how to do this. Any help I can get will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
John Jordan
The link posted by Gordon77 will definitely get you going in the right direction. The blog by Dave Akerman is a MUST READ as is the link to the UKHAS.

I am sure there will be a reference in there somewhere to HabHub which as I understand it is the tracking site for such activities. At a glance it looks to cover worldwide.

http://tracker.habhub.org/#!mt=roadmap& ... 14&f=hkLo1

Good luck and update this forum with your progress and questions (as will I).