Placed a balloon order today - they have 2000g balloons in stock at $250, no 1500s, and I got the last 1200g on hand at $65. Did not inquire about other ...
I will let the entire community know just as soon as it gets fixed. As an interesting aside w3baltrk has made 14293 projections since it went on-line. We are...
Just stumbled across this at Sparkfun : http :// www . sparkfun .com/commerce/ product_info . php ? products_id =9689 It's an air quality sensor by Sharp...
Let me look at the link, but one thing to look at is how dust free is the stratosphere. Big volcanic eruptions, meteor impacts, and nuclear war can drive dust...
Very true; the application could be two-fold: a long-term observation of the statosphere (can we see a spike after a major eruption?), an shorter-term...
I just looked over the specs. It produces a voltage that can be read my the ADCs we typically use. It has a small hole for dust to flow through. We would...
Hi Guys, While Norm Kjome was at U Wyo, he flew monthly particulate sensors for NCAR for several years. The sensors used a strobe light and two separate...
Troy has gotten the NSV w3BalTrak prediction page back online. http://nearspaceventures.com/w3Baltrak/readyget.pl He asks that someone run a bunch of plots as...
Hi Mike...I was at one of Norm's flights where he flew that particulate sensor experiment...I'll see if I can find some photos I took of that. - Bill WB8ELK ...
These are some of the most interesting photos from a birds-eye view. Note the camera equipment at the bottom of the page. The Canon cameras are rigged...
I'm traveling to Florida for training. Bill, if I can, I'll swing by Huntsville to visit the museum. They do have a rocket museum, right? Paul ... -- Onwards...
Thanks, Bill, I was at one as well, but didn't bring my camera - just memories, wot's left of 'em :=P. 73 de Mike W5VSI ... -- Mike Manes mrmanes@......
Troy and Keith, The online version appears to be working. I've made several runs since Saturday. One minor typo, the 3hr GFS is available from 0 to 180...
Paul: Huntsville does indeed have a great rocket museum. There is a Saturn 5 on horizontal static display, a Saturn 5 mockup on vertical display, an H1...
I've been trying to run some flight sims for a HAB we have planned for this Thursday and have been getting widely crazy results. I dunno if I can attach files...
I put in your launch data and ran it, this is what I got; http://nearspaceventures.com/w3Baltrak/CurrMissionPlot.pl When I put in the data below I got the...
Dear Pete and James, I am seeing the same thing on our Thursday predictions for a flight in Indiana. Flight at 15 UTC on 18 Mar has SW reversal and 18 UTC...
Hello Pete! I am developing an add-in for MapPoint which predicts, reviews, and tracks balloon flights. I entered your information and the add-in provided the...
I just ran a prediction using SWO GFS 0600 hrs for a flight from Stillwater, Ok and I don't see any annomalies with the flight prediction up to 100k. Harry ...
I have been seeing oddities as well at high altitudes. I think something is using wrong wind information above the 20mb level when doing a full cut-and-paste...
This morning I ran the NSV online program as directed, copying the entire file and received a bad track for the flight above 26 km. <br><br>When I only...
Sounds like a road trip to me! I'll be more than happy to loan you my low altitude recovery back pack! ... 73 Harry That's the good news. The bad news...
New York Times March 16, 2010 Pg. D1 *Findings* *A Supersonic Jump, From 23 Miles In The Air* By John Tierney Ordinarily, Felix Baumgartner would not need a...
Thanks for all of the input on this. I reran the sim removing the text below the 'hysplit' and have a more believable flight path. It is, however, quite a...
I'll be interested to hear which performed better. So once we get a few flights under our belts compare back to the various predictions. Lets see whats...
There may be differences in horizontal, vertical, and time interpolation of the wind fields being done by the two programs which could affect how to project...
Hi All, Around Christmas, I purchased a MUVI brand 640x480 full frame rate mini video camera for our ARBONET flights. It has a strong metal body made for...
Hi Michael We're planning on flying two similar cameras on our first flight in May. Both were purchased from eBay as "spy" cameras. One is this style (aka...
