Popular Post Perkil8r Posted May 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 21, 2018 Taken 29/06/2017 but took a while to get the camera back. Details: GoPro Hero 2 mounted in polystyrene box and strapped under a big balloon. Approx altitude 40km, temperature -57 degrees C, Air pressure 0.5 millibar. Screen capture, crop and deconvolution filter. +Graham, Bottletopburly, Werisit and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 That's different Mike, very nice!! Perkil8r 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Ooh I can see my house from there. ? Well done Mike Perkil8r 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 I am glad you got it back eventually and that the data was still ok. Perkil8r 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 That looks brilliant. ? Where did the camera come down? Perkil8r 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Great news that you finally got the camera back. Brilliant image. Perkil8r 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Perkil8r Posted May 22, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 22, 2018 Edited highlights: Craig, tuckstar, philjay and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Brilliant. Long Eaton has never looked so good. Perkil8r 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Loved that Mike. How far away from the launch site was it when it was recovered ? Perkil8r 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 That is fabulous to watch Mike. ? Inspirational to know that this was all done by a local school, and not some international space agency. ?? Perkil8r 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithysteve Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 A really great project - a fantastic video and a great result - loved it! ? Perkil8r 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted May 22, 2018 Author Share Posted May 22, 2018 The balloon was found on Friday morning by a farmer just south of buxton. The black box and GoPro failed, I suspect from prolonged exposure to the moisture of very thick cloud cover and cold. The whole thing should have been done and back on the ground by around 11.40am. At 11.30am, when the black box gave up it's fight, it was still climbing. A conservative estimate is that it achieved 40km but my hunch, given models landing near buxton, is that it reached 45km. Our target was to break 30km thus leaving the stratosphere. Mind boggling to think that at 40km it would have taken a little over an hour to fall back to earth on it's parachute! +Bino-viewer and tuckstar 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Wow....south of Buxton. Thats some journey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Amazing, good ole farmer ?? well done Perkil8r 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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