Bonjour James if you could gave us an update when you will know what happened exactly,if possible,with the parachute? It is a bit O/T but also it is a great lab for the Aprs board too in that altitude. Is there another attempt in the future,can we follow it on APRS here when it will happen? 73/s Thanks for the information
Gervais ve2ckn -------------------------------------------------- From: "James Ewen" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 1:49 AM To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; "TAPR APRS Mailing List" <[email protected]> Subject: [tracker2] Le Grand Saut > I've been involved in a little project called Le Grand Saut over the > weekend. http://www.legrandsaut.org > > It is an attempt to ride a helium balloon to the edge of space, and > skydive back to earth. In addition to all the scientific research > information gathered, it would also set 4 world records, highest > manned balloon flight, longest duration freefall, fastest speed during > freefall, and highest freefall. > > Mark Caviezel NG0X built and delivered an 8 million cubic foot > balloon, and also brought along an excellent group of balloon pilots > as his launch crew, along with his own meteorologist Mark Conner > N9XTN. This excellent team came through and delivered for the project. > They were in mid fill within 1/2 an hour or so of launch when the > word came to abort from the payload crew. Michel Fournier's parachute > suffered a malfunction calling an end to the launch attempt. > > I was part of the chase and recovery crew, along with Barry VE6SBS, > Garrett VE6RKY, Bob VE6ROZ, Barry VA6DX, Dave VA6RA, Curtis VE6AEW and > Jason (soon to be licensed), who gathered to ensure that the medical > and rescue crews would be on site when Michel returned to earth. Our > secondary task being the tracking and recovery of the payload, so that > the team could recover all the recorded video and data, along with > tracking the 1 ton balloon for clean up. We also looked after > launching an APRS windsonde to gather upper wind data just hours > before the main launch. http://aprs.fi/ve6atv-13 > > What an amazing experience... in the last 24 hours, we've had Scott > N1VG and Jason KE4NYV jump to the plate for us, rewriting, compiling, > and then emailing us new firmware for the brand new RTrak HAB payload, > adding in another telemetry sensor, Lynn KE4ERJ create and release a > new development version of APRSISCE/32 to correct a minor telemetry > bug in his client, and Hessu OH7LZB adding a new kmz download > capability to aprs.fi (with a nearly immediate response to a bug > report, to fix a missing altitude parameter). > > The dedication of these individuals to their "hobby" is outstanding! > There is no way that we could have had better support. The "commercial > world" doesn't respond like this... it can take weeks or months to get > responses and updates to issues like these. > > All I can say is WOW! > > Thank you gentlemen for tireless and unrewarded support. You are all a > shining example of why I am proud to tell people that I am an amateur > radio operator. > > For the love of radio! > > James > VE6SRV > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
