Tag Archives: Foil

JOTA 2014 – Two Successful HAB Flights

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Steve Smith

So the plan was for Chris Stubbs to launch on Saturday 18th October and me to launch on Sunday 19th October at Kingston Ridge Scouts Campsite in Essex. Chris was already on site by the time arrived. I was kindly … Continue reading →

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Launch Announcement – [POSTPONED]

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Steve Smith

[UPDATE 21/01/2014] Due to the wind direction predictions, I have postponed this launch. I will still be giving the talk at the North Kent Radio Society, just sans launch. Watch for launch announcements in the coming weeks. All being well, … Continue reading →

Posted in Launches, Payloads, Tracking, VAYU-NTX | Tagged Balloon, Flight, Foil, HAB, Launch, payload, Telemetry, Tracking, VAYU-NTX | Leave a comment

Vayu-1 Re-launch

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Steve Smith

On November 3rd 2013, I had the pleasure of re-launching VAYU-1 from a local location, Shenstone Park. I chose this location because it is in very easy reach of my home but mostly because it is relatively high against the … Continue reading →

Posted in Launches, VAYU | Tagged Balloon, Flight, Foil, HAB, Launch, Pico, Terrain, Tracking, VAYU | Leave a comment

Vayu-1 Re-launch Announcement

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Steve Smith

I’m going to re-launch VAYU-1 on Sunday 3rd November 2013 from Shenstone Park in Crayford. Hopefully, all being well with weather etc. we will launch at around 12:30pm. The site is 36m above sea level and so gives nice clearance … Continue reading →

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VAYU-1 1st Flight

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Steve Smith

On Sunday 20th October, I set off to Youlbury with my friends Graham, Theresa and young Sebastian to launch VAYU-1 for the Scout JOTA day. In the preceeding week, I’d checked the weather forecast and it consistently said that it … Continue reading →

Posted in Payloads, Tracking, VAYU | Tagged Flight, Foil, HAB, JOTA, Pico, Scout, Telemetry, Tracking, VAYU | Leave a comment

Launch Announcement

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Steve Smith

I’ve been invited to launch a balloon at Youlbury Scout Activity Centre in Oxford on 20th October. It will be as part of their JOTA/JOTI event. JOTA (Jamboree on-the-air) is a yearly scout event based around radio communication. It appears … Continue reading →

Posted in Tracking, Uncategorized, VAYU | Tagged Balloon, Ballooning, board, Flight, Foil, HAB, JOTA, payload, Pico, Scout, sentence, VAYU | Leave a comment

Introducing Vayu

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Steve Smith

So, I have a HabDuino and that will be launched once I’ve got used to the whole set of logistics that are involved in HAB. I’d also like it to do something special rather then just send the normal telemetry … Continue reading →

Posted in Payloads, Tracking | Tagged Altitude, Balloon, Experimental, Flight, Foil, High, String, Telemetry | 2 Comments

Trackers

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Steve Smith

Having sorted my login out and designed a logo for this project, I can continue. In the early days of my interest in HAB I discovered the website Spacenear.us This site plots all the current flights of HAB’s around the … Continue reading →

Posted in Tracking, Websites | Tagged Altitude, Balloon, Experimental, Flight, Foil, HAB, High, Pico, Small, Telemetry | Leave a comment

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