Tag Archives: Pico

JOTA 2014 Launch

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Steve Smith

Time does wizz by! It’s almost the day of my next launch. I was invited to the JOTA event by Mike Lynn G1KOT in order to launch a balloon and demonstrate HAB tracking to the Scouts & Cubs at Kingston … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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Vayu v1.01 PCBs

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Steve Smith

I just wanted to do a quick post to show the VAYU v1.01 PCBs that just arrived fresh from Hackvana. They are absolutely top quality. I’m amazed that the text came out despite being out of tolerance. I decided that … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Testing-Testing

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Steve Smith

I’ve been doing some further tests on my payload VAYU whilst I wait for the new PCBs to be fabricated. This is the prototype built from Chris Stubb’s CHEAPO PCB with an added boost regulator. I wanted to see how … Continue reading →

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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 →

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