[AR] Re: Team Prometheus balloon launch
- From: "Monroe L. King Jr." <monroe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 02:46:32 -0700
No permit needed- Yet! May change soon.
Monroe
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> Subject: [AR] Re: Team Prometheus balloon launch
> From: <johndom@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, October 23, 2013 1:18 am
> To: <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Nice photos. Remarkable flyback stunt!
>
> Hard to get such balloon launch permit?
>
> Now where is my photoshop manual so I could copy that somewhat cheaper :-).
>
> jd
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> Van: arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Namens Monroe L. King Jr.
> Verzonden: woensdag 23 oktober 2013 1:37
> Aan: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Onderwerp: [AR] Team Prometheus balloon launch
>
> We had a successful mission to 101,000ft and a full fly back to launch
> from balloon drop. We tied the world RC speed record at 498 MPH. Here
> are some photos. We are now redesigning the aircraft for rocket launch
> having done the hard part of ground control and tracking as well as
> autonomous flight and recovery. Live video and all that stuff nobody
> seems to want to do.
> The only problem we have left to solve is the GPS above mach 1. I hope
> we can crack this using some of the new GPS modules that have been made
> with open software.
>
> Monroe
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