SUFO-1, KD0OYK-11, 8/20/11

[KI9L]

Ok, I sorted through all the pictures and analyzed all the data. I put a full write up on my blog - Stray Bytes. Check it out and let me know what you think. Comments on the layout of the entire post are also welcome.

Pictures from the flight

Nice write up! Well done!

[EA5HAV]

Really nice. How did you get it back from that tree?

[SpaceBalloon]

Great after-action! Want to hear about that battery for sure!

[KF7FER]

Nice work! And I love the modular design of your flight hardware.

Oh yeah, cool name too!

Brad.

[HABrad]

Really nice. How did you get it back from that tree?

We had tons of kite string and rope. So we brought a few heavy sockets from a wrench set I have and tied them on the ends of the rope. Then it became a competition who could wing it up there and pull the right branches down first. After we got in untangled from the taller tree, we cut down the smaller one and it fell down with it. That was really our only option because none of the trees had branches anywhere near the ground.

Great after-action! Want to hear about that battery for sure!

I used two 2000mAh LiPo rechargeable batteries from Sparkfun. Here's a link. They aren't the cheapest things in the world, but they are very small and lightweight, but have a huge amount of power packed into them. I used two in series. I greatly over-sized them because I had no idea how long it would take me to find the payload and it really payed off in the end.

Nice work! And I love the modular design of your flight hardware.

Thanks. I like to reuse boards if I can. Especially with expensive sensors and transmitters that have to be soldered down.

[HABrad]

Since this is a new forum I'll make a suggestion. Should these 'planned launches' be moved to the 'past launches' section once they occur?

[KI9L]

Since this is a new forum I'll make a suggestion. Should these 'planned launches' be moved to the 'past launches' section once they occur?

I dont know..... uh..... yea probably.