DBK
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As we don't have a ballooning section on the forum I'm putting this here as the main focus of it is really about the images not the balloon.
I launched a small helium filled balloon on Sunday and it had a very successfully flight. It reached a maximum altitude of 31,858m (104,521 ft) which was slightly above the expected altitude. The balloon burst at this point, having reached an estimated diameter of 4.8m. Under a small parachute the Raspberry Pi powered payload took nearly two and a half hours to descend making a safe landing in a field of sheep near the A30 north of Dartmoor. Although the payload had transmitted reduced size images by radio throughout the flight the full sized images were stored on an on-board SD card which I was able to extract. This YouTube video shows a bit of the launch preparation and some of the best images. And yes, the camera angle of the video section has cut off my feet!
I launched a small helium filled balloon on Sunday and it had a very successfully flight. It reached a maximum altitude of 31,858m (104,521 ft) which was slightly above the expected altitude. The balloon burst at this point, having reached an estimated diameter of 4.8m. Under a small parachute the Raspberry Pi powered payload took nearly two and a half hours to descend making a safe landing in a field of sheep near the A30 north of Dartmoor. Although the payload had transmitted reduced size images by radio throughout the flight the full sized images were stored on an on-board SD card which I was able to extract. This YouTube video shows a bit of the launch preparation and some of the best images. And yes, the camera angle of the video section has cut off my feet!