Date:05/09/2015
Collaboration with Liverpool Chinatown Photographic Society.
I designed the flight, developed the payload concept, supplied the kit and helped the group launch the balloon. Thanks to Martin and Dan Warner for supplying the radio tracker and operating it.
Launch Time:10:30 Landing Time 12:54
Launch site: Griffin Inn, Rossett, Wrexham
Landing site:Ludlow
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.3903222,-2.7079342,610m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
Flight duration:2hr 24 min
Balloon type: 800gm Cosmoprene
Burst Height:31100
Payload weight: 1600gm
Equipment: Go Pro Hero 3 white, Go Pro Hero 3+ Black, Spot Gen 3, Radio tracker, Cattrack
Camera performance:
Other equipment:
Radio tracker data file Datafile excel
Field | Typical contents | Format | Description |
0 | $PUBX | string | Message ID |
1 | 00 | number | message number always 00 |
2 | 081350.00 | hhmmss.sss hhmmss.00 – | UTC Time, Current time |
3 | 4717.113210 | ddmm.mmmm | Latitude – Latitude, Degrees + minutes |
4 | N | N/S Indicator | , N=north or S=south |
5 | 00833.915187 | dddmm. mmmm | Longitude – Longitude, Degrees + minutes |
6 | W character | E/W indicator, | E=east or W=west |
7 | 546.589 | numeric | AltRef m Altitude above user datum ellipsoid. |
8 | G3 | string | NavStatus G3 3d solution, D3 3d differential solution, NF no fix. |
9 | 2.1 | numeric | Hacc m Horizontal accuracy estimate. |
10 | 2.0 | numeric | Vacc m Vertical accuracy estimate. |
11 | 0.007 | numeric | SOG km/ h Speed over ground |
12 | 77.52 | numeric | COG degrees Course over ground |
13 | 0.007 | numeric | Vvel m/s Vertical velocity, positive=downwards |
14 | 25.123 | Numeric | Internal temperature degC |
15 | 10.123 | Numeric | Outside temperature degC |
16 | 373 | Numeric | Battery voltage 10mV steps. |
Ascent Rate:
Descent Rate:
Comments:
SPOT location reports
Radio tracker data logger