Collaboration 11

Date:05/09/2015

Collaboration with Liverpool Chinatown Photographic Society.

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.

Payload

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.