==TransporTed== (I've had a stupid idea - any interest? )
Discussion
GetCarter said:
What's the orange/red thing at the bottom? Looks like an Edam cheese with knitting needles stuck in it.
That's a spare tracker, called Buzz. The "needles" are straws with the aerial wire inside.I put a spare tracker on important flights, in case the main one fails (as happened this time, due to a loose plug on the transmitter).
I think that was Buzz's 6th flight. He's been around a bit.
Dave
GetCarter said:
What's the orange/red thing at the bottom? Looks like an Edam cheese with knitting needles stuck in it.
Emergency food supply for Mrs Ted in case she lands in a remote area and isn't rescued for a while. It's red so easily located, and the knitting needles keep other (larger) bears off.Simpo Two said:
GetCarter said:
What's the orange/red thing at the bottom? Looks like an Edam cheese with knitting needles stuck in it.
Emergency food supply for Mrs Ted in case she lands in a remote area and isn't rescued for a while. It's red so easily located, and the knitting needles keep other (larger) bears off.
daveake said:
Launch video - http://youtu.be/O-DBnJS3PfA
Dave, my wife (who took the Paris photo on Mrs Ted's adventures) would like to know the following- How cold would she have been on her trip
- What was she tied on with?
theboyfold said:
Dave, my wife (who took the Paris photo on Mrs Ted's adventures) would like to know the following
- How cold would she have been on her trip
- What was she tied on with?
Somewhere between -50 and -60 degrees C. That would have been at around 15km up - higher and it gets a bit warmer.- How cold would she have been on her trip
- What was she tied on with?
She was tied down to the balsa wood support with (quite a lot of) cotton thread. I expected the balsa wood to break on landing (which it did), if not before (it's possible for the support line to the parachute to catch it), so she also had a separate lifeline of carbon-fibre thread, tying her directly to the payload box.
Edited by daveake on Tuesday 6th November 14:16
daveake said:
GetCarter said:
What's the orange/red thing at the bottom? Looks like an Edam cheese with knitting needles stuck in it.
That's a spare tracker, called Buzz. The "needles" are straws with the aerial wire inside.I put a spare tracker on important flights, in case the main one fails (as happened this time, due to a loose plug on the transmitter).
I think that was Buzz's 6th flight. He's been around a bit.
Dave
BliarOut said:
Dave, do you have to notify people before putting those balloons up in space?
Yes, I have to apply to the CAA for permission, and provided there's not a local airshow or something on then that's granted.The result is a permission certificate stating when/where I can launch and with any restrictions, plus a NOTAM (NOTice to AirMen) so they know to avoid the area. I usually get at least one call from a pilot to check up on if//when I'm launching. Even so, it's not uncommon to see a small aircraft in the vicinity - I think some of them come along to see what's happening! For Mrs Ted's flight we had to wait for a heli to move away.
Dave
Tyre Smoke said:
GetCarter said:
Two things...
Is Ted off to Nonuts?
Tyre Smoke, would you mind if I moved your Ted time?
Absolutely no problem at all. Is Ted off to Nonuts?
Tyre Smoke, would you mind if I moved your Ted time?
How does this suit?
Nov nonuts - Antigua
...then via me to:
Jan/Feb Clare Echlin - Burma & Kathmandu
IF TIME stop off in Qatar with TobyLaRhone on way to:
March 200bhp - West Oz
March/April The Boy Lard - NZ
April Bob Defly - Canada
May - Tyre Smoke - Devon
daveake said:
Thanks Dave 
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