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Ivory v4.0 is here. Planned launch: Saturday PM.
New features:
- Yagi antenna to get a more directional signal / less co-channel interference
- Active ballast deployment system to drop weight when we come down below 10,000 feet
- More frequent transmissions
Flight path is Toronto, Pennsylvania/New Jersey, then east / northeast toward England. Your mileage may vary, subject to weather / winds / altitude / etc.
Yes, she's home. Batteries were dead when it got here, so I gave it a little boost to check if it was still OK (and it is).
ReplyDeleteIn order to have self-sustaining flight, we need to avoid building pressure in the balloons. This will involve some number of upside-down helicopters and some number of watts of solar cells.
There's a lot of work to do, so this may be a few weeks.... stay tuned!