Babbage will be launched this Saturday morning between 10:30am and 11am, from Berkshire. Landing prediction is SW of Newbury. The flight is a single balloon with 2 payloads, each one transmitting SSDV (images) and telemetry. The main payload is called PIE. This has a cutdown mechanism that will release the […]
Read MoreHow To Follow Babbage’s Flight
This flight is planned for Sunday 11th August, about midday. My flight is a single balloon with 2 payloads, each one transmitting “live” images plus telemetry. Another balloonist Anthony Stirk will launch his own flight, from the same site, shortly before mine. The main payload is called PIE. This has […]
Read MoreBionic Babbage prepares for Ted Bull Stratos Flight
My next flight is an attempt to reproduce Felix Baumgartner’s record-breaking skydive as part of the Red Bull Stratos project, albeit on a slightly smaller scale. The flight is due for launch about 10:30am this Saturday morning from Berkshire. Landing prediction is a few miles SW of Newbury. You can […]
Read MoreThe Register “SPEARS” Test Flight
Back in December 2012 I helped The Register with a test flight for their “LOHAN” project. Sadly, that flight ended up very wet in the English Channel due to reality completely disagreeing with the predicted flight path, after the Met Office failed to fly any balloons themselves that day. The […]
Read MorePurley School “Kingsley” Flight
As previously advertised I recently did a launch for Purley Infants School to help raise funds, and of course to encourage an interest in science and technology. The project was mentioned by the Reading Post before launch and today got onto their front page. Philip Allen, who has children at […]
Read MoreOoh I won :-)
A few weeks ago I entered a photo from my last flight in Farnell’s Raspberry Pi Camera Competition. Well, thanks to everyone who voted, as I won the competition and will soon start receiving my prize which will be new Raspberry Pi – related items from Farnell’s catalogue. Not all […]
Read MoreAll in a good cause
This Saturday afternoon (4pm planned), assuming good wind predictions, I’m doing a launch for Purley Infants School. It’s to raise funds for the school for educational equipment etc., and should you wish to donate you can do so by clicking here. The project has been covered this week by The […]
Read MoreRaspberry Eye In The Sky
Back in March I built a lightweight Raspberry Pi tracker comprising a model A Pi and a pre-production Pi camera built into a foam replica of the Raspberry Pi logo: The aim was to send images from higher than my record of just under 40km, so the tracker was pretty […]
Read MorePIE5 Flight On Bloomberg
Tom Gibson from Bloomberg came along to my last launch to video the proceedings and interview me for this nice little article that went live today. Click the above image to view on the Bloomberg site, or watch on YouTube below.
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