{"id":1457,"date":"2013-12-27T09:08:24","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T09:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daveakerman.com\/?p=1457"},"modified":"2013-12-28T10:47:47","modified_gmt":"2013-12-28T10:47:47","slug":"pi-to-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.daveakerman.com\/?p=1457","title":{"rendered":"Pi To Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tomorrow (Saturday 28th December) I will be joined by Anthony Stirk<\/a> to launch a Raspberry Pi “floater” which is expected to fly over the continent, over Holland, Germany and Poland, and probably beyond.<\/p>\n

The high-altitude winds this time of year are strong, and we’re expecting speeds of 200mph (320kph) or more, meaning that it won’t take long for the flight to travel across the continent. This prediction shows about 9 hours of the flight!:<\/p>\n

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As usual the Pi will transmit live images but we’ll be heavily dependent on trackers in Holland, Germany and Poland to receive them.<\/p>\n

Just to add to the fun, the flight will carry 3 other payloads and the Pi is programmed to perform 3 “cutdowns” during the flight, so some payloads will drop from the flight before the balloon bursts.<\/p>\n

As usual, you can follow the flight live online:<\/p>\n