Everyone was away, hopefully having excellent summer vacations!, for our telecon on Aug. 4 (I was the only one who called in) so no minutes to share (I'll spare you any conversations I may have had with myself). But lots of things accomplished in the past 2 weeks, so I'll just share some photos, a brief video of the cutdown/steering system we've just built (a lighter weight variation of Yorke's original design), and slides containing some of our plans:
Slides (for UVic Facilties Management) regarding our plan for a drop test on Aug. 27 or (rain date) Aug. 28:
http://projectaltair.org/HyperNews/get/AUX/2016/08/17/17.21-74532-tSetup_draft11aug2016.pdf
Parafoil rigging test setup:
http://projectaltair.org/HyperNews/get/AUX/2016/08/17/20.32-41770-DropTestSetup1.jpg
http://projectaltair.org/HyperNews/get/AUX/2016/08/17/20.32-76024-DropTest4.jpg
The new cutdown system (attached to a dummy payload):
Video:
https://particle.phys.uvic.ca/~jalbert/MotorAndPropTests/CutdownSystem.MOV
Photos:
http://projectaltair.org/HyperNews/get/AUX/2016/08/17/20.30-7894-CutdownSystem.jpg
http://projectaltair.org/HyperNews/get/AUX/2016/08/17/20.30-38576-tdownAndSteeringSetup.jpg
http://projectaltair.org/HyperNews/get/AUX/2016/08/17/20.30-30898-TopPlate.jpg
A handheld device ("Betelgeuse") we've made to test our telemetry (analogous to "Mercury" in Hanover):
http://projectaltair.org/HyperNews/get/AUX/2016/08/17/20.30-68004-Betelgeuse1.jpg
http://projectaltair.org/HyperNews/get/AUX/2016/08/17/20.30-53104-Betelgeuse2.jpg
The main electronic stage for ALTAIR-Victoria under construction:
http://projectaltair.org/HyperNews/get/AUX/2016/08/17/20.30-32651-ectronicsBoard17aug16.jpg
Avian-B white diffusive coating applied to a test hemisphere (thanks to student Tyler Makaro and machinist Jeff Trafton):
http://projectaltair.org/HyperNews/get/AUX/2016/08/17/20.30-99000-AvianBTestHemisphere.jpg
Next telecon is *tomorrow* (Aug. 18 in Western hemisphere), at 6 pm Eastern time, talk to you all then!
cheers, thanks very much all! justin
On Thu, 04 Aug 2016 01:01:01 GMT, Justin Albert wrote:
> Hi! > > Telecon tomorrow (Aug. 4 in North America, Aug. 5 in Australia) at the > regular time: 6:00 pm Eastern (3:00 pm Pacific, noon Hawaii, midnight > European, 8 am Eastern Australia). Discussion items include: flight and > telescope plans and tests (including planning for flight testing outside > of New Hampshire); light sources and light source modelling; goniometric > and pre- and post-flight calibration; propulsion work; nanosat bus and > payload solid models; computing/website; grant applications; and recap > of schedules. > > Here's how to connect: > > 1) Open Skype on your computer (note that of course, you should first install Skype, http://www.skype.com , on your machine if you haven't already). > 2) In the "Contacts" menu, add me ( jalbertuvic ) as a contact, if you haven't already. > 3) Just wait for me to Skype-call you at the usual time (4 pm Eastern, 1 pm Pacific). > 4) If there is any trouble, or if you don't get a Skype-call for some reason and would like to join, just send me an e-mail (jalbert@uvic.ca). > > Here's the tentative agenda: > > I) Flight and telescope plans and tests, including planning for operations outside of New Hampshire > II) Diffused light source, and its modelling, pre- and post-flight calibration, and goniometric calibrations > III) Propulsion & motor control work, and the new motorized dummy payload > IV) Nanosat solid models & Houman's thesis > V) Computing/website > VI) Grant applications > VII) AOB > > Talk to you all tomorrow, thanks! > justin
Attachments:
http://projectaltair.org/HyperNews/get/AUX/2016/08/17/20.30-32651-ectronicsBoard17aug16.jpg
http://projectaltair.org/HyperNews/get/AUX/2016/08/17/20.30-99000-AvianBTestHemisphere.jpg
http://projectaltair.org/HyperNews/get/AUX/2016/08/17/20.30-30898-TopPlate.jpg
http://projectaltair.org/HyperNews/get/AUX/2016/08/17/20.30-7894-CutdownSystem.jpg
http://projectaltair.org/HyperNews/get/AUX/2016/08/17/20.30-38576-tdownAndSteeringSetup.jpg
http://projectaltair.org/HyperNews/get/AUX/2016/08/17/20.30-68004-Betelgeuse1.jpg
http://projectaltair.org/HyperNews/get/AUX/2016/08/17/20.30-53104-Betelgeuse2.jpg
http://projectaltair.org/HyperNews/get/AUX/2016/08/17/20.32-41770-DropTestSetup1.jpg
http://projectaltair.org/HyperNews/get/AUX/2016/08/17/20.32-76024-DropTest4.jpg