Many of you will be building your first nearspace capsules for the Global Space Balloon Challenge so I thought I would me some short videos to hopefully - give you some tips ! :-)
Hope you like !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XF7VVQMK98
Sunday, 23 March 2014
Sunday, 23 February 2014
Global Space Balloon Challenge
Global Space Balloon Challenge
April 18 - 21 2014
Come on people ! Get your Space Balloons ready for the global balloon launch !!
No experience necessary! just your imagination (and a balloon)
http://www.balloonchallenge.org/
Tuesday, 13 August 2013
Bobble head Ray gets launched in to nearspace!
19th July 2013
Today FM's Ray D'Arcy show asked us to launch bobble head Ray into nearspace!
On a perfect July morning, without a cloud in the sky and with no wind, we launched "Space Ray"
From Cookstown, Co. Tyrone.
Exceeding the target altitude of 101,000 feet, "Ray" made it all the way to 103,400 feet before landing just a few miles from the predicted landing site in Co. Donegal.
Here are some photos and video links
Look out for the next launch in a few weeks - weather permitting !
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
Today FM Ray d'Arcy show balloon launch
Space Ray on target to launch on 19th July !
Launch location - Omagh, Co. Tyrone
Predicted maximum altitude - 101,700 feet
Predicted flight time to burst - 118 minutes
Predicted landing site - Convoy, Co. Donegal
Total flight time to touchdown - 2h 34m
Friday, 28 June 2013
Preparation is everything
First balloon launch of 2013
They say preparaton is everything !
After a perfect flight, launching in Glenties Co. Donegal, the capsule passed Donegal Bay and flew over the Eniskillen Lake District, destination of the recent G8 before finally coming down on the Lietrim / Cavan border near the Marble Arch caves.
On retrieving the capsule I found the memory card in the camera was corrupted, due either to a cable being broken during descent of a fault in the card. I am currently running a scan and repair program to see if any images / video can be retrieved.
The parachute seems to have got tangled during descent which probably caused the camera cable to snap during rapid descent
Back to the drawing board !
Thursday, 8 November 2012
Monday, 16 July 2012
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