This talk will cover the stories and engineering challenges faced by the Null Space Labs High Altitude Ballooning team and how they designed, analyzed, and flew hardware and software to survive the harsh conditions of near space. Recent flights include CUBEX, a payload capable of live image transmission, solar changing, power management, and position reporting, as well as the HABEXpico flight which flew half way across the United States.
Presenter: Arko
Links mentioned in the talk:
- HABEX1
- HABEX2 (includes links to calculators, instructions, math, details, etc)
- HABEXpico2
- CUBEX
- HABEX2 Flight Pictures
- Arko's Github
- Arko's Website
- Excellent RPI shield for HABs
- Excellent Arduino shield for HABs
- Detailed talk on building your own HAB
- Talk about building your own environmental chamber
- Blog about the environmental chamber
- Best wiki for high altitude ballooning