iHAB - BallooMerang Project
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BallooMerang is part of the Iowa High Altitude Balloon Project, a long-term effort to design and build a HAB vehicle/payload with autonomous flight capabilities.
The first mission goal of the BallooMerang Project with the aid of Amateur Radio and Model Aviation technologies, is to launch an aircraft powered by iHAB to Near Space (100K ft) and release. The aircraft will autonomously pilot itself back to the launch site. |
Project Update
Update: Tue Aug 30 08:54:29 CDT 2011
BallooMerang BM-1 vehicle T-Flight #2 was 100% successful! 4 flights, all systems performed as expected
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| 3D Render - Ascent | 3D Render WayPoint #1 |
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| 3D Render WayPoint #2 | 3D Render Ground Track |
Update: Fri Aug 26 12:17:49 CDT 2011
BallooMerang BM-1 vehicle ready for T-Flight #2.
Update: Wed Aug 24 09:35:33 CDT 2011
APM (AutoPilot) is configured, tested and ready for test flight. The encloseure has been built and will mount to the topside of the wing.
Update: Fri Aug 19 10:46:07 CDT 2011
First flight test of the BM-1 vehicle. Perfomed 100%. Here the video highlights.
AutoPilot is getting programmed before the next test flight.
Updated: Mon Aug 8 13:08:12 CDT 2011
iHAB Team is continuing to perfom flight tests wi th flight vehicle. Weight and Balance, Flight Performance are the two primary goals.
iHAB-6 was completed, and the CutDown Module was successful.
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