iHAB-5

iHAB-5 - [Thursday - May 19, 2011]

Mission Recap:

What a BLAST! The iHAB Team had a great cookout and launch! This is the first of many flight tests for our latest project called "Balloo-Merang". More about the Balloo-Merang in a different blog.

iHAB-5 staying aloft for 1 Hour - 11min, reaching a Max altitude of 18,426ft and traveling 10 miles down range. It landing in a field south of Farson, IA.

We got a visual on the payload as it descended through 3,000ft, and watch it touchdown. Although watching it actually land was really cool, the fun only started. The CutDown Module failed again, leaving 2 inflated balloons still attached to the payload. At the point of touchdown the payload began to "skip" accross the field for another mile. See the ariel photos and Recovery Video below.

iHAB-5 - Mission Goals

DTMF Payload Cutdown Module - View Test
Ground based control station will cut the balloon free from the payload before reaching burst altitude. This will initiate a controlled decscent.
Test out the new iHAB Tracker application.
Click Here for the NEW! LIVE Tracker
Use an alternate envelope. 5 - 36" traditional party balloons.

= Successfull

= Successfull with error(s)

= Failed

iHAB-5 - Flight Prediction

NOTE: This is a TEST flight so a full prediction process was NOT followed. Looking at the sounding data, we do anticipate landing zone being northeast of Ottumwa, Iowa.

Last updated:
Thu May 19 2011 08:28:50 GMT-0500 (CDT).
T-minus: 0:09:31:09:422