planEST – to space with balloon and 3D printed plane
planEST – a thing that makes glading down from the edge of space cheap, easy and reachable for homeuser. Short description:
1) 3d printed plane
2) balloons filled with helium will raise the plane up
3) controlling is made with raspberry pi
4) wing span about a meter
5) gps for driving plane back to home
6) camera and USB memory for storing the image
7) beacon for finding the plane
8) modular design
9) standard motors
10) development principle – easy hardware, complex software
11) strap between ballonos and plan that is burned at right height
12) power from batteries for rasberry pi and motors
Knowledge needed to team –
1) person, who knows something about motors
2) flight engineer for designing the plane
3) physist for general concept and calculations
4) software developer
5) communication specialst
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