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Team icarus Final Project Presentation

Team icarus Final Project Presentation. AJ Knapp, Kyle Marek-Spartz, Lucas Chowen, Max Sjöberg, Mike Hill AEM 1905 – Nov. 24 th 2009. Mission Overview. Mission Overview. Optical Experiment Ballooning as a cost effective alternative for Day-time astronomy

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Team icarus Final Project Presentation

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  1. Team icarusFinal Project Presentation AJ Knapp, Kyle Marek-Spartz, Lucas Chowen, Max Sjöberg, Mike Hill AEM 1905 – Nov. 24th 2009

  2. Mission Overview

  3. Mission Overview Optical Experiment Ballooning as a cost effective alternative for Day-time astronomy Video camera + shots to compare from the ground Block cameras direct view of sun to attempt capture of coronal features Inertial Measurement Unit IMU Borrowed from Augsburg Measures movement and rotational inertia Test flight for the engineering of the unit

  4. Mission Overview (cont.) • Predictions • Optics • Attempt to show that ballooning is a cost effective alternative • Able to get good quality images of the sun • Magnetometer • Altitude has a lot/a little/no substantial impact on the magnetic field • Tracking and analyzing those, if any, changes

  5. Team Organization

  6. Team Organization: AJ Knapp • Writing • Introduction, Payload Design • Oral Presentation • Flight Readiness Review • Payload Build • Box Build • Camera Experiment • Launch Day • Photographer

  7. Team Organization: Kyle Marek-Spartz • Writing • Project Management, Payload Photos • Oral Presentation • Conceptual Design Review • Payload Build • Photographer • IMU • Launch Day • Prediction/Tracking Assistant

  8. Team Organization:Lucas Chowen • Writing • Mission Overview, Expected Science Results • Payload Build • Weather Station Build • HOBO (Payload “Health” Monitoring) • Launch Day • Balloon Filling and Release assistant

  9. Team Organization:Mike Hill • Writing • Launch and Recovery, Conclusions • Oral Presentation • Conceptual Design Review • Payload Build • Flight Computer • Programmer • Launch Day • Recovery Specialist

  10. Team Organization:Max Sjöberg • Writing • Project Budgets, Test Plan and Results • Oral Presentations • Flight Readiness Review • Payload Build • Team Lead • Launch Day • Payload/Stack Handling Specialist

  11. Design Overview

  12. Design Overview: Material White Foam Core w/ Black Foam cushion Flip Video Camera Inertial Measurement Unit Includes magnetometer Strapping Tape Hinge Epoxy and Hot glue Heater circuit Power Supplies HOBO Flight computer Weather Station

  13. Design Overview: Layout ORIGINAL DESIGN LAYOUT A: Flight Computer B: Heater C: Camera (changed to FLIP Video) D: Batteries E: Battery F: HOBO G: Magnetometer (changed to IMU)

  14. Structure Temperature Sensor Design Overview: Conceptual Diagram Flight Computer Weather Station Flip HD Video Power HOBO Heater Power Power Power Inertial Measurement Unit Data Logger Accelerometers + Gyrometers Power

  15. Design Overview: Construction Finished Box w/ no components

  16. Design Overview: Construction Components inside payload Attachment of Camera and Heater Heater activation switch

  17. Design Overview: Construction

  18. Design Overview: Programming • IMU • Pre-programmed • Read sensor data 10 times / sec • Write to data logger • Flight Computer • Read sensor data every 15 seconds • Write to memory

  19. Design Overview: Budgets DOES NOT INCLUDE IMU MASS

  20. Design Overview: Art

  21. Payload Pre-flight Testing

  22. Testing Drop Box Results were good Sturdy construction Circuit tests Connections were good, except one That connection was fixed by Dr. Flaten Heater Test Functions Camera Test Operational IMU Tested data recording capabilities Passed

  23. Additional Testing • Cold soak test • Made sure that payload can handle extreme temperature • Passed • Day-in-the-life Weather test • Attempt to alter weather station data to test function • Passed • Yank Test • Make sure that the box stays together • Passed

  24. Results of Testing Our Payload was Ready to Go! (w/ few modifications)

  25. Escape of the Zombicarus:… or Flight Day

  26. Pre-Flight Checks

  27. Filling the Balloon

  28. Release

  29. Flight Day Status of the payload after the recovery was basically the same. Minor scratches from the tree landing. Landed roughly 25-30 feet in the air in a tree. Retrieved with bolo. Payload was still securely sealed and all the instruments seemed to be working inside. Disconnected all batteries and turned off IMU

  30. Science Results

  31. Expected Science Results • HOBO + Weather Station (WS) • Sensors: • Internal temperature (HOBO) • External temperature (HOBO + WS) • Relative Humidity (HOBO) • Pressure (WS) • These sensors will record data similar to Paul Verhage’s

  32. Paul Verhage’s HOBO + WS data

  33. Expected Science Results Optical Experiment Solar Observation Our hypothesis is: It will not be cost effective It may produce quality images of the sun that may be difficult to recreate on ground Whether or not we get a good glimpse of the sun is arguable IMU Acceleration and movement tracking test Our hypothesis: After launch there will be little change Post-burst will be violent, and we will be able to track it through the IMU

  34. In-Flight

  35. Conclusions • External Temperature vs. Time Temperature dropped to about -50 degrees Celsius until about the 50 minute mark, then the payload entered part of the atmosphere where it started heating up to about -15 degrees Celsius, which at that point was close to burst, and following the burst the temperature rapidly fell to the lowest of the flight of -55 degrees Celsius.

  36. Conclusions • Relative Humidity vs. Altitude According the graph, as altitude increased, humidity decreased, to as low at 5% around the 80,000 foot mark. • Pressure vs. Altitude As altitude increases the pressure decreases • Solar Observation: Did not exactly work, need a better way of blocking out the sun. • IMU results will come later

  37. Conclusions • Change anything about payload to fly again? • Yes, better strategy to block out the sun with our HD video camera to get better results. • Project Successes: • Pumpkin design, which ultimately boosts morale of the team, which in turn makes them happy, thus, makes them work better. • Other successes: • Payload stayed intact, all instruments functioned properly. • Final Project Successfulness: • Relatively successful

  38. Words of Wisdom • Don’t drink too much water on the chase, you never know when you are going to stop. • Think BIG • If you assume, you make an a** out of “u” and “me” • If you think it might be cold, then it probably will be

  39. Thank You to the Following • Thanks to the rest of our class for providing a forum for bouncing around ideas • Thanks to our TAs, Amy and Phillip for assisting the construction • Thanks to Chris from Augsburg for helping with the IMU • Thanks to Professor Flaten for guiding us during these past few months

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