[aprssig] FW: APRS Question (Drone tracking of downed balloons)
Will Marchant
will at spaceflightsoftware.com
Fri Jun 12 13:18:19 EDT 2020
The http://www.picoaprs.de/index_en.html will digi. It is only 1W but
would easily fulfill the "last mile" issue if flown.
Anne and I have been using DJI Phantom 4 quadcopters
(https://store.dji.com/product/phantom-4-pro-v2?vid=43151 is the new
version) to fly payloads for her students. They easily handle small
payloads such as this.
73,
Will KW4WZ
On 6/12/20 12:32 PM, Robert Bruninga wrote:
> Good info on the drone technology. Thanks...
>
> But the flight does not have to be but a few minutes. And can be done
> within line of sight. Just drive to the last received position of the
> balloon as it came down, plus a little bit of estimation and a good sense of
> altitude (local hill) and launch the drone from there.
>
> With the balloon doing a 1 minute APRS packet, (which is now a constant
> position on the ground), it should not take but a few minutes to get that
> posit.
>
> Besides, its more toys to play with in the field.
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Will Marchant, KW4WZ
will at spaceflightsoftware.com
http://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/will/
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