Deserves a wider audience

[crmcatee]

If you haven't seen this in the Youtube thread, it's worth a watch.


Interesting and something I fancy doing.

vetrof said:

Home made filming of stratosphere

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfgOYsWnisk

[Diabolik]

Absolutely fking brilliant! Breathtaking! Nice choice of music too...

Thanks, wouldn't have seen that otherwise!

[TangoAlpha]

Guess I've just found my next project

Really like the idea of doing that, maybe with some more sophisticated camera equipment.

[theRossatron]

Very cool, I think a father and son did something similiar recently.

Are there no laws into sending up a massive baloon, most likely into busy airspace?

[SamHH]

theRossatron said:

Are there no laws into sending up a massive baloon, most likely into busy airspace?

From the video page: http://ukhas.org.uk/guides:faq

[crmcatee]

Yes - you need to alert them a month in advance - some links in the info on the video....


I'm sorely tempted to do something like this for a hoot.

[GetCarter]

crmcatee said:

Yes - you need to alert them a month in advance - some links in the info on the video....


I'm sorely tempted to do something like this for a hoot.

We could send up Simpo - 'bloke with a balloon'. Great watch. Nice to know people are still being this daft/clever/fun etc...

[Gemm]

Brilliant! Shame the memory ran out after 2 hours.

[Nick M]

GetCarter said:

Great watch. Nice to know people are still being this daft/clever/fun etc...

+1

That was my over-riding thought too.

[Simpo Two]

GetCarter said:

We could send up Simpo - 'bloke with a balloon'. Great watch. Nice to know people are still being this daft/clever/fun etc...

It's landscape photography so your department Steve!

[Pixel-Snapper]

Awesome..... That is all!

[Munter]

Gemm said:

Brilliant! Shame the memory ran out after 2 hours.

All these it seems the battery runs out or the lens freezes over. I suspect the battery performance is affected by the cold as well as having to run a camera for 2 hours.

[Nick M]

Munter said:

All these it seems the battery runs out or the lens freezes over. I suspect the battery performance is affected by the cold as well as having to run a camera for 2 hours.

Which is why they put the heat pack in the box Although in fairness, I expect it had its work cut out at an estimated altitude of 37Km....

[eybic]

brilliant

[Dan_1981]

Amazing.

Wasthat an iPhone inside that they used as the GPS locator?

Would love to give something like that a go.

[MadMullah]

How did they guesstimate where it was going to land? what if the winds in the upper atmosphere carried it miles away?

surely it would've been done on a really calm day?

i'd love to do that sending my HD camcorder so high.

[Dogsey]

All that and they invented time travel!

Great video of a brilliant project.

[MikeGTi]

Awesome video!

[Dan_1981]

Seriously tempted to give this a go.

So far cost wise I see, a GPS locater,

from here: http://www.mr-lee-catcam.de/pe_cc_o2_en.htm

£80

A HD video camera of some sort - appaears to need to be able to record for over two hours at least. Any suggestions - wouldn't want to break the bank incase it didn't come home!

Weather balloon - £30 from ebay.

Tank of helium - £20?

and some bits and bobs for the box.

[14-7]

Dan_1981 said:

Amazing.

Wasthat an iPhone inside that they used as the GPS locator?

Would love to give something like that a go.

GPS locator was a cat GPS tag that sends sms messages with location.


I think as others have said, I might have just found a new project . Would love to do something like that.

Currently struggling to find weather balloons for sale though! Only one that comes up is on ebay from the USA but only carries 600g.