HD Near Space High Altitude Balloon

[RonIsNeat]

Did you place a hand warmer against the back of the Zi6 to keep the batteries from freezing?

[allturdmind]

FAKE

[Pieh0]

Gotta love 3:30 . COME ON SIREN! YOU CAN DO IT!

[codykode]

I launched this past Sunday!  My GoPro froze 53 minutes in, common issue I am finding out. Video is on my page of launch, check it and/or my website at aerialparade

[wjmiller132]

God dam noise can't even get past that not worth the pain.

[tarfun5959]

That's well cool.

[viksra]

TRACKING DEVICE = ??????

[peterpatalano]

That noise is awful. Great video otherwise.

[peterpatalano]

That noise is awful.

[aeroempi]

Amazing! I wish to climb that high one day... and see the darkblue and black sky with stars and sun at the same noon time!

[boinkboink1968]

Wow, the air is to thin to propagate sound, you must have been at least 25km high.

[Dinslaker2010]

Schön gemacht..sowas macht hier in Deutschland kaum einer.. wohl auch weil so ein Ballon am Ende in einer Siedlung landen würde,oder Highway.. :-)

[Uberslime]

Good quality, but why the fuck does it sound like that? It ruins it all :/

[deh1002]

how far away did the balloon land?

[deh1002]

how far away did the balloon land?

[dendelionnum1]

and how do u find back your camera? LOL

[BuiltandTested]

Thumbs up if you muted it.

[PhysiologicAli]

this must be the coolest video on you tube.

[killer00630]

Whats the temperature likely to be at the altitude of 80,000 feet?

[slians]

I love the soundtrack

[knobbly]

Next time get yer own balloon. The alarm as still going off on that one ;)

[AndrosForever]

at 2:30 an angel grabbed it and made it turn the other way :)

[TheRedrocketeer]

How did you measure the altitude? Most GPS units will shut down at ~60 000 ft. as a precaution so the gps can't be used in a missile. Great job!

[tinymat]

WOW! so how did you retrieve the balloon afterward? a really REALLY long rope?

[condiersea]

mute the video and play dont ask by grizzly bear.

[codykode]

Good job guys. I launched as well Sept 5th, 2010 with success to 90k. aerialparade..com. All info located their, as well as video and pics.

Cody

[p00pdawg]

Did you use a tracking device to Obtain the camera?

[theMakeStuffClub]

@p00pdawg yup, gps over ham radio. look up APRS for more information.

[guitartuner7]

what is the make of your ballon

[theMakeStuffClub]

@guitartuner7 we used a kaymont 1500 g sounding balloon.

[80ynniv]

@theMakeStuffClub I think someone is trying to break into your balloon.....

[pyronaught]

Nice video quality, but what's with the car alarm going off for half the video??

[3tangle3]

the sound is for a reason...at different heights it changes?

[brety099]

is that the car alarm

[AlexKing666]

Well, this was annoying and nauseating. Did you guys also film Cloverfield?

[roborovskihamsters]

how did you get the camera to record for that long?

[mustardCSS]

Wow, this video is simply spectacular. Did you have the camera take a picture every so seconds? Cause I heard the noise of a camera shutter whilst the balloon was flying.

[theMakeStuffClub]

@mustardCSS yup. I used a cannon camera running a CHDK script which took pictures every 20 seconds. 

[ttk1opc]

Was that siren necessary for this whole thing to work?

[Korvane]

4 mins of the worst sound in the entire world.

[mmdbidstrup]

So if i do this to my girlfriend she will also shut up? like the balloon? :)

[mashmods]

Did you consider using a cellular connection instead of HAM for locating the payload?

[geonerd]

The noise ruins the video!

[theMakeStuffClub]

@geonerd but if I took it out what would people complain about? :) The noise isn't random which is why I haven't removed it. The siren is the third redundant tracking system, the idea being that if it landed in someones backyard they would have an incentive to go find what was making that noise and hopefully my cell which was posted on the balloon and return the payload.

[geonerd]

@theMakeStuffClub Ah, that makes sense. Maybe add a timer to the siren next time, and work on the camera stability. :) Thanks for posting.

[sarcmatt]

@geonerd Turn the volume down, Einstein, there's nothing else to hear anyway.

[themainproblem]

That was a cool video!  Thanks for sharing it with us.

Regards from Apache Junction, Arizona

[Onsube]

Holy shit

[virtualviper74]

Awesome

[going2nasa]

lol how did u get the cam back was that you !!!!!!

[theMakeStuffClub]

@going2nasa so the older man was a friend from a local Ham club. The younger guy was me. Thanks for the add as a friend :)

[soulchip2]

I loved how the speaker tried to produce sound again hahaha :) AWESOME VIDEO!

[simonnava]

Nice job! go to our profile to see STRATOS I being launched in South Florida! As you know Florida is surrounded by ocean water. It was truly a challenge. You can go to my profile or type STRATOS BALLOON on You Tube.

Enjoy!

[gr3kplay1]

wow!!

[MrAko3]

What specific equipment did you guys use and where can i get it? I'm also thinking about constructing a high altitude balloon. (are there any pictures of just the payload/ inside of it?)

[AHW214]

Is there a way to do this with a budget of 75 dollars?

And what supplies would you need other than a camera and weather balloon?

[theMakeStuffClub]

@AHW214 it would be nearly impossible for 75 dollars unless you have access to free helium. The helium alone cost nearly 50 dollars. The balloon will cost around 40 dollars (i believe? I forget now) and the parachute costs at least 30 dollars as well.

[smallbot1]

how much did the whole project cost?

[theMakeStuffClub]

It was not very expensive. I have a budget list that I will pm you. The whole project was close to 600 dollars, but could have been cheaper.

[Resdon111]

What was the distance (over land) that it traveled?

[theMakeStuffClub]

it traveled from kalamazoo mi to marshall mi

about 40 miles. Most of the distance comes from the high altitude winds and the parachute.

[olverafam]

that was badass I just bought this camera and Im happy I did!

[TheLancer1993]

I'm accually planning to bulid a high altitude balloon rig this winter, and I'd like to launch it in the early spring to see western new york with snow.

[theMakeStuffClub]

cool, feel free to ask us any questions you have about setting up your launch. It was worth the effort.

[Learjet66]

Great quality video. Well done.

[wjmiller132]

@Learjet66 except for that noise.

[kateleishman]

Very cool!

Great job Make Stuff Club!