[TriLUG] Tonight! TriLUG Hack Night - Topic: Solar Eclipse High Altitude Balloon Launch (With TriTux onboard)

[Jeremy Davis via TriLUG]

Mauricio,

That is excellent if you are willing to send your GoPro up on a balloon. Do
you have specs? e.g. weight with batteries? and can you program it to take
still shots periodically?

Jeremy

On Jul 20, 2017 2:12 PM, "Mauricio Tavares" <raubvogel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a gopro camera I have not used in quite a while.
>
> On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 2:07 PM, Jeremy Davis via TriLUG
> <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> > Join us tonight 7-9pm for TriLUG Hack Night! We are meeting at Caktus
> Group
> > located Downtown Durham.
> >
> > Hack Night will be led by Jeremy Davis. Topic is launching TriTux into
> > nearspace with a high altitude balloon and cameras. It would be very cool
> > to do this on 21 August to film the solar eclipse. NC Nearspace is
> willing
> > to assist as needed with guidance and best practices. They normally use a
> > Raspberry Pi, HAM radio, and GPS equipment, so anyone with experience or
> > interest in learning is highly encouraged to attend. There are expenses
> > involved with this project which means fundraising and PR volunteer
> > opportunities are available too.
> >
> > Tonight is basically a litmus test to guage the amount of interest and
> also
> > an opportunity to do some initial planning.
> >
> > For collaboration on this project, I created a shared folder on Google
> > Drive. Please reference the High Altitude Parts list document (courtesy
> of
> > Paul Lowell of NC Nearspace) located in this shared folder located at
> > https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByMOV91w0mWRbEY5emNnVFFBYWM
> >
> >
> > PARKING: Park in the municipal deck on the other side of the Arts Council
> > across W. Morgan St. The entrance to the Caktus Tech Space is on Morris
> St.
> >
> > Jeremy Davis
> > TriLUG PR
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