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    by pizzafeelsright
  • I'd assume hydrogen is a significantly cheaper fill gas than helium. Other than the danger during filling, any other concerns?
    by jmpman
  • Wait, so at 28k/km the temp goes up to 15C?

    This is all very cool but this temperature reading caught my eye as unexpected.

    by verelo
  • The images seem a bit scrambled, presumably due to missing data blocks. At that low a resolution, have you considered maybe Robot36 SSTV?
    by ErroneousBosh
  • I live in Montana and routinely hunt the Musselshell river valley/Meagher county area. It's maybe my favorite place in the world. So few folks have been there, but spend some time there and you might just find yourself feeling depressed when you leave and not knowing why.

    Glad to see other folks go through the area. The wind in Judith Gap is insane, so I'm surprised that you never found it. I'll keep an eye out when I'm out there in Sept/Oct.

    by colingauvin
  • "which would have otherwise been expensive for the budget of two high school students"

    High school students !? You are more capable than most of adults from my country, even "of the trade" if I might say.

    by Felger
  • Impressive level of detail, impressive work for anyone, much less high school students.
    by macintux
  • Fun writeup! I was surprised by the part about styrofoam boxes though:

      Despite their popularity, they have a few disadvantages:

  They come in predefined sizes which mandate a certain weight allowance
  They cannot be flexible for your specific payload, making it hard to be efficient with payload layout
  They are expensive compared to more custom solutions
    This shocks me, as styrofoam is one of the easiest materials in the world to cut, shape, fasten, and customize to your heart's content. I'm all for 3d printing stuff, but in the theater world we build a ton of very detailed (and shockingly durable) stuff out of foam all the time....

    Buying a styrofoam box and just accepting that it's gotta be that shape and size feels like a huge waste.

    by happyopossum

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