The UK High Altitude Society Wiki

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• Members
• Mailing list
• IRC channel
• UKHAS Wiki Stats 28/01/08 - 22/07/08

• UK Records
• Weather
• Balloon Trajectory Forecasts
• Suppliers
• Code
• Restrictions/Legality
• Safety Guidelines

• List of Launches
• Payloads waiting to be launched

• UKHAS 1

• CU Spaceflight
• Pegasus High Altitude Balloon Project
• MiHAB/Ultrahab
• AOPP aerosol sampling mission
• HABEP Project
• Atlas - High Altitude Record Attempt
• Icarus - High Altitude Balloon Project
• Badger

• HALO

• ENSURE Near Space Project
• HAARP - High Altitude Amateur Radio Project (New Mexico, USA)

• Meteotek08 High altitude balloon project

• High Altitude Slug Project
• UKHAS Glider Project
• MiHAB based Glider Project

• HARVe - High Altitude Return Vehicle
• AVR based parafoil

• ebay IDs
• Nomad
• Pegasus Ground Control Software

• Sealing The Balloon
• Parallax Near Space Book (pdf) - A comprehensive guide to building a payload using a parallax microprocessor. Interesting chapter on more advanced payloads.
• Balloon Data
• Pre Launch Checklist
• Materials
• Parachute Sizing Chart
• Electrical connectors
• GPS modules
• Hacking a Olympus mju 300 Camera

• Communication
• Satellite
• ”Rockoon”
• Power Supply
• Flight Support
• Landing Spot Prediction
• Flight Computer
• Balloon Filler
• High Altitude Glider Autopilot
• Circuits
• Helium Valve
• Ballast
• Flying wing
• Magnetic Cutdown
• buoyancy
• RC antenna/cutdown

• UTARC Amateur Ballooning Compendium
• Gumstix based UAV wiki
• A series of Nearspace articles
• KD7LMO.net - Various balloon related projects (with excellent documentation, schematics and source code)

• syntax