Flight Data

The purpose of this page is to collect data on each flight so that a better balloon flight model may be built up.

Date	Mission	Balloon	Payload	Neck Lift	Actual Burst (m)	Actual Ascent Rate (m/s)	Predicted Burst (m)	Predicted Ascent Rate (m/s)	Notes
10/05/11	Atlas2	Hwoyee 1000	1200g	2.5Kg	32300E	4.63	31239	5.06
16/05/11	XABEN11	Hwoyee 500	1200g	2.1Kg	24943	4.28	23590	5.03
23/06/11	NOVA19	Hwoyee 2000	????	4.0Kg	36206	4.15	????	????
23/06/11	XABEN12	Totex 1000	650g	1.9Kg	30318	5.04	32558	5.31
02/07/11	HABE1	Hwoyee 1000	900g	1.7Kg	35824	3.62	33089	4.34
13/08/11	XABEN14	Totex 350	1550g	3.0Kg	20569	4.56	17642	5.97
27/08/11	XABEN15	Totex 800	200g	1.2Kg	33206	5.47	32738	5.37
27/08/11	XABEN16	Hwoyee 800	200g	1.2Kg	39595	5.27	32738	5.37
27/08/11	MONDO4	Hwoyee 1600	1710g	2.7Kg	39482	4.60	36000	4.50	weight includes everything
17/09/11	CLOUD2	Hwoyee 1000	800g	1.6Kg	36250	3.54	33369	4.39	Neck lift probably affected by wind - actual figure probably lower
18/09/11	HORUS16	Hwoyee 2000	140g	0.39Kg	38806	2.13	40336	2.78	long float overnight
01/10/11	MONDO5	Hwoyee 2000	820g	1.7Kg	39854	4.60	37175	4.50	weight includes everything
16/10/11	BUZZ1	Hwoyee 1600	100g	1.2Kg	34695	5.30	39118	5.30
22/10/11	APEX Alpha	Hwoyee 2000	280g	0.5Kg	Unknown	3.5	41110	3.8	Floated across Europe - lack of trackers over mid-Poland
03/12/11	BUZZ2	Hwoyee 1600	175g	1.2Kg	40986	5.4	38679	5.42	Neck lift approximate
28/03/12	Nova 21	Totex 800g	1.75kg	2.6kg	27200	5	29000	4.2
31/03/12	BUZZ4	Hwoyee 1600	65g	1.2kg	27638	5.4	40000	5.5	Hydrogen
31/03/12	AVA/CLOUD4	Hwoyee 1600	1.5kg	3.2kg	38257	6.1	37000	5.5	Hydrogen overfilled past neutral

E: This value was estimated from ascent and descent data below 60,000ft - due to GPS being disabled above this altitude.

Predicated values are using the burst3 model for Totex Balloons