[LeArc] HAPB3 Flight

[Mark A Garrett]

Follow the link below to the photo web site.


 Earl Foster <ebf306 at msn.com> wrote:


> 
> Today was a successful day with my HAPB-3 launch. 
> There were several moments of excitement during the
> descent when it looked like it was going to land in
> the middle of the Richland Creek Reservoir.  That
> fact that it was traveling east at 100 miles an hour
> for ~20,000 feet pushed HAPB beyond the body of
> water.  Just when we thought we were clear a 30 mph
> NW wind pushed HAPB to the edge of the reservoir -
> SPLASH DOWN!  Park rangers and a nearby fisherman
> helped retrieve the payload.
>  
> Max Altitude: 103,274 feet
>  
> Images are available:
 http://www.hapb.net/HAPB3_files/images/index.htm
>  
> Still working on the in-flight data and video.  I
> should have it uploaded in a couple of days.
>  
> 73s
> Earl - KE5HDN
>