http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/ Great Plains Super Launch Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:21:59 GMT Keith Kaiser http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/message/6229 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/message/6229 I see the flight is kb9znz-2 not -11 as reported. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:11:13 GMT Jeff Dailey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/message/6228 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/message/6228 Taylor University antenna test launch. Flight #: 217 Flight ID: ANT100 Date: 11-20-2009 Time: 10:00AM Launch Site: Taylor University LAT: N40.45638 LON: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:03:38 GMT Jeff Dailey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/message/6227 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/message/6227 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:30:23 GMT Keith Kaiser http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/message/6226 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/message/6226 Also, please note, since I don't have a launch site for the KB9ZNZ-6 flight I don't have links to either the launch site or for that matter the flight track Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:06:26 GMT Keith Kaiser http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/message/6225 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/message/6225 Jeff, I put the flight of the 14th back on the page but since there is no APRS data for the flight you said it would be... kb9znz-10, how was I to know that? Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:34:52 GMT Jeff Dailey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/message/6224 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/message/6224 The recovery team is within 200 yards of the payloads. Yes they did get clearance from the airport to fly. APRS 144.39 KB9ZNZ-6 I also noticed on the schedule Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:56:07 GMT BASE http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/message/6223 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/message/6223 Dear Mike, I dug a little deeper and found the APRS record for the flight.  The beacon was KB9ZNZ-2 (as noted on the ARHAB website).  It flew again on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:38:27 GMT BASE http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/message/6222 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/message/6222 Joe, I think your slow release with the line and the payload system perfectly still plus the inertia arms makes a big difference. Howard ... From: Idle-Tyme Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:14:40 GMT Idle-Tyme http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/message/6221 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/message/6221 ahh Ok, I just though that it was crazy even right at liftoff, none of ours ever do that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXfNJoLLpI8 Joe *The Original Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:06:51 GMT BASE http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/message/6220 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/message/6220 Mike, I don't know the ascent rate for the November flight but suspect that it was similar to the October flight at about 1200 - 1500 feet/minute. Since my son Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:02:57 GMT Jeff Dailey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/message/6219 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/message/6219 KB9ZNZ-6 is in the air and is going East out of Nashville. APRS on 144.39 Jeffrey F. Dailey Center for Research & Innovation Research Engineer Taylor Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:58:47 GMT BASE http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/message/6218 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/message/6218 Joe, Please keep in mind that the video is not continuous!  Jason isolated sections with the greatest turbulence.  The videos begin with about 30 seconds at Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:32:58 GMT L. Paul Verhage http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/message/6217 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/message/6217 http://www.springvillegi.org/webpages/jkarb/stratosphere.cfm -- Onwards and Upwards, Paul Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:05:56 GMT Idle-Tyme http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/message/6216 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/message/6216 One thing I noticed that probably added to this instability at high altitude was the actual instability even at release. Even when it was only a minute or two Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:40:35 GMT mw@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/message/6215 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPSL/message/6215 Do you have an idea about what altitude the turbulence occurred? To me, this collection of videos do certainly demonstrate layers of CAT exist very high up,