Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Building a CanSat end - Day of the launch

Due to an extremely busy schedule, I apologize for the lack of posts. The launch took place at Dry Lucerne Lake and the entire experience was extremely interesting. Throughout the day, we had the privilege to watch a myriad of rockets being launched on the lakebed. Our CanSat was able to fulfilled the minimum requirements. It contained the following: GY80 IMU, open logger sd card reader, and arduino. We're very happy with our project and the experience. However, we weren't able to launch our CanSat due to complications with wind. All things said, I enjoyed the building experience and couldn't have asked for a better team.
Our CanSat (Dr. Pepper soda can)

Aluminum support created from left over scrap metal. Had to use hammers to bend it
to correct position.