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GPS Guided Parachute Recovery System - Making Radiosondes Reusable

yohan-hadjiYohan Hadji 03/26/2022 at 19:160 Comments

Hey there!

While we're still getting ready for higher altitude test flights (in Switzerland and in the US!), I continue to test the system with a little bit more extreme conditions. 

Today I wanted to do a test flight with a heavier payload: 1kg, meaning a greater flight speed, (and also we don't want the landing point to be near the drone pilote - me - anymore, because R2Home is so precise it's a little bit dangerous!) 

There was also more wind than during the latests test flights in September. 

Here is the video of the test flight : 

And here two pictures of the GPS trace of the flight: red is ascent under the drone, and blue is descent under the guided parachute. 

I've also spent the last few days re-writing the code with modules instead of a single.. too long.. code file. This will make updates easier as we're going to do more risky flights in the coming weeks! 

This new, flight proven today, version is available on GitHub here: https://github.com/YohanHadji/R2Home/tree/main/RLS_V1.0/R2Home_SOFTWARE_V1.01/R2Home_OBC_V1.04/main

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