[00:18] macfreak4 (n=macfreak@24-107-201-22.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com) joined #highaltitude. [00:18] heya [00:26] icez (n=icez@ip68-3-56-121.ph.ph.cox.net) joined #highaltitude. [00:32] hi [00:39] malgar (n=malgar@adsl-ull-18-147.47-151.net24.it) left irc: "*** E' solo l'urto con un iceberg, che vuoi che sia, questa è una nave inaffondabile. *** 75$/barile" [08:16] malgar (n=malgar@adsl-ull-190-192.47-151.net24.it) joined #highaltitude. [08:35] jcoxon (n=jcoxon@jac208.caths.cam.ac.uk) joined #highaltitude. [09:17] jcoxon (n=jcoxon@jac208.caths.cam.ac.uk) left irc: "Leaving" [11:02] malgar (n=malgar@adsl-ull-190-192.47-151.net24.it) left irc: "*** E' solo l'urto con un iceberg, che vuoi che sia, questa è una nave inaffondabile. *** 75$/barile" [11:02] mark_fiirestone (n=FirestoM@57.66.70.213) joined #highaltitude. [12:28] mark_fiirestone (n=FirestoM@57.66.70.213) left irc: Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer) [12:29] mark_fiirestone (n=FirestoM@57.66.70.213) joined #highaltitude. [15:32] icez (n=icez@ip68-3-56-121.ph.ph.cox.net) left irc: Remote closed the connection [20:05] jcoxon (n=jcoxon@jac208.caths.cam.ac.uk) joined #highaltitude. [20:10] hi jcoxon [20:12] hey Tiger^ [20:15] Action: Tiger^ is moving fast ;> [20:16] the cutdown device is ready [20:16] oh wow [20:16] pictures? [20:16] pcbs for the flight computer should arrive tomorrow [20:17] jcoxon: in a sec [20:17] :) [20:17] Action: jcoxon is bored of revision [20:17] all i need now is rip-stop nylon (which i ordered a bloody week ago, but the shop seems to have some kind of a problem) [20:18] and hmm [20:18] the nichrome wire for the cutdown [20:18] that should arrive in two days [20:19] and all that plumbing stuff ;> [20:19] hehe [20:19] it really is going well [20:19] yeah [20:19] too well ;> [20:20] nah it'll be fine :-p [20:20] yeah it should be [20:21] i'm over budget though :/ [20:21] oh [20:21] rubbish [20:21] by much? [20:22] well maybe as much as $150 [20:22] i'm afraid to ad it all up ;> [20:22] add* [20:22] hehe [20:22] was it anything in particular? [20:22] nope [20:22] it was the small stuff [20:22] ;> [20:23] oh well [20:23] it'll all be worth it! [20:23] that's true :) [20:23] lots of launches coming up [20:24] macfreak4 is on monday [20:24] i launch in 4 weeks time [20:24] (actually we are launching 3 payloads) [20:24] 3 on one string? [20:24] or 3 balloons? [20:24] 3 balloons [20:24] great [20:46] ok, new photos [20:46] http://moo.pl/~tygrys/junk/bal/ [20:47] http://moo.pl/~tygrys/junk/bal/14.html here's the cutdown dev [20:48] it's not fancy or anything, took 10 minutes to make , but it works ;) [20:48] :-D [20:48] cool [20:50] it's a 9 amp power mosfet, with a npn transistor as a buffer [20:51] this mosfet sustains a *lot* more than 9 amps though ;> when i connect two wires to the screws i can, like, weld small metal objects ;) [21:15] hehe [22:51] hey [23:06] macfreak4 (n=macfreak@24-107-201-22.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com) left irc: [23:11] icez (n=icez@ip68-3-56-121.ph.ph.cox.net) joined #highaltitude. [23:44] jcoxon (n=jcoxon@jac208.caths.cam.ac.uk) left irc: "Leaving" [00:00] --- Thu May 18 2006