Refresh Jonesboro

We have chosen a build night: Monday, November 9th from 6:30pm until we finish up. I would suspect the build will take 2-3 hours depending upon how things go.

Here’s an update on the status of things:

• Michael is already working on the phone (we think we found a solution thanks to Craig’s extra BlackJack II and my son’s data plan). The GPS isn’t currently working correctly, but Michael is diligently troubleshooting the problem. We can’t figure out where the limitation is coming from. The coordinates it is feeding back to us are completely inaccurate.
• We purchased an SD card for the camera (found on Craig’s list) and it is ready to be hacked.
• We have located both a parachute and balloon. We will be ordering those tomorrow. The cost is a bit more than we had anticipated, but the parachute is rated for around 10 launches and recoveries so we will have some fun with it over the next year. :)
• We have the payload container, tape, zip ties, twine, etc.
• I am also ordering the battery backups for the cell and camera this week.
• We have also located an external cell booster that Micheal is considering ordering for the project. We are still researching whether or not we will benefit from this.
• We are currently in the negative on funds, so anyone who can drop their funds by the office would be greatly appreciated.

So, that’s where we are now.

Mark your calendars! November 9th at 6:30pm. We’ll have food and drinks on hand. If you’d like to bring refreshments as well, that would be cool too. :)