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Highlights of recent developments on the MiniSShot Project
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- Richard has completed mounting of the avionics in the Forward Avionics
Bay, and has shipped the assembly to Chris King. Chris King and Rick
Maschek are scheduled to do a full-out ground testing of the avionics
this coming weekend. Photos of the mounted avionics:
http://sugarshot.org/downloads/ms_avionics_007a.jpg
http://sugarshot.org/downloads/ms_avionics_009a.jpg
http://sugarshot.org/downloads/ms_avionics_019a.jpg
- Rick Maschek has begun casting of the propellant grains for the
upcoming Feb.7th MiniSShot flight.
- Andrew Nowakowski has shipped the fins to Rick Maschek. The fins
currently have a rough finish and will need to be sanded down.
- Matt Campell has purchased the appropriate LiPoly batteries that will
be used for the MiniSShot avionics, and has forwarded them to Chris King
for this weekend's avionics ground testing.
- Matt Campbell reports that Kevin Martin has kindly offered to research
the wind and
weather pattern for the upcoming launch, and will post this information
on a web site.
- Hans has updated the MiniSShot Chute Controller instructions and
MiniSShot main computer instructions
to more accurately reflect the avionics arrangement, and to provide the
events programming for the MiniSShot flight. Alberto Gassol has uploaded
the revised documents to the Sugar Shot web site:
http://www.sugarshot.org/documentation_old.html
- Current status of the MiniSShot Flight Readiness Tasks:
http://sugarshot.org/downloads/minisshot_flight_readiness_tasks_2010-01-24.pdf
- A big thank-you to Silver donor Cliff Bates, who has contributed
another $100 to Sugar Shot. Cliff is one of our long-time supporters
who's financial contributions and technical suggestions are most welcome.
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Donations are URGENTLY needed to fund the Non-Profit Org. application
process. The costs of this key endeavour are significant, and without
funds being available, the process could be stymied. We need your
support. http://www.sugarshot.org/sponsors.html#Donors
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