Reducing Spin on a High Altitude Balloon

Authors

Andy Kuhl, Fort Hays State UniversityFollow

Classification

Empirical Undergraduate

Abstract

The goal of this experiment was to reduce spin on an unmanned balloon as the altitude increases. This problem had been discovered after the initial flight, where the rotation of the Go-Pro camera was nearly sickening. After more research, it was found that every flight had the same lack of stability and high levels of rotation. The goal was then decided to try and reduce the spin of the payload so that stable pictures and video could be achieved. If there was a stable video going the whole way up, then the goal was considered complete, however, a gyroscope was included in each flight to find the reduction of spin in the payload.

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Paul Adams

Department/Program

Physics

Submission Type

in-person poster

DOI

10.58809/HWRP3471

Date

4-20-2022

Rights

Copyright the Author(s)

Comments

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Recommended Citation

Kuhl, Andy (2022) "Reducing Spin on a High Altitude Balloon," SACAD: John Heinrichs Scholarly and Creative Activity Days: Vol. 2022, Article 60.
DOI: 10.58809/HWRP3471
Available at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/sacad/vol2022/iss2022/60