Payloads arrived!

[Eric]

Here's live blow-by-blow. The mail has arrived and there are 4 big
boxes - yeah!

Box #1: Two 3000 gram balloons. Jeff and I talked over lunch and
decided that we will be launching 2 balloons instead of just one. This
simplifies a lot of things on our end by allowing both Little Joe and
Space Master Robotics Team payloads to be the bottom-most payloads
(both payloads involve dropping something). It also means that the
balloons will go higher than a single balloon would.

Box #2: From Eugene. Opening it now....
A box within a box - a cruel joke...
Brix-Catcher payload has arrived in perfect shape. One note: they have
used plastic zip-ties on the outside to hold the string. We will be
replacing these with metal rings as plastic ones get brittle and
shatter at -60C degrees. Otherwise looks great.

Box #3: From Brian Davis....
This is like Christmas for me...
Packed in what seems like a hundred plastic grocery bags is the Lil'
Joe payload. Looks to be in fine shape. Let's all hope we get to see
it again after the flight - this is the only payload that I'm worried
about. We just may make a large crater in Nevada if it doesn't deploy
the parachute :)

Box #4: Another one from Brian...
Where did you get this box? Brian has used a box for an ancient Apple/
Macintosh printer. The system requirements on the side of the box says
a computer with "at least 4 megabytes of RAM". Whoa, does that mean I
use it with my iPhone?
Another couple of hundred plastic bags..
Gypsy has arrived intact. Looks like a big blue box with a camera hole
in the front. Looks to be in perfect condition.

I'm keeping all the boxes and packing material for shipping the
payloads back to you. 8 days and counting...

Eric

[Eugene]

Two balloon - that's great! I should have over run the weight budget
twice!

Plastic zip-tie - I missed checking it. One more thing (important one)
- after the plastic zip-ties are replaced, need some one to:
1. Open the Stick-To-It protection covers (totally 12) one at a time
and do the following actions.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27803459@N03/2679913882/
2. Mark the Stick-To-It with number - 1 to 12.
3. Pear off the protection paper (light brown color) of Stick-To-It.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27803459@N03/2678932291/
4. Then, close the protection cover.

Let me know when the "talent monkey" is assigned. I'd like to walk
through the preparation procedures.

Thanks,
Eugene

[Eric]

Eugene,
Remove the stick-to-it protectors - okay.

A couple of questions
1) does the payload make any sounds or otherwise indicate that the
program is running correctly after we push the touch sensor twice?
2) what happens if we press the touch sensor more than twice? We may
press it 10 times just to make sure the program starts.
3) It looks as though we cannot test the program without exposing some
of the stick-it pads. Is that correct?

Thanks
Eric

[Eric]

Another payload arrived today. FLL Team 90's payload survived the
horizontal trip (as Claude puts it). Opened it up and everything looks

to be in fine shape.

Eric

[David Levy]

Made the weight albeit late :)

Sent from my iPhone

[Eugene]

On 7月23日, 上午11時50分, Eric <lego.profes...@gmail.com> wrote:

> A couple of questions
> 1) does the payload make any sounds or otherwise indicate that the
> program is running correctly after we push the touch sensor twice?

No.

> 2) what happens if we press the touch sensor more than twice? We may
> press it 10 times just to make sure the program starts.

It doesn't matter to press more than twice. The program is simple and
it rotates a magnet to open one protection cover every 15 minutes.

> 3) It looks as though we cannot test the program without exposing some
> of the stick-it pads. Is that correct?

You may test the program first and then remove the protection paper on
the stick-to-it. Do not test the camera. When testing the program, it
must run for two hours in order to make the magnet rotate back to the
initial position. I prefer not to test the program.