This cutdown mechanism is for a high-altitude glider, named StratoSoar. It is for releasing the glider from the high-altitude balloon payload, so it can fly down to the ground.
The cutdown mechanism consists of a few basic components, all easy to get and cheap.
- The PCB (more on this later).
- A SG90 standard blue servo.
- Arduino Nano.
- BME280 breakout board.
- A variety of headers.
- 9V battery clip.
- 9V battery.
- SPDT breadboard switches.
- One 10 K resistors.
- One standard 6 mm button.
SratoSoar currently has very limited funding to complete this project. We would love any outside support we could get to elevate (no pun intended) this project to the next level. Reach out to me if you have interest at:
- [email protected] (organization email, recommended).
- [email protected] (personal email).
Do you have any questions? Are the docs incomplete and you want to ask anything? Do you just want to say hi?
Reach out to me at [email protected].
Both the software and documentation are under the GNU GPL v3 license. The hardware and the 3D files are under the CERN Open Hardware Licence Version 2 - Strongly Reciprocal. The media will be licensed under the CC BY 4.0 DEED.