Paper airplane sent to the stratosphere
We all made paper airplanes as children. But did anyone have the idea to send this airplane into the stratosphere? But the three British aviation enthusiasts decided to implement it in practice.
They made a paper model with a wingspan of a little less than a meter, hung a Canon A560 camera and a GPS transmitter on it - and launched up on a balloon with helium.
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The plane went up to 27,400 meters, until the ball exploded. Then he planned to the ground in an hour and a half, taking photographs and videos along the way.
The aircraft was found in a forest 161 km from the launch site.
The cost of the operation PARIS (Paper Aircraft Released Into Space) is about 13 thousand dollars. Something too much, for sure it can be cheaper. It seems that today anyone can launch such a “spaceship” and look at his hometown from a height of 25-30 km. The main thing then to find the camera .
They made a paper model with a wingspan of a little less than a meter, hung a Canon A560 camera and a GPS transmitter on it - and launched up on a balloon with helium.
')
The plane went up to 27,400 meters, until the ball exploded. Then he planned to the ground in an hour and a half, taking photographs and videos along the way.
The aircraft was found in a forest 161 km from the launch site.
The cost of the operation PARIS (Paper Aircraft Released Into Space) is about 13 thousand dollars. Something too much, for sure it can be cheaper. It seems that today anyone can launch such a “spaceship” and look at his hometown from a height of 25-30 km. The main thing then to find the camera .
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/108215/
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