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Palestine, Texas Day 14
Day 14 in Palestine, Texas was not an eventful one. Everyone pretty much continued their work from the previous day. James worked on the relay box and the charge controller. Brian configured the black box recorders some more. Pierre-Simon and… Read More ›
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Palestine, Texas Day 13
Day 13 in Palestine continued the expected trend of testing and analysis. Brian reached a key point in his work preparing the black box recorders. They are test ready and we’ll learn the results of their trial in due… Read More ›
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Palestine, Texas Day 12
Day 12 in Palestine was beautiful outside. Low 60’s (°F), a little breeze, plenty of sunshine. It was the perfect day to paint outside. And that’s exactly what Sarah and I did until 4 pm. In the morning we had… Read More ›
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Palestine, Texas Day 11
The 11th day in Palestine, Texas was busy for everyone. James continued his extensive work with the charge controller and the flight cables, working on his wires through all hours of the day. Brian finished up his job of setting… Read More ›
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Palestine, Texas Day 10
Day 10 in Palestine was a short one, at least for Brian and myself. It began with a Lowe’s trip (see Palestine, Texas Day 3) for John and Pierre-Simon to pick up a roll of insulation. Although the hangar could… Read More ›
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Palestine, Texas Day 9
The pre-flight testing continued on day 9 in Palestine. John spent a good chunk of his time analyzing PMT (photomultiplier tube) signals on the oscilloscope. John describes a PMT as a reverse light bulb. More specifically, a PMT is a… Read More ›
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Palestine, Texas Day 8
Day 8 in Palestine saw, shockingly, yet more testing and analysis. Sarah and Pierre-Simon focused most of their day on developing software for analysis. This meant a lot of coding, testing, and debugging. Not the most exciting stuff save for… Read More ›
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Palestine, Texas Day 7
On the 7th day in Palestine, even more testing was conducted. Robert and Pierre-Simon continued tracker tests and analysis. We continued monitoring the shell pressure leak test. There was a small drop in pressure (1 psi), but given the temperature… Read More ›
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Palestine, Texas Day 6
Day 6 in Palestine, Texas was a cold one. It was as low as 9 °F (~ -13 °C). It was so cold that John went out and bought us a space heater to keep us warm. To everyone’s dismay,… Read More ›
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Palestine, Texas Day 5
[profanity redacted]SNOW DAY!! WOO HOO!! We didn’t do any work on day 5 in Palestine (save for data analysis and a little on this website). We had a snow day. There was a light dusting and a little bit of… Read More ›
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