Project Lykoi

Level 0 Requirements

Project Lykoi shall be a glider that reaches 100,000 feet (30.5 km) of altitude.
The payload shall return by glider to a location specified by the team.
The Project shall have cameras that will record/take images of the flight.
The glider shall be designed so that data can be recovered from the payload on landing.

Communicate with Payload
- Use a primary GPS tracking chip & antenna compatible with a microprocessor to track the payload
- Use microprocessor to format data into APRS
- Transmit the APRS data to nearby towers
- Use high-speed data-link from payload to collect untransmitted data to mobile station
Ground Station
- Use a computer with APRS decoding software to decode the APRS data
- Construct a directional antenna that will be used to receive the data transmitted
Use secondary GPS tracker to locate the HAB after it has landed
- Allows us to more accurately determine the location of the payload once it approaches touchdown
Ye Effortless Extraction Transmitter (YEET) System
- Separate system to allow rapid transfer of all data stored on the SD card in the event that the glider cannot be recovered

Cameras
- GoPro- take pictures/videos, store via SD card (256 GB)
Flight controller
- Try to build one (Raspberry Pi). If no progress is made by a deadline, purchase one
Raspberry Pi
- Determine when and where to drop glider, possible flight controller
Servos
- Control the control surfaces, release system and possible parachute (if needed)
Power Supply
- Power all electronic components
GPS/Gyro
- Seperate from Comms, communicate with Raspberry Pi
- Gyro will communicate orientation of glider with Raspberry Pi

Launch Location Ideas
- A farm in Sunman, IN (about 50 min away)
Recovery Location Ideas
- Within a 15 mi radius of the launch sight
Mission Altitude
- ≈100,000 ft max altitude about 95,000ft when glider is released on the way up
- Parachute will deploy after 100,000 ft if glider controls are not operational
Mission Duration
- Total Time ≈ 5-7 hours
- 1 hour of prep and takeoff
- 2 - 4 hours flight time
- 2 hours recovery

Our Misiion Shall:

Transmit data over APRS every 1 minute and be received by retrieved on APRS.fi
Transmit data every 1 minute and be received directly by a ground station.
Store all information on an 32 GB SD card on the payload.
Locate the payload once it has landed using a secondary GPS tracking system.
Include a high frequency Ye Effortless Extraction Transmitter (YEET) to collect data from the glider in the event that it cannot be retrieved after landing.

Our Misiion Shall:

Construct and program a flight controller with a Raspberry Pi 4 to gather data about orientation and position of the glider using a gyroscope and GPS.
Use the position and orientation data gathered to steer the glider via servo motors to the position specified by the group before flight.
Video record the entire duration of the flight using a GoPro at 1080p resolution.
Provide enough power to the onboard electronic components for amount of hours planned for the mission +3hrs (9 hrs total) via a battery pack.

Our Misiion Shall:

Reach an altitude of around 100,000 ft by filling a balloon with X ft^3 of helium; where X is determined by balloon size, weather conditions, and payload size.
Measure the positive lift using a spring scale
Release a glider at a designated altitude with hooks
Point one camera forwards (at the glider) and the other camera will down
Salvage the internal data and continue monitoring the location by absorbing outward shocks

MCR: 10/3/2019
TDR: 11/18/2019
Launch: February/March of 2020
Gantt Chart