Flight battery pack is complete. This unit is made of three lithium cells, outputs 9 VDC, and contains an internal fuse. New camera mount is complete and has been installed in the gondola. Transmitter keying circuit has been installed. Modular CPU unit and seperate wiring harness have been built and are currently in testing.
External speaker is wired and functional.
New parachute has been constructed and tested. New gondola design has been mostly built and gear is currently being installed on it. It is made from pink foam insulation sheeting, assembled with 'liquid nails' latex adhesive and bamboo shish-kabob skewers. The base plate has plastic risers supporting shelves that contain all the flight hardware except the dust collectors. The remaining shell is lowered over the assembly and held to it via strings running from the bottom plate through the gondola and out holes in the top.