Lifter assembly - 4 balloons inflated to 3000 gm. lift.
B/S lifter cut-off at 35,000'.
12 ea. balloons inflated to 900 gm. lift, 4 ea. balloons inflated to 2100 gm. lift.
Payload in picture frame mount and transmitter. (13 # wt.)
74.5 mc Radiosonde. Heavy duty Batteries in black boxes wrapped in polyethylene.
Ballast baroswitch. Ballast dropper assembly, 16 Aluminum tubes of granulated lead dropped by descent pressure switch in the following increments:
300 gm - 34,000'
400 gm - 29,700'
800 gm - 25,800'
200 gm - 33,000'
400 gm - 29,000'
800 gm - 25,200'
200 gm - 32,000'
600 gm - 28,000'
800 gm - 24,500'
300 gm - 31,000'
600 gm - 27,400'
1000 gm - 23,800'
400 gm - 30,500'
600 gm - 26,600'
1000 gm - 23,100'
1600 gm 22,500'
FIG 36
NYU BALLOON PROJECT
FLIGHT 7
Date: 7-2-47 ED-48-44