Payload Enclosure

This week our team constructed the payload's enclosure.  Creating a solid design was less challenging than expected.We wanted out payload to have angled edges so that the cameras will naturally be pointing in a downward position during the balloon's flight.  We began with a few rough sketches on a white board and then went to Solid Works to build our design.  Solid works enabled us to pre-build the payload and make sure our lengths and angles were correct before botching the real product.  After we drew the enclosure we printed our design to full scale at a Staples.  With our template being at the proper scale we were able to trace the design with an razor knife and fold the box up and finish the enclosure very quickly.  Tomorrow we will fit all of our circuits in the payload enclosure and get ready for launch next weekend!

Below is an image of the 2D Solid Works payload we built.  Next week will be full of super cool photos, so get ready!!!