Flying_Garbagecan Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Hello, If anyone is near the Current River in southeast Missouri and would like to recover our science experiment, please reply or PM me. We are offering a $50 reward. We'll provide you with a FedEx shipping label for it to be returned and then mail you a check. Its about 10 miles east of Eminence, MO. Thanks, -Steven Quote Link to comment
+Team AZMO Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Most of us will be at an event tomorrow for a hike. If you have some co-ordinates I'll see if anyone is headed to the River on Sunday. Quote Link to comment
+Strider Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 I have a few questions about this, looking at the topos for the coordinates it is on a very steep hill or even a bluff, is this a placed device or something like a weather balloon the just ended up there? It could be a river monitor where we could go by boat or should one try from above through the woods? And how big is it and what does it weigh? I would like a few details before attempting this quest. JIm Quote Link to comment
Flying_Garbagecan Posted October 21, 2013 Author Share Posted October 21, 2013 Thanks for the interest guys. The unit came down by air. It's attached to one of those large latex weather balloons. It's a 4 inch diameter fiberglass tube, about a foot long, and weighs about 8 pounds. It should still have the balloon attached, although I'm sure the balloon is pretty well shredded by the trees by now. We got about 9 successful position reports after it landed, all of which put it right on the edge of the river. But it doesn't look like it fell into the water, so it might be hung up in a tree or something. We're not sure. Here's the coordinate centroid of the 9 position reports we got from its GPS: 37.132216, -91.154853 Please let me know if you need any more information. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
+Strider Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Looks on my topo map like it is on the side of a steep hill or bluff. I'm not close to it but it sounds like it would be fun to try to find. How good are the coordinates you receive from these? Quote Link to comment
Flying_Garbagecan Posted October 21, 2013 Author Share Posted October 21, 2013 Of all the recoveries we've done ourselves, the coordinates have been very accurate. All usually with 10 - 20 ft. of the unit. Quote Link to comment
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