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ch Offline Etherealicer

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A CLASSIC Space Tale
on: April 04, 2014, 08:45:15 AM


Full Article here (In German)
Thought you guys (and gals) might like that. Its a quite simple story actually.
- 15 year old Samuel Hess wrote Victorinox about his experiment
- Victorinox invited him for a presentation and after that agreed to sponsor the flight
- Yesterday the flight took place they started close to Zurich, the balloon rose to 30'000 meter (~98'000 feet) and landed in Bayern (about 200 km from where it started).
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Re: A CLASSIC Space Tale
Reply #1 on: April 04, 2014, 09:43:46 AM
That was pretty cool. They should of sent up a Astronaut model though.  :D Thanks for sharing this.  :tu:
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Re: A CLASSIC Space Tale
Reply #2 on: April 04, 2014, 12:28:33 PM
Wow.
That was awesome. I know that little guy was cold with his tools exposed like that.


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Re: A CLASSIC Space Tale
Reply #3 on: April 04, 2014, 01:29:25 PM
Very nice. :tu:

I hope he got a good grade. :P
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Re: A CLASSIC Space Tale
Reply #4 on: April 04, 2014, 01:43:14 PM
Quote from: enki_ck on April 04, 2014, 01:29:25 PM
Very nice. :tu:

I hope he got a good grade. :P
I don't think he got any grade. The school project is only in planning and he intends to send a Raspberry Pi up and some sensors.

What is kinda nice is that he asked several companies and Victorinox was the only one that invited him to do a presentation and finally sponsored the endeavor.
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Re: A CLASSIC Space Tale
Reply #5 on: April 04, 2014, 04:23:17 PM
Is your Swiss Army Knife still usable if you drop it from 30 thousand meters?
You bet.
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Re: A CLASSIC Space Tale
Reply #6 on: April 04, 2014, 09:26:13 PM
Quote from: J Mackrel Jones on April 04, 2014, 04:23:17 PM
Is your Swiss Army Knife still usable if you drop it from 30 thousand meters?
You bet.

Of course! :cheers:
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Re: A CLASSIC Space Tale
Reply #7 on: April 04, 2014, 09:48:31 PM
There was no doubt about it ... SAK is Stratospheric  :D

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Re: A CLASSIC Space Tale
Reply #8 on: April 05, 2014, 01:59:11 AM
 :salute:  :tu:

Super cool video thanks!


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Re: A CLASSIC Space Tale
Reply #9 on: April 05, 2014, 02:42:35 AM
Congratulations Samuel  :salute:

Enterprising lad! I bet we will hear more of Samuel Hess in the FUTURE  :tu:

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Re: A CLASSIC Space Tale
Reply #10 on: April 05, 2014, 05:16:48 AM
I wonder if they recovered it before someone noticed it.
If they didn't, I hope that whoever found the SAK first got to keep it. :P
By the way, at some point the classic probably hit the camera. Did you notice that the tools were in a different position after one of the cuts?
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Re: A CLASSIC Space Tale
Reply #11 on: April 05, 2014, 05:29:44 AM
Now that was cool

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Re: A CLASSIC Space Tale
Reply #12 on: April 06, 2014, 07:12:25 PM
A great video & project!  :salute:

We should really make a "Classic Tales" video or so. I know someone who likes to arrange a Classic in silly poses  :rofl:
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Re: A CLASSIC Space Tale
Reply #13 on: April 06, 2014, 08:14:38 PM
Quote from: captain spaulding on April 04, 2014, 09:43:46 AM
That was pretty cool. They should of sent up a Astronaut model though.  :D Thanks for sharing this.  :tu:

I think they did it because the Classic is their more recognisable model. Also it looks less threatening for a school project.

Quote from: J Mackrel Jones on April 04, 2014, 04:23:17 PM
Is your Swiss Army Knife still usable if you drop it from 30 thousand meters?

Well... no surprise there. But they did have a parachute. I wonder what would have happened if it freefell? I guess it would have still worked but you can't drop knives from the stratosphere on people's heads  :whistle:

Quote from: Live on April 05, 2014, 05:16:48 AM
I wonder if they recovered it before someone noticed it.
If they didn't, I hope that whoever found the SAK first got to keep it. :P

Well, they got the camera footage, didn't they? I reckon a stratospheric camera is more valuable than a red Vic Classic.
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Re: A CLASSIC Space Tale
Reply #14 on: April 07, 2014, 02:06:38 AM
Quote from: Corwyn on April 06, 2014, 08:14:38 PM
Well, they got the camera footage, didn't they? I reckon a stratospheric camera is more valuable than a red Vic Classic.

As long as it's been put in a well insulated box, almost everything should be able to reach those heights and come back without too many problems I think. My guess is that most recent smartphones would be unfazed :)

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Re: A CLASSIC Space Tale
Reply #15 on: April 07, 2014, 07:27:28 AM
I meant, if someone was to steal it, they'd have stolen the camera before the sak, I reckon  :P
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