Hello, Sometimes even 3DOF models that take into account the wind might be good enough. Doing real-time 6 DOF onboard the rocket might be a little bit stressing for the microcontroller... On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 10:04 PM, Ray Rocket <ar0cketman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > *From:* Monroe L. King Jr. <monroe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > <snip> > > This winter I'm going back to programming school to try and help > develop the software specific to rockets and spacecraft. I hope to get a > group going working on this very thing. I believe in one winter season > we could really make something useful for amateur rocketry and > spacecraft. For REAL ground control and tracking using a combination of > autopilot software/Ground control and OpticTracker with Optical/RSSI and > GPS tracking. > > > Sounds exciting! Keep us informed of your progress. Combine this with a > real-time wind weighted 6DOF trajectory prediction model, and it would go a > long way toward satisfying FAA requirements. Would be especially cool if > it were open source so others could build on it. > > > Ad Astra, > > Ray > -- Florin Mingireanu Romanian Space Agency Str. Mendeleev 21-25, et. 5, sector 1, 010362 Bucuresti, ROMANIA office tel. +40-21-316.87.22; +40-21-316.87.23; cell: +40-757-768971 (primary phone) fax +40-21-312.88.04 florin.mingireanu@xxxxxxx http://www.rosa.ro