[AR] Re: supersonic retro (was Re: Re: Falcon 9 flight today)

  • From: Florin Mingireanu <florin.mingireanu82@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2013 09:14:31 +0100

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
>



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