X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=bdale%2Fblog%2Fposts%2FTeleMetrum_v0.2_First_Test_Flight.mdwn;h=145be9b7aa354aef868039761a77eb2c4c0a9f0d;hb=6e5417e2e10e14f23d89166b8bca72e9f1cbe4ed;hp=2fb41406cb62ae347efb7eeee3128586fbbbb487;hpb=0c555b9454e2f4974bda78c3b59014277bc2d88f;p=web%2Fgag.com diff --git a/bdale/blog/posts/TeleMetrum_v0.2_First_Test_Flight.mdwn b/bdale/blog/posts/TeleMetrum_v0.2_First_Test_Flight.mdwn index 2fb4140..145be9b 100644 --- a/bdale/blog/posts/TeleMetrum_v0.2_First_Test_Flight.mdwn +++ b/bdale/blog/posts/TeleMetrum_v0.2_First_Test_Flight.mdwn @@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ And found the rocket within about 20 feet! That was well within the window of position uncertainty my hand-held GPS was reporting at the time. Things just don't get much better than that! We picked up the rocket, and returned to the flight line only a few minutes after leaving it. After dumping the data from -the board's on-board memory, I quickly generated -[the usual plots](images/gspot-ars.png). The rocket reached 1881 meters apogee, -or around 6173 feet, and the maximum acceleration was 19.5 g. It touched -down nearly 1.3 miles down range from the launch rail, in a sage-brush -desert. +the board's on-board memory, I quickly generated the usual plots. +[[!img /bdale/blog/images/gspot-ars.png]] -I honestly don't think I would have found the rocket without at least the +The rocket reached 1881 meters apogee, or around 6173 feet, and the maximum +acceleration was 19.5 g. It touched down nearly 1.3 miles down range from +the launch rail, in sage-brush desert. I honestly don't think I would +have found the rocket without at least the radio beacon. It was hugely gratifying that the GPS worked and let me walk right up to the rocket! I could not have asked for a better test of the new electronics!