X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=bdale%2Fblog%2Fposts%2FTeleMetrum_v0.2_First_Test_Flight.mdwn;h=bea90ac0ebf2c823bd3b68cbb450e7b3cbbf38a2;hb=00acebec05cf489b9bda13d4a084897b2e4b91f0;hp=5253fab639b19f0199b04815b9b954d0364ee7a4;hpb=74929c2ab4ce282298ca30bd3da8635885b35f7a;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 5253fab..bea90ac 100644 --- a/bdale/blog/posts/TeleMetrum_v0.2_First_Test_Flight.mdwn +++ b/bdale/blog/posts/TeleMetrum_v0.2_First_Test_Flight.mdwn @@ -7,16 +7,16 @@ before lunch. But before the wind "blew us away", I managed to get one flight in. And it was an absolutely perfect test of one of my brand-new [TeleMetrum](http://altusmetrum.org/TeleMetrum) v0.2 boards! -My cut-down Hawk Mountain "Raptor" kit, renamed "G-Spot" last October during -my quest to +My cut-down [Hawk Mountain](http://hawkmountain.ws/) +"Raptor" kit, renamed "G-Spot" last October during my quest to [exceed 50 g](http://www.gag.com/bdale/blog/posts/TeleMetrum_Progress.html) acceleration, was loaded with [TeleMetrum](http://altusmetrum.org/TeleMetrum) serial number 51... and launched on a [Cesaroni](http://pro38.com/) 229H255WT-14A motor. The ascent was beautiful! I've put a few photos of the rocket leaving -the launch rail up [on flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/bdale/4357476723/in/set-72157618450890674/). -However, despite a clear sky, we quickly lost sight of it! I managed to spot +the launch rail up [on flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/bdale/4357476723/in/set-72157618450890674/). However, despite a clear sky, we quickly lost sight +of it! I managed to spot a bit of the smoke trail from the delay grain as the rocket approached apogee, but that was it! None of us at the launch saw anything after apogee! @@ -38,13 +38,16 @@ 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](./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, along with +a [kml file](/bdale/blog/images/2010-02-13-serial-051-flight-002.kml) that +can be viewed in [Google Earth](http://earth.google.com/). -I honestly don't think I would have found the rocket without at least the +[[!img /bdale/blog/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 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!