X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=bdale%2Fblog%2Fposts%2FTeleMetrum_v0.2_First_Test_Flight.mdwn;h=bea90ac0ebf2c823bd3b68cbb450e7b3cbbf38a2;hb=cc5e14388b31e01560f14c83b7dc5ddebab97b1c;hp=8f542778f23e792c5de9e7a9e1a3de4bea347b85;hpb=f6e844fcbe50d42e55c7092e0bbdfb08ff781b32;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 8f54277..bea90ac 100644 --- a/bdale/blog/posts/TeleMetrum_v0.2_First_Test_Flight.mdwn +++ b/bdale/blog/posts/TeleMetrum_v0.2_First_Test_Flight.mdwn @@ -15,9 +15,8 @@ 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/). -[[G-Spot Taking Off]](http://www.flickr.com/photos/bdale/4357477737/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! @@ -39,7 +38,10 @@ 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. +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/). + [[!img /bdale/blog/images/gspot-ars.png]] The rocket reached 1881 meters apogee, or around 6173 feet, and the maximum