From faa1315b2b70aa6cce911096ea4c5dddf86b2a77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bdale Garbee Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 01:07:24 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] point to the tmflights repo --- StaticMetrum/index.mdwn | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ TeleMetrum/flightlogs.mdwn | 4 +++- 2 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 StaticMetrum/index.mdwn diff --git a/StaticMetrum/index.mdwn b/StaticMetrum/index.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f7b8de8 --- /dev/null +++ b/StaticMetrum/index.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +# StaticMetrum + +This is a test stand Bdale built for testing research motors. + +## Motivation ## + +There is a lot of fun and education possible using only commercially +manufactured hobby rocket motors. But making every part of the rocket +including the motor has some allure... and being geeky sorts, getting +good data on our experiments seems pretty important. + +## References ## + +[Scott Fintel's Experimental Rocketry](http://www.thefintels.com/aer/rocketindexold.htm) +[Richard Nakka's Experimental Rocketry](http://www.nakka-rocketry.net/) +[Jimmy Yawn's Recrystallized Rocketry](http://www.jamesyawn.net/) +[Jacobs' Experimental Rocketry](http://jacobsrocketry.com/experimental_rocketry.htm) +[Flint Hapirat's Pages](http://www.pyrosystems.com/flint/) + +## Features ## + +### User View ### + +* Support for load cell to directly measure thrust +* Support for a pressure sensor to directly measure chamber pressure +* Welded steel frame to hold motors and sensors +* Amplifier and digitizer electronics separable from test stand +* USB interface for power and data acquisition + +### Developer View ### + +* Tools Used + * [gEDA](http://www.gpleda.org/) for schematic capture and PCB layout +* Licenses + * The hardware is licensed under the [TAPR](http://www.tapr.org) [Open Hardware License](http://www.tapr.org/ohl.html) + * The software is licensed [GPL version 2](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html) + +## Problems ## + +None yet! + +## Artifacts ## + +As of 1 June 2009, the steel structure is complete except for the motor +holding tubes, and the electronics is tested and working with a load cell. + diff --git a/TeleMetrum/flightlogs.mdwn b/TeleMetrum/flightlogs.mdwn index 136e781..d09517f 100644 --- a/TeleMetrum/flightlogs.mdwn +++ b/TeleMetrum/flightlogs.mdwn @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ # TeleMetrum Flights This page contains Bdale's notes about each flight of [TeleMetrum](..) -to date. +to date. Actually, not so much, we've started filing flight logs and the +associated analysis results in git +respository [tmflights](http://git.gag.com/?p=fw/tmflights). ## 2009.04.19 ## -- 2.30.2