From: Bdale Garbee Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:20:11 +0000 (-0600) Subject: notes about builds in progress, upcoming Chili Blaster drag race X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?p=web%2Fgag.com;a=commitdiff_plain;h=0cd7ae58e748d0af55e662495205a5767847e54e notes about builds in progress, upcoming Chili Blaster drag race --- diff --git a/bdale/blog/posts/Building_More_TeleMetrum_Boards.mdwn b/bdale/blog/posts/Building_More_TeleMetrum_Boards.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2f56a8c --- /dev/null +++ b/bdale/blog/posts/Building_More_TeleMetrum_Boards.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +[[!tag tags/rockets]] + +Over the weekend, I put two more +[TeleMetrum](http://altusmetrum.org/TeleMetrum) +boards together, serial numbers 7 and 8. The good news is that both boards +turned on and worked right the first time, but only after working around what +appears to be an icky bug in the kernel cdc_acm driver. We've seen various +problems with this driver before, but for some reason my ability to talk to +our programming dongle failed hard this weekend. In the process of digging +around for helpful info online, we discovered that the usbserial driver can +be made to work with our boards, and are pondering switching. More on that +later. + +Building these two boards used up the last of my cache +of the expensive parts, and we'd like a few more boards for upcoming launch +events like [Chili Blaster](http://www.scronline.net/html/chili_blaster.html) +and [NCR Oktoberfest](http://ncrocketry.org/modules.php?name=Oktoberfest), so +I ordered more parts... and as of this morning they've started arriving. The +plan is to build up another half-dozen full TeleMetrum boards, and two +partially-loaded boards for use in our first +[TeleTerra](http://altusmetrum.org/TeleTerra) +prototypes. + +A special note for folks near Colorado. Weather permitting, on Sunday morning +the 23rd of August, I'm planning to "drag race" my [big Goblin](http://www.flickr.com/photos/bdale/3568189349/) airframe against my good friend Jason +Chamberlin's similarly-sized [Polecat Fat Man](http://stores.whatsuphobby.com/-strse-11/Polecat-Aerospace-10"-Fatman/Detail.bok) on long-burning +[Aerotech](http://www.aerotech-rocketry.com/) +[M650W](http://www.thrustcurve.org/motorsearch.jsp?id=471) motors +at [Chili Blaster](http://www.scronline.net/html/chili_blaster.html). Even +for those of us who fly high power model rockets every chance we get, a +drag-race between 10-inch airframes on long-burning M motors is a special +event. If you've never seen rockets like this fly, and/or would like to see +a TeleMetrum board in action, that could be a great day to come hang out +with us! +