From 93c02838e7ed81125987a2b7990741d2b68b11b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bdale Garbee Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 17:20:20 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] document inclusion of TeleGPS in Meh nose cone bay --- rockets/airframes/MehGaNuke/index.mdwn | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/rockets/airframes/MehGaNuke/index.mdwn b/rockets/airframes/MehGaNuke/index.mdwn index 4e07f93..f095600 100644 --- a/rockets/airframes/MehGaNuke/index.mdwn +++ b/rockets/airframes/MehGaNuke/index.mdwn @@ -245,9 +245,9 @@ Unfortunately, logistics issues prevented flying at the NSL. The second flight ended up happening on Sunday, 19 September 2021, at the [Tripoli Colorado](https://www.tripolicolorado.org/) Fall Frenzy launch. -In addition to the rebuilt main airframe section and motor adapter, at -the last minute, Meh-ga Nuke was equipped with two keychain cameras mounted -looking up and down. +In addition to the rebuilt main airframe section and motor adapter, a +TeleGPS was added to the nose bay. Then, at the last minute, Meh-ga Nuke +was equipped with two keychain cameras mounted looking up and down. The rocket was about 145 pounds on the rail of Terry Lee's launch trailer, and was flowing with 2 e-matches and a pinch of Pyrodex P in the Tender @@ -263,6 +263,13 @@ wind drag resulted in cosmetic damage to the fin can and more significant damage to the main airframe tube. The nose cone also suffered damage as a result of the wind causing the chutes to pull it across rocks. +Both TeleMega boards returned good data logs. The TeleGPS in the nose +cone wasn't heard during launch and flight (it turns out the unsupported +antenna wire broke off sometime before landing, perhaps even before +launch?), but the data recovered from the board shows a clean trace of +the nose cone's path during flight. Good thing we didn't need the +GPS to locate and recover the nose cone! + The video from the up-looking camera worked great through apogee, but unfortunately the video froze before the main deployed so only audio was recorded for the rest of the flight. The down-looking camera video came -- 2.30.2