From aaed7e80d80334d5dfa7f79af702746f0bbce574 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bdale Garbee Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:21:33 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] blog about first TM mounted in a rocket for test flights --- bdale/blog/posts/TeleMetrum_Mounted.mdwn | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+) create mode 100644 bdale/blog/posts/TeleMetrum_Mounted.mdwn diff --git a/bdale/blog/posts/TeleMetrum_Mounted.mdwn b/bdale/blog/posts/TeleMetrum_Mounted.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e11fb0a --- /dev/null +++ b/bdale/blog/posts/TeleMetrum_Mounted.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +[[!tag tags/rockets]] +Last night, I stayed up late reworking the avionics bay in my +[Giant Leap](http://giantleaprocketry.com) +[Vertical Assault](http://www.rocketreviews.com/reviews/all/gl_vertical_assault_3.shtml) +kit. This is the rocket I set my personal best altitude to date of 14,141 feet +above ground level with. The Missile Works +[RRC2 mini](http://www.missileworks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=1) will move to a lesser airframe to keep it below 10k feet AGL +since it's an early unit with the supposedly-buggy early firmware. In its +place, I've mounted a PerfectFlite +[MiniAlt/WD](http://68.178.208.82/cgi/PF_Store/perlshop.cgi?ACTION=enter&thispage=MAWD.html&ORDER_ID=!ORDERID!) to handle primary deployment duties... and +serial number 1 of [TeleMetrum](http://altusmetrum.org/TeleMetrum)! + +Weather has been an issue in Colorado recently, but as soon as we get a decent +launch day (maybe as early as this weekend?), I'm looking forward to flying +this rocket on one or all of the +[Cesaroni](http://pro38.com/) I205, I540, and J285 currently in my box to get +some initial flight data recorded. + +Meanwhile, [Keith](http://keithp.com/keithp) has completely rewritten the guts +of the firmware in the last few days to eliminate +[FreeRTOS](http://www.freertos.org/) since it turns out to just be too heavy +for our needs on this project. My board now is now running a snapshot of his +latest work, and in bench testing I've confirmed that it can do launch detect, +log sensor data until the non-volatile memory chip is full, and dump the raw +data over USB for analysis after a flight. + +Weather has been an issue in Colorado recently, but as soon as we get a decent +launch day (maybe as early as this weekend?), I'm looking forward to flying +this rocket on one or all of the +[Cesaroni](http://pro38.com/) I205, I540, and J285 currently in my box to get +some initial flight data recorded. Keep your fingers crossed for me that +the storm front headed towards us clears out by the weekend! -- 2.30.2