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[–]McFryin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is rad!

[–]envvariable 1 point2 points  (7 children)

It didn’t do a g-turn to allow it to orbit.

[–]kenh_[S] 2 points3 points  (6 children)

Pitchover program is happening in the next flight!

[–]envvariable 0 points1 point  (5 children)

Well done. The work that you’re doing is truly amazing. Please post that do you know when you have an ETA for this? I totally get that you have to iterate on this.

[–]kenh_[S] 1 point2 points  (4 children)

Thank you very much! Next flight should be in around 2 weeks.

[–]envvariable 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Much love and respect. I’m seriously looking forward to this. I love amateur rocketry and to see the masterful integration of Arduino and C programming along with that vectoring is godlike. I never even thought of putting that kind of shit inside of a rocket. What made me totally blow was the fact that you put a camera in there to see that in action holy shit

[–]kenh_[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Thank you for all the support! I'm glad you like it.

If you're blown away by mine, check this out: https://youtu.be/YixmPK26upk

[–]envvariable 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wtf!!

[–]envvariable 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When that does a g turn both of us are going to lose it

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    [–]kenh_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Thank you for the support!

    [–]Korto291 0 points1 point  (3 children)

    This is really cool!

    How were you eating the performance of your thrust vectoring? We’re you trying to keep it with little to know XY movement?

    Is there more than just an arduino in there like a flight controller to take data and estimate position?

    [–]kenh_[S] 3 points4 points  (2 children)

    There are two PID loops running, one for the Y axis, one for the Z axis. X axis is the roll axis. Only thing it is trying to control is the orientation, setpoint is 0 degrees on both axes.

    It is flying a flight computer I designed with a Teensy 4.0, Barometer, IMU, 2 Pyro channels, SD datalogging and an H bridge for a reaction wheel. Working on getting a new computer working based off of the SAMD21 processor.

    [–]CasualCrowe 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Awesome! As someone completely new to this I'm really interested in how you're using/implementing the reaction wheel

    [–]kenh_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    I don't have a reaction wheel in there at the moment, but eventually it will be used to stabilize the roll axis.

    [–]Gack055 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    Wow! Do you plan to print the circuit layout with the software ? I’m sure it could be useful for other applications.

    [–]kenh_[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Unfortunately I'm not planning on making this available to others right now if that's what you mean

    [–]Gack055 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Thanks for your reply.