HyperSpeed
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The Guided-Vertical Lift system.
Autopilot NAV systems for auto-correction of stunt-bound R/C winged-aircraft have enabled a theory that I imagined the very moment I saw the somewhat inexpensive tech appear on manufacturer' sites. Some of you may even argue that it is even less expensive, and you have been doing such things for years with only a gyro and 2 servos in your rocket. :kill:
What is it?
This idea aims to create the high-performance rocket flight we might presume to be unaffected by wind and bad weather. The "straight as an arrow" flight path. This means the flight path becomes, of course, that magical word: "guided". Rockets that at least normally have a high pad exit-velocity would be prime candidates for test of this tech, and as the rocket size increases through testing, speed slows due to lift-mass, the system becomes needed more and more upon lift-off conditions and thus more valuable a component to the launch sequence.
The idea is to take 1 HPR, add 1 of these systems Co-Pilot II C3, mix them together with a secondary controller system for power (servos or stepper motors may be needed depending on required movements), and thus create a system that attempts to align the rocket's angle of attack perpendicular with ground level at all times. Not only can fins provide guidance under rocket motor power, fins can also provide guidance when falling, either under a drogue, or a main, with the greatest distance able to be made up typically while falling under drogue.
The final step in the evolution of a system like this would be a final recovery system, that separates rocket from parachutes, and hands over the rocket components that cost the majority of the $ in a build over to a drone-type rotor recovery system, which essentially brings the rocket home to the builder using GPS and confirmation.
This is how I dream of flight/recovery systems, and where they are heading.
What do you think about using said components to do this? Should funding not stand in the way of your use of such a system, would you like the idea and use the system?
Drone owners have the security of knowing their build is going to come back home and land softly. We have been out in the fields flying well before their time, I think we deserve some of what they have in our model recovery world. 3D printing makes this an easy reality to fabricate the parts. I have a 3D ABS/T-Glase printer capable of part quality seen on $30k production printers. I would be willing to team up, invest, produce, and test, to help make this a "rocket reality".
Who else feels that this entire project may just be worth the effort to get correct?
Try to imagine it: You hit the ignition button after a countdown. A 4" rocket with high-thrust L motor roars to 14,000ft, out-of-sight. After a few minutes, you're watching a live-feed from the rocket, looking at the roof of your house getting closer. The rocket lands in your driveway. You didn't worry about power lines once, because the drone anatomy model of recovery will not run into power lines. I'd call that a successful flight, myself.
Autopilot NAV systems for auto-correction of stunt-bound R/C winged-aircraft have enabled a theory that I imagined the very moment I saw the somewhat inexpensive tech appear on manufacturer' sites. Some of you may even argue that it is even less expensive, and you have been doing such things for years with only a gyro and 2 servos in your rocket. :kill:
What is it?
This idea aims to create the high-performance rocket flight we might presume to be unaffected by wind and bad weather. The "straight as an arrow" flight path. This means the flight path becomes, of course, that magical word: "guided". Rockets that at least normally have a high pad exit-velocity would be prime candidates for test of this tech, and as the rocket size increases through testing, speed slows due to lift-mass, the system becomes needed more and more upon lift-off conditions and thus more valuable a component to the launch sequence.
The idea is to take 1 HPR, add 1 of these systems Co-Pilot II C3, mix them together with a secondary controller system for power (servos or stepper motors may be needed depending on required movements), and thus create a system that attempts to align the rocket's angle of attack perpendicular with ground level at all times. Not only can fins provide guidance under rocket motor power, fins can also provide guidance when falling, either under a drogue, or a main, with the greatest distance able to be made up typically while falling under drogue.
The final step in the evolution of a system like this would be a final recovery system, that separates rocket from parachutes, and hands over the rocket components that cost the majority of the $ in a build over to a drone-type rotor recovery system, which essentially brings the rocket home to the builder using GPS and confirmation.
This is how I dream of flight/recovery systems, and where they are heading.
What do you think about using said components to do this? Should funding not stand in the way of your use of such a system, would you like the idea and use the system?
Drone owners have the security of knowing their build is going to come back home and land softly. We have been out in the fields flying well before their time, I think we deserve some of what they have in our model recovery world. 3D printing makes this an easy reality to fabricate the parts. I have a 3D ABS/T-Glase printer capable of part quality seen on $30k production printers. I would be willing to team up, invest, produce, and test, to help make this a "rocket reality".
Who else feels that this entire project may just be worth the effort to get correct?
Try to imagine it: You hit the ignition button after a countdown. A 4" rocket with high-thrust L motor roars to 14,000ft, out-of-sight. After a few minutes, you're watching a live-feed from the rocket, looking at the roof of your house getting closer. The rocket lands in your driveway. You didn't worry about power lines once, because the drone anatomy model of recovery will not run into power lines. I'd call that a successful flight, myself.
