Do they understand the difference between active stabilization and active guidance? .
Yes they do!
I do not want to interfere with this nice thread, but have the feeling, that I must say a word about the "**** storm".
We all like the projects from Denis, they are all fabulous and fly well. His launches are always great and he always tries to push along with new things.
But this particular rocket was designed as an instable rocket. In fact, the design was chosen to force this rocket to roll along the flight axis, with a gyro on board which steered the one existing control vane as aileron or elevon, depending on the quadrant the rocket was rolling into! Strange way of steering, but it was used. So this one is inherent instable, some of the german model rocket builders had doubt, that it could fly stable by itself, me too.
So the idea using a Guardian was a good one. But...you cannot expect, that it flies out of the box, it needs trimming, and also a neutral or (much better!) a stable rocket. Now guess how you trim a guardian on a large rocket at its first launch. It will not work that way, normal operation of the box is to fly up with a plane, and then switch it on in safe height. If it over reacts, you can switch it of. Something not possible in a high power rocket launch.
We are strongly concerned about safety at launch events in germany, just for a single reason: We had a bad accident a few months ago, which the government already uses to prevent rocket launches.
Since we do not have unpopulated areas here, we need to be sure that all rockets fly safe, every LCO has to be sure of that before he sends a rocket to a pad..
Therefore we made an easy
proposal to Denis: Build this rocket in small, from paper tubes, launch it, trim it, if it flies, fine, make the big one! If not, better leave it on the ground.
That is not a **** storm for me, but in fact one of my primary tasks in rocketry, as a TAP member, I am supposed to help others in flying their rockets safe.
Very interesting build BTW.
Me too!