You should nickname that "The Ogre", because it has layers.Here is a pic of the VTS on its desk stand.
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Mark, I have always been under the impression that only a very expensive type of epoxy would stick to Loc nose cones. In other words, West Systems and other similar epoxies would not. I have one each 4 inch and 5.5 inch RNWS's but cannot help to wonder and ask, how did your West Systems hold up with regard to the poly nose cone adherence?West Systems 105/205 arrived . . . have 209 and 406 on order.
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Glued the RNWS shoulder ring to the inside of the nose locating it on the shoulder. Small steps . . .
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Tomorrow or Saturday the RNWS main tube will be glued. This is where the weighted and un-weighted cartridges will be inserted and the retainer ring screwed on to hold them in place. The weighted cartridge has the eyebolt for shock attachment. This weighted cartridge will be created towards the end of the build when I have a better idea on how the weight will be distributed.
Attached is a very early OpenRocket simulation file and report for the full size 7.5" Loc/Precision DoorKnob. This is a pre-production, certainly NOT ready for prime time simulation file. I hope to have it improved and peer reviewed in the near future . . .
Mark!
PS: Did I Mention the OR simulation is pre-production?
What video did you send in the contest?
This looks like the GPS just doesn't have a lock yet. Wait longer or go outside maybe? (Does the GPS show good location data elsewhere the same time you're seeing 0s here?)After a bit more mucking around it turns out it did that nicely, providing me with NMEA sentences at 9600 baud, but the location data in them was zero . I suspect it is a bug in Ardupilot so I have flicked that onto the relevant forum for investigation.
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You did good. And It would be nice to see Estes do High Power. Did you have an Estes Rocket in the video?I sent in a compilation of my memorial weekend K motor flight, and my two cert flights-plus a few extra things. My biggest challenge was keeping the video under the contest's submission MB limit. The problem was that the original video was at least twice as long as the final one I eventually submitted. I had to cut half the unnecessary stuff out once I realized this was going to be an issue. But I got there in the end. Maybe we'll see an Estes HPR line someday... .
Have a Great day John. We will be busy this weekend at home. Hope you get some photos and video's.Hi there!
The forecast has improved quite a bit for Saturday. A bit cloudy but no wind. Sunday is now showing "scattered thunderstorms" though so I will probably just go on Saturday. Time is noon-5 PM.
Good luck and Godspeed. The Cerrebus came out good. My Hydra Sandhawk 2 stager is almost done.
Estes Patriot with 808 camera on 5/15/2021. Next time we fly 808 will go up on Mid Power with a bigger rocket. Should get a more stable movie.
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It's the 808 Spy Cam I got from Apogee Components. It uses a 16 gb card. It amazes me how such a tiny camera can take great quality videos with sound and photos up to one hour. Im not to happy with the programming for the Month ,day and year. The instructions should be better. So I just left the year 2068 alone.Which 808 do you have? I know that formatting it per the instructions and using the recommended class sd card helps. I have the #32 which works best on a Class 4 SD card believe it or not.
Thank you for the info to find on YT.There's lots of YT tutorials and forums online that are helpful.
Nope. Mission Planner places the vehicle on the map perfectly, so GNSS Rx is working as intended. Solution with up to 12 satellites. I am not as dim as I sim (you are not going to get that joke unless you are an Aussie ) . The FC is not transcribing the data to the sentences correctly I think.This looks like the GPS just doesn't have a lock yet. Wait longer or go outside maybe? (Does the GPS show good location data elsewhere the same time you're seeing 0s here?)
You're not as stupid as someone's mind sim of you would show? You're not as bad at real life as you are at The Sims?I am not as dim as I sim (you are not going to get that joke unless you are an Aussie ).
Dim Sims are a particular type of Chinese food specifically found in only Australia, NZ and Hong Kong.You're not as stupid as someone's mind sim of you would show? You're not as bad at real life as you are at The Sims?
Dim Sims are a particular type of Chinese food specifically found in only Australia, NZ and Hong Kong.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dim_sim
Dang. Well, bright side..."it's just software!?"Nope. Mission Planner places the vehicle on the map perfectly, so GNSS Rx is working as intended. Solution with up to 12 satellites. I am not as dim as I sim (you are not going to get that joke unless you are an Aussie ) . The FC is not transcribing the data to the sentences correctly I think.
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