Aurora: A Scratch Built L3 Cert

[Theory]

Yup, I like everything about that!!

 

[kjhambrick]

Beautiful Rocket and a great build thread, @Cherrywaves89 !

And the animated .GIF files are a nice touch.

They convey the info I want to see without having to watch a video !!

Thanks !

-- kjh

 

[pathtouch]

Piling in to say .gif build thread was awesome! Good luck!

 

[Cherrywaves89]

Flight was successful. Certified L3. Here is an LCO POV.

 

[Cherrywaves89]

Slo-mo.

 

[Cherrywaves89]

The onboard GoPro.

 

[Hobie1dog]

 

[kjhambrick]

Congratulatons @Cherrywaves89 !

Thanks for the animated GIFS ( that idea is a keeper ) and the flight videos !

The onboard video shows that Aurora flew with an Interesting roll pattern ...

it looks like she rolled clockwise about two times during the boost phase and then she un-rolled about the same number of rotations during the coast phase until she started to arc over.

Where did you fly her ?

Were there 'interesting' winds aloft that day ?

How high did she fly ?

Thanks for sharing !

-- kjh

EDIT: Went back and reread your first post:

I’m grateful to have two incredible TAP’s that I consult with regularly and my club in Bayboro NC of course. (Best field on the East coast)

That DOES look like a great launch site !

EDIT[2]: It would be interesting to see the raw Blue Raven roll data -vs- the onboard video

 

[MarsLander]

Amazing! Congrats!!!

 

[miket6000]

I'll pile on the congrats train. That's a beautiful build, well done.

 

[Cherrywaves89]

Congratulatons @Cherrywaves89 !

Thanks for the animated GIFS ( that idea is a keeper ) and the flight videos !

The onboard video shows that Aurora flew with an Interesting roll pattern ...

it looks like she rolled clockwise about two times during the boost phase and then she un-rolled about the same number of rotations during the coast phase until she started to arc over.

Where did you fly her ?

Were there 'interesting' winds aloft that day ?

How high did she fly ?

Thanks for sharing !

-- kjh

EDIT: Went back and reread your first post:


That DOES look like a great launch site !

EDIT[2]: It would be interesting to see the raw Blue Raven roll data -vs- the onboard video

Thanks and Im definitely grateful to be able to fly with such a great club and field. Altitude was roughly 13,000’ and I can’t really say for sure what caused the roll/unroll.

 

[bad_idea]

Congratulations on L3!