Rocket Systems Development for RTH/Series
We have made choices. Right, wrong or indifferent we have a direction, a plan, and some resources to begin. Below is what has been accomplished, and what yet remains to be accomplished. Those items with a strikethrough remain to be studied. Personally, I feel that we have a nice solid base to begin studying some additional/peripheral systems.
Resources/Knowledge acquired in order to be able to begin working on this:
- 3D Printer+Peripherals, and knowledge to operate it.
- Enough fiber-glassing knowledge to use this process confidently and accurately.
- Tested enough adhesives to understand what works and what doesn’t
- Fired off enough engines to understand what we are working with for testing
- Figured out a system to bring me back the rocket after launch within 30 foot diameter accuracy.
- R/C Flight systems and their variations/installations/applications/connectivity
- Gliding modular system
- High Altitude Connectivity
- High Altitude Tracking, Navigating
Things that remain to be learned:
Fuel Making – High Burn, low Flammability combinationOvercoming software limitations – mainly altitude restrictionsUnderstanding orbital calculations, and ensuring controllers react accordinglyBehavior of materials used at high-altitudes
Once we have all of the above figured out, we will move onto the following:
- Creating a light fuel, easy to handle, safe to move, high-efficiency.
- 100k Altitude Testing begins
To check out the RTH rocket and details regarding it click the following link.