ESTES Universal Astrocam HD Rocket Camera & Holder
For many of our projects we try to incorporate as many cameras as possible to be able to bring you unique fun footage from perspectives not commonly found. The Universal Camera allows just that. Comes with a built in battery and memory card. Battery life on this item although instructions state 40 minutes, we have…
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Phase 1 of the launch system.
Although our previous post was very involved, the first step in this project is to develop the launch pad structure. The launch pad structure will be formed by an aluminum frame, that will house an on-going/under development system designed to meet the expectations listed in the previous post. Nothing in this project will happen overnight.…
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Typhon 6S Exploded View
The link below is downloaded directly from the Arrma site. It is provided here simply for ease as a few of our readers like this vehicle.
Typhon 3S Exploded View
Below is the exploded view of the Typhon 3S R/C Car. Evidently, this seems to be a hard document to come across online.
AllSkyPi, and what it does
AllSkyPi is a program that allows control and provides summary of an evening or days sky. It is designed to run on PI boards and unfortunately only handles a few different camera models. Of course with some programing knowledge you should be able to adjust, or code a module that will function on a more…
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NAR ESTES E16-X Engine Test Data
Below is the link to the NAR website’s document. Their tested numbers are the average numbers used in calculations. https://www.nar.org/SandT/pdf/Estes/E16.pdf For a preview of the link above, see below:
NAR ESTES E-12 Engine Test data
The information below can be located at the following link below: https://www.nar.org/SandT/pdf/Estes/E12.pdf Below is a preview of the file.
Lightning Rod R/C plane – Another excellent bad idea!
This is post 1 of 1 in the series “lightning rod plane” Excellent bad ideas are part of the reason for learning some good science. This is definitely going to be one of those excellent bad ideas! Anyone that lives in Florida and is in to the remote control hobby knows that the weather doesn’t…
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Tracking System
This section is a bit complicated and will take me a bit to update. Check back soon.
The Launch Ground Station System
This is post 1 of 1 in the series “Launch Pad” Like just about every other post on this website, I will kick it off in a familiar manner…. “Like many projects on this website, this one got out of hand quick”. The original idea Our previous rocket launching system broke…. by the accidental force…
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