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Re: Homebrew sensors?
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Fri, 13 Nov 1998 21:09:17 GMT
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Daniel Miller wrote in message ...
> I've been brainstorming for a while about what could be done with a
> kludge. I'm more into the whoosh-bang side of engineering than the
> beep-zap, so I don't know if it would work...
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> snipped discussion of sensors
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> Daniel "Dan'l" Miller Senior, School of Aeronautics and
> danielmi@expert.cc.purdue.edu Astronautics, Purdue, Indiana
> danielmi@cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu
Daniel, I could not help but notice that you are into rockets. If so,
then whoosh-bang is not the way to go. I think bang-whoosh makes a much
better rocket since it should have a loud ignition, then a graceful arc
into the wide blue yonder.
The whoosh-bang rockets tend to be single use and break into multiple
pieces...
Cheers,
Ralph Hempel - P.Eng
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| (...) Unfortunately the bang comes with the whoosh, often leading to a rapid unplanned dissasembly. Witness the recent destruction of Delta III #1, caused by a 4hz roll oscillation, or the Titan IV that ended in a BFRC due to a clog in its wacky (...) (26 years ago, 14-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I've been brainstorming for a while about what could be done with a kludge. I'm more into the whoosh-bang side of engineering than the beep-zap, so I don't know if it would work... A few years ago, Estes (the model rocket people) made a "rocket (...) (26 years ago, 13-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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