Guided Rocket

Modified a model rocket for active control during flight. An accelerometer is in the nose cone that provides an Arduino with X and Y axis measurements. The Arduino converts that to servo positions and updates the appropriate servos to counteract any flight path so that the rocket flies straight up. More info at http://sites.google.com/site/airwavershr/Home/guided-rocket

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[awsem1o1]

Estes Tomahawk?

[navic209]

@awsem1o1 Yes. D-Region Tomahawk number 2037

[zcsnow]

Which Audrino board did you use? Do you have a model number? Also, what type of controller are you using? Like a PID or something? Cool project. I have been interested in making a self-righting rocket like this for a while. I couldn't get to your website either. Link seems to be broken.

[navic209]

@zcsnow Arduino Pro Mini 5v board. Don't have the rocket model, can't find it anywhere but am still looking. We just used the Arduino to read the accelerometer and control the servos, no PID. Website: sites.google.com/site/airwaver­shr/Home/guided-rocket

[zcsnow]

@navic209 Yeah i actually understand the Audrino thing now. Spent a while looking stuff up. It seems a lot easier than the controls that I was thinking about using. I don't care too much about the rocket number, I make my own. I figured it must have been one of the small boards since you were able to fit it in a rocket that small. How does the board hold up to shock?(i.e. failure of recovery deployment) Have you ever smashed one? still can't get that website to work, but I could be stupid.

[navic209]

@zcsnow The Pro Mini hold up very well with shock, never smashed one in a rocket or robots for that matter. I can't figure out why the site doesn't work, its a google site called Airwavers. If you just google search it comes up fine. Maybe I'm pasting it in wrong or something. From the main airwavers page there is the guided rocket entry on the left nav page. If you have any specific questions please feel free to contact me

[meldrey]

Rocket beat box.

[navic209]

@jgeating I think its the servos themselves that delay the response rate not so much the arduino. They're the cheapest micro servos out there lol

[jgeating]

that response rate seems awfully low. Is that limited by the mini?

[navic209]

@kadornaX The Arduino was the Pro Mini 5v. The rocket model is unknown, and quite honestly I've been searching everywhere for another one. It was purchased locally and sat on a table for months, but the local place doesn't sell them anymore. If you find the model let me know. If I find it, I'll send u a PM with it.