Well done Jim! Your hardware is always a work of art, as I recall from when I lived near Austin and flew with AARG a few times circa 2008. Hope to make it back some day!
When I got the video notification I was at Aldi's doing grocery shopping and was like "Wait, what?!?! There is no BALLS this year though......" And now that I am home I realize that is was from 2018....NOT MAD ABOUT IT!! Great video as usual!!!
I'm super impressed by this system and curious about how the spinning fins work. Are they mounted on a bearing the rocket motor fits inside of?and is the motor connected to the inside of the main body or the fin section alone of each segment? how do you detect the need to spin the fins? I really love how well it works.
Thanks! If you would like to see more on the design, you can go to "the rocketry forum" and search for the thread "I could use just a little guidance". It's all there. The fins spin when they are hit by vortices from the canards. If they are unable to spin, then it turns the rocket the wrong way. That's the point of the spin can - to avoid a problem called "control reversal".
@@Jiminaus50 That's awesome. Thanks for the quick reply! I'll be sure to check it out. I also watched your video explaining it and the how it was mounted on the frame, I've got a whole bunch of things to look up now.
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Well done Jim! Your hardware is always a work of art, as I recall from when I lived near Austin and flew with AARG a few times circa 2008. Hope to make it back some day!
Thanks Tad. You're always welcome back. Still the first Saturday of the month.
Outstanding work!
Amazing flight, congratulations!
When I got the video notification I was at Aldi's doing grocery shopping and was like "Wait, what?!?! There is no BALLS this year though......" And now that I am home I realize that is was from 2018....NOT MAD ABOUT IT!! Great video as usual!!!
I'm super impressed by this system and curious about how the spinning fins work. Are they mounted on a bearing the rocket motor fits inside of?and is the motor connected to the inside of the main body or the fin section alone of each segment? how do you detect the need to spin the fins? I really love how well it works.
Thanks! If you would like to see more on the design, you can go to "the rocketry forum" and search for the thread "I could use just a little guidance". It's all there. The fins spin when they are hit by vortices from the canards. If they are unable to spin, then it turns the rocket the wrong way. That's the point of the spin can - to avoid a problem called "control reversal".
@@Jiminaus50 That's awesome. Thanks for the quick reply! I'll be sure to check it out. I also watched your video explaining it and the how it was mounted on the frame, I've got a whole bunch of things to look up now.