Archive for November, 2007
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The GWS with data connection. -
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Originally $40, now $20, it got us wireless data long before XBees were affordable. -
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The road to PCB fabrication continues. Finally got a caliper. They were once $100, then $40, now $20. The parts wiggle more than the old ones, however. -
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And the outer diameter claw is too misaligned to measure PCB holes. $20 definitely can't buy what $100 did. -
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The uBlox generates a climb rate figure and it's useless.
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The stock ANT555 before destruction. -
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The ANT555 soldered to the uBlox. We have a 33nH inductor now feeding it phantom power. -
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A tin enclosure. -
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A steel enclosure. Could not be soldered to a ground line. -
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The uBlox in the test enclosure. -
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The test platform. It didn't lock at all without the enclosure and seemed to do better the farther away the antenna was. -
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The uBlox test platform in auto hover. -
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Auto hover in a waypoint set in front of the moon.
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Went after a very small chance of repairing the Canon. -
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Found a corkscrew drive & rod were bent in the crash. -
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The image stabilization lens. Despite giving the best results, the complexity & fragility of this optical stabilizer doomed it. -
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By this point in the autopsy, there was clearly no way to repair it. Many wires were broken, undoubtedly in the crash. The diagonally hanging part with 1 broken wire drove the optical stabilizer. -
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Another severed wire is visible in this one. -
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It's almost lossless MJPEG images gave us nostalgic glee but its image quality was horrible beyond horrible. -
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Found a bug where the throttle would not roll off no matter how low the battery got. At least it provided some plots of complete battery discharges.
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The virgin uBlox GPS engine + active antenna -
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Closeups of the $138 beast. -
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As the Americans would say, cheaper than tomorrow's price. -
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For the first time in internet history, the inside of an active antenna. -
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And it's destruction into a passive antenna. -
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uBlox & friends ready for mounting on the airframe. Crash this and it's goodbye 4 days of rent. -
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Aren't U glad U didn't need to solder this.
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Worst crash ever. At least 3 days of repairs to fly again. -
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With a bend like this, the fuselage is probably going to crack during repairs. -
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The last mount was the string mount. Slightly less vibration but really hard to land and the camera pitched way down. -
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The support posts ripped out of the PC board, cracking it. -
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The Canon is a complete loss. Always thought that corny robotic lens would be its downfall and it was.
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The lighting electronics. -
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The camera tray is required just to hold the battery. -
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Obviously compared to the light of the LED's, the halogen isn't much. Give it a spot beam reflector and you would have something, but it would be too heavy. -
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The first heat shield for the CEV was made. It's the largest ablative heat shield ever made, but appears deceptively big by the small worker standing next to it. -
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The A3 test stand has some pilings. -
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The antique J-2 is hoisted to the rusted out, dilapidated A1 test stand. The J-2 was refurbished with parts of the linear aerospike engine on display in the visitor center. -
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A far cry from its brand new, freshly painted glory days.