How Does This Rocket Steer Itself? -- Active Control Rocket Avionics (Building DIAMOND-X Part 2)
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2024
- In this video, I assemble the avionics for DIAMOND-X, my actively controlled model rocket. The avionics include the GPS antenna, datalink radio, cameras, fin servos, and wiring. All of that connects to the flight computer, which is the rocket's brain. Up next in this series, we paint the airframe, do ground tests, and build the boosters that will launch the Block 3 version of this rocket higher and faster than ever. I also have a deep dive video on the flight computer in the works, so stay tuned for that too.
In the US, there are no specific legal restrictions on putting active control systems on model rockets. If you want to get started in active control, the r/Rocketry discord is a great place to learn from folks with lots of active control experience. Make sure you check your local laws and keep safety your #1 priority at launches!
NOTE: I am not supplying files for CAD, PCBs or flight software
#controlsystems #rockets #aerospace #electronics #avionics #rocketry
Timeline:
0:00 Intro
0:24 Overview
3:14 Flight Computer Video Out Too!
3:32 3D Print Stacking
4:27 Wiring
7:27 Power On!
8:24 Fins Moving
9:20 Ground Control System
13:03 Guidance Test
14:44 Outro
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Dear FBI agent, i only clicked in this video for hobby and education purposes. I would never think of making one of these things to hit something and explode. Thank you for your care over me.
Edit: Blud, im muslim but i ain't going to no towers with it, nor scream alahu akbar and shoot it...
The schizophrenia is strong with this one
You are being investigated right now. Please just tells us where you live and make our work easier. You'll spend just a couple of years in Guantanamo!
😂
Well, nice try.
I would.
We finna be put on "THE LIST" with this one 🗣🔥🔥🔥
@@AnakinDidNthingWrong fr
I bet people like you have a much larger impact on space exploration than you realize. Keep on innovating, teaching, and most importantly inspiring others.
Edit: I somehow offended people with this comment. My statement still stands. I believe channels like these collectively have the potential to influence people into college or career choices that will ultimately lead to a larger impact on rocket development. I fail to see how the work here is only applicable to weapons systems, and it shocks me that I have to clarify that I don't believe that this man is single handedly revolutionizing the space industry with an amateur rocket from his bedroom.
Space Exploration ?
This look straight like a Ground To Air missile ready for VLS launch.
me and my brothers in Afghanistan are truly immersed and thankful for this "space exploration" knowledge.
@@q9260the hard part about ground to air missiles is targeting and target acquisition/seeking. This is a super impressive project, but it basically does nothing related to actually track a target. Much less an aircraft. Steering and controlling the rocket is still super impressive though
more impact on war too, sorry
@@amogusenjoyer its a decent short range surface to surface missile platform at the very least
the rocket steers itself by having a chip onboard that plays the "the missile knows where it is at all times" meme and the rocket just watches it over and over
The missile knows where it is by knowing where it isn’t, and by subtracting where it isn’t from where it is it gets where it should be…
Why is this so funny🤓😂
@@ion8264 because you lack a sense of humour 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤪
@@ion8264 the original is funny, the comment isn’t meant to be funny I don’t think, because if it is it didn’t do it
@@Volt64bolt ok tough guy🤓🤓
Terminal guidance for the masses! ITAR “wait no not like that”
The right of the people to keep and bare NLOS SSMs shall not be infringed!
@@Jergling lol
@@Jergling I need this in case my neighbor decides to fly his helicopter through my arispace on his way to the McHospital.
@@Cigaristocat You need a SAM for that. The terminal guidance for that is quite different.
loving the yt tutorials on how to build ground to air guided missiles
my neighbor is going to enjoy this one
Get this man a Lockheed Martin scholarship 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥
Don't be stupid sheep - What this individual requires is financial support and an autonomous route to finance research into "non-destructive cultural studies". The suggestion seems to be for a role that entails developing technology that devastates souls and takes lives. The primary focus of Lockheed Martin is on weaponry, not financing or playful guidance systems purely for research and development. Their aim is to create technology that leads to profitable outcomes.
For guided missiles? Naw, he going straight to Raytheon.
Nah. He works for thr resistance.
Your avionics architecture is very well structured, thanks for sharing!
This video is a great guide on "how to get a visit from the DOD" and "How I got on a watchlist" simulatenously by making a how to build guided weapon systems.
Yeah… I don’t think this is legal. I only think this because I wanted to do it myself. Bless him for doing it for me.
think he could geolimit this video outside the middle east? for my safety near a military base
@@unflexiansafety shouldn't be exclusive to invaders...
@@crabinijig8403 "Invaders"
How about you people stop murdering each other all the time over stupid reasons.
All intervention in the middle east other than israel has been based.
>waaah waaah they deposed a dictator who was gassing innocent people, letting his sons and family plunder the country and do unspeakable things and instead made the country a democracy
Maybe if you could keep yourselves from trying to chop your neighbours' heads off because they believe in the Hubbalubba branch of islam instead of the shibbibibbi we wouldnt have to set you straight all the time.
@@crabinijig8403 based. everyone needs peace
The rocket knows where it is at all times
It knows this because it knows where it isn't
Computer engineer here, and now a new subscriber. Damn, this is awesome. Those boards are beautiful, I’m looking forward to your video on them. Keep up the good work
sometimes you are just amazed on what is available on YT. this one of these moments! Thank you so much for your knowledge
Wish I could like the video a second time just for that fin test sequence
As a recently graduated mecha eng I love this project and I really appreciate the details. The whole architecture is really well thought out, it's great to watch!
Good job. +1 subscriber. I will say based on what I know of supersonic flight transitions, if you ever intend to make this project supersonic, the proximity of the long fixed body fins to the articulating fins in back may prevent the articulating fins from 'grabbing' much air for maneuvering as the shock cones from the body fins will create 4 localized regions of low pressure around all of the movable surfaces because all 8 fins directly aligned fore and aft. Using grid fins in the back would fix this at the cost of subsonic efficiency, or maybe moving the body fins more forward on the rocket body. I wouldn't suggest rotating the body fins to be off axis because this would increase the drag and would put the back fins in line with shock cone paths, but this option might be better for subsonic only maneuvering. Look forward to seeing more of your videos. 👍
_"if you ever intend to make this project supersonic"_ your name will be on the list for sure.
What about the articulating fins seamlessly connecting with the fixed ones such that when aligned with the main body axis (z axis?) it forms one seamless fin (or negligible gap between them)? Would the low-pressure pockets still have an impact in that case? I don't know much about airflow dynamics but it seems like its probably a low pressure "cone" so as you get closer to the source you'd have to articulate less to eliminate the offset? Just curious.
lockheed martin here, we would like our engineer back please
@@laytonmiller5865 In my mindsim (thinking about it for 3 seconds), the closeness to the source of the sonic boom would hurt the controls, not help. It could go either way I guess, but the turbulence coming from the fin's leading edge would probably get more manageable the farther away from the leading edge you go.
I think that either way, active controlled fins for supersonic flights is a bad idea. The single point of contact would have to be very strong, adding weight and drag. Then again, we do it for fun so who cares about performance.
Words can't express how utterly amazing inspirational and inspiring these videos are it is quite fantastic what you have done and it can't be overstated. Thanks so much for all your hard work and keep it up all the best.
Impressed in all ways X, Y and Z ,
excellent work !
You are so talented, one man designs all the mechanical and electrical parts for the project!
Great video, thanks for showing your progress.
This is simply outstanding! All of it. Very happy to subscribe and support how I can!
Holy shit man, all of this is so fucking cool. I especially like your self-written ground control software; that you put so much effort in rather small details shows how much passion you put into this.
Huge respect!
Absolutamente MARAVILLOSO!!! Felicitaciones!!!!!
Damn this has General Dynamics sweating 😂😂😂 insane project!
This will be great for my guided missile system thank you so much my researchers spent 3 months trying to figure this out you are a legend
These are epic videos... always look forward to the next one
Everything about this project is awesome! :)
Looks like you're making great progress! Keep it up!
this is sick!!!! i love it really cool and inspiring ill be sure to stay tunned! much luck and fun to you!
This is crazy good mate! Well done.
It looks so exciting! Wonderful!
This video is gonna blow up in few day's
Nice pfp
Fun fact: you can’t send guidance data of any sort to the rocket in flight because that suddenly turns it into a guided missile.
The FAA isn’t too happy about that.
Edit: there's a difference between an internal guidance system for maneuvers made for the rocket, by the rocket, and externally choosing its direction from a controller. Missiles don't need a warhead to be a missile, and they can be tiny.
Plus a supersonic dart does a lot more damage than a drone on Ebay which is why these are all legal, minus the missile aspect.
Is that true?
So the FAA rather has uncontrolled probably malfuntioning aircrafts in the air?
I mean a RC Plane can be controlled, or are there other restrictions that apply?
@@einhalbesbrot RC vehicles are different than what are essentially recoverable missiles. The internal guidance of the rocket can work, but any active external commands are NOT a good idea. You could use a tiny model rocket to hit something flying 5000’ up easily, and if you made it bigger and guided it (like a lot of later steps in the hobby), you could hit things at 20000’ or up.
@@einhalbesbrot plus a missile doesn’t need explosive filler to be deadly to any aircraft.
@@judet2992 but there must be some form of internal guidance. A self correcting "fire and forget" rocket must be worse.
But then again its rules and regulations, they dont have to make sense.
Here in germany there is a bunch of weird rules.all different for drones, helicopters, rc planes, rc gliders.
@@einhalbesbrot yes, internal guidance is ok, but external commends to that system on where do go *during flight* are bad.
Are you building a model rocket or a model anti-air rocket?🔥
That would actually be MUCH harder than what he doing now. His current project is GPS/camera based. For an anti-air rocket, it needs to be radar or IR guided. That introduces MASSIVE issues to be overcome on a NON multimillion dollar project. For example, a current sidewinder IR missile has an actively cooled seeker head, using liquid nitrogen...
@@sorryociffer IR sensors are need to be cooled to do their job properly. Radar modules have come down in price incredibly in the last few years, which would make them an easily obtainable item.
I also think I remember Lafayette Systems saying something along the lines of "Not including a guidance system because that would be crossing the line and I might get shut down". But I may be thinking about different channel... ;)
@@pompeymonkey3271 Radar modules that are available to a random dude are hobbyist level at best and worthless for this application. IR is also too complex and both would fall prey to countermeasures easily.
Anti Deez nuts🚀🥜🫥
@@sorryociffer this makes his model rocket capable of working as a gmlrs (guided multiple launch rocket system) capable to land attack like the himar with imaging cameras for terminal guidance 😂
Gotta be badass
Congratulations, well done, can't wait for the launching episode
The system is just state of art 🤩
Man, what an awesome project!
Outstanding work and lovely cat! Keep it up!
This is a really great project.
Super great. Loved cat participating.
Unbelievable project. I am your bigest fan
Good shit bro, this stuff is like a better version of what Joe Barnard was doing a couple years ago. That board is beautiful!
There's a guy on the rocketry forum that cuts holes in the bottom of his body tubes to add to the base drag, his rockets fly stable with no fins and no active control, but they are inefficient due to the high drag. Rockets like that are really fun especially since the FAA waivers are low where I live, so I want to get into active control to spice things up.
This is not a tutorial, contrary to what everyone yapping in the comments thinks, but it is a good resource with lots of good ideas that will simplify the engineering design process for people like me who would otherwise have to build the know-how from scratch.
You could have kept your solutions a secret, but you shared it with everyone, thus making this part of the hobby slightly easier to get into. Thanks!
Another great video!
Crazy to see how far DIY has come that whole rocket project is just incredible. Really good work.
I would be carefull not to show too much since I dont know how the government reacts to something like this. I think in many countries this can be problematic.
Anyway I hope to see more from this project its just to cool.
This is so cool. Nice work!
Damn🔥🔥 .Powerfull content.
Looking forward to your next updates 👍🏻
Super interesting! Thannks for sharing. Your Desktop Application I think it's pristine.
Great video!
Wild. I just watched this video randomly a few days ago and just saw your contribution over at TOR. Subbed
good job, this is very inspirational, keep it up
nice stacked build. i been using teensy 4.1 and custom 915mhz in similar hard realtime use, but wow the 3d print fits are so nice with cots nightmare footprints
I just wanna say you are amazing ❤❤❤
Great video and love the detail you are going into. As someone getting into model rocketry I love channels like yours. What kind of motors are you using in these builds?
This is exciting!
Genial chico estás realizando un trabajo estupendo para tú futuro próspero 💪
wow keep the good work up man, Waiting on the electrical side vid
Okay, this is awesome. Instant sub
Actually very impressive engineering.
Whilst it’s interesting to see the concept I bet making it is a lot more work than it seems
Impressive! Great job!!!!
I‘m interested in aerospace engineering. That‘s why I watch this video :)
Simply wow
excellent job
Looks suspicously like a Matra Super 530 :3
You have my sub btw, what an excellent work.
This is so good!
Bloody brilliant.
Impressive job! Suscribed!
Great stuff
Bro. Next level
Dude got skills.
Amazing engineering, your going somewhere in life thats for sure!! As a network engineer and sys admin I can appreciate great engineering lol
You are on a list.... and so is everyone who watched this vid lol
euler was such a bro to invent angles
Pretty cool!!!
Bro, please make a video about how to code that Telemetry GUI you made
i have always wanted to become an electronics engineer or aeronautical engineer but i was not smart enough , damn your work is so impresive . Alot of respect
that processing ground control software you made is very very cool, i one day one to have the coding ability to do that
This is 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Good job bro 🎉
very cool
This rocket steers itself by knowing where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't, by subtracting where it is, from where it isn't, or where it isn't, from where it is, whichever is greater, it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance sub-system uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the missile from a position where it is, to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn't, and it follows that the position where it was, is now the position that it isn't. In the event of the position that it is in is not the position that it wasn't, the system has required a variation. The variation being the difference between where the missile is, and where it wasn't. If variation is considered to be a significant factor, it too, may be corrected by the GEA. However, the missile must also know where it was. The missile guidance computance scenario works as follows: Because a variation has modified some of the information the missile has obtained, it is not sure just where it is, however it is sure where it isn't, within reason, and it knows where it was. It now subracts where it should be, from where it wasn't, or vice versa. By differentiating this from the algebraic sum og where it shouldn't be, and where it was. It is able to obtain a deviation, and a variation, which is called "air"
Thanks to UA-cam, my nephew has his own short-range missile defense installed in my sister's garden, he has a great time with these hobbies. 👍
Geat job👌👌
wow great video
This guy, more competent than my country military industry for building rocket guidance technology
awesome!
Please make a good video about flight software and how to develop one from scratch or mention some resources to do so ! Love your videos 📸😍
Comment for the algo. Looking good so far.
good job bro
I missed how you are dealing with vibration dampening. Cool video!
It's a very big & nice job!!!
I'm curious,Why haven't you used Labbiew to create the telemetry system?
THANK you
im sure you know this exists but if not its handy stuff. there is heat shrink that is adhesive lined and heat activated. can make any soldered assembly pretty resilient.
Bruh! wow
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OP BROTHER
Like for the cat, and the amazing video
You know your doing something fun when you feel inclined to cover your laptop camera with tape
Isso sim é conteúdo!
Dude, this is so fucking cool.
So sweet man this is excellent work. So cool. why not multiplex your signal lines ex: single wire PPM for your multiple pwm channels. Or better i2c (wire.h), address different stages/sections with a small microcontroller slave, connected to corresponding actuators. all receiving data from a single i2c bus from the master avionics stack. This way you don’t really need more than 4 wires in the raceway.
If he doesn’t need to receive data back from the lower modules then just using uart and only using the TX line on the main controller would work, just connect it to the RX line of the slave microcontrollers since they can all receive without interfering with each other, just start the data packet with an address. Then you only need three wires.
Chắc chắn nó rất tuyệt và uy lực.
Awesome! Can the rocket control software be implemented in web application? I imagined building with Django for backend processing and controlling and React for the UX/UI
I need to get some carbon fibre PETG. That stuff is rock solid.