This habit of presenting niche hobbies and projects that ( really intelligent and clever) people are getting into that are barely into the first stages of physical testing as viable democratized open source weapons platforms that any moron with the money and ill will can purchase the parts for and cobble together on the first attempt with no prior interest or expertise is getting out of hand.
I’m waiting for an article claiming how teens zooming around city streets on their unlicensed unregistered “hover boards” made from rc drone parts are gonna be the next urban nuisance perpetrated by teens just cause there’s one singular kid posting videos of himself doing the same thing. 😂
Unfortunately after looking over all of the videos within the Google link for the additional documention, although a really cool concept it looks to be far from “functional”. The rocket quickly begins to fly erratically in all videos, never seeming to stabilize or correct its trajectory which defeats the point of all “guided” electronics.
This may be due to the poor motor casting using sugar propellant causing sporadic burn and thrust characteristics.
Either way it’s a very cool concept but seems to be far from a reliable finished design.
Dang! Yeah I didn’t look too into yet. But I suppose it it literal rocket science, like tuning the control loops and stuff.
I’ve tried using drone PID front scratch and they can be finicky, can’t imagine a rocket haha
I still feel like the concept has true potential, but its going to take a good bit more testing and development. A solid fuel motor with consistent thrust would be needed before you can really test further as any inconsistencies with the burn rate is going to alter its stability and flight characteristics. That alone would increase the velocity and flight range which im sure the feds wouldnt be happy about…
