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STARLIGHT – The ultimate hacker’s model rocket flight computer
STARLIGHT AND STARLIGHT MINI are our two flagship flight computers. These flight computers fully support custom firmware as well as pre-written flight computer firmware with full MissionControl integration!
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Resilience: A Makeover
Seven months. Three major revisions. An unwavering drive to succeed. Read the previous article HERE Complete Teardown & Rebuild For the last two builds of Resilience, I had used the exact same frame. A 21 year old Diamondback frame that I retrofitted with an engine and fuel tank. This time, I wanted to take my…
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The design of MOONLIGHT – More power, smaller footprint!
Back in September after the launch of STARLIGHT, I began conceptualizing and designing a second board – MOONLIGHT. After reading through tons of comments & advice, I began work on the second iteration of STARLIGHT. I didn’t want to stop selling my original STARLIGHT board – it’s a cheaper option, and keeping it on the…
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All-Aluminum Thrust Vector Control: A Journey
It’s been nearly a year since I first conceptualized the idea for HORIZON I. A thrust vector controlled rocket, with on-board electronics monitoring and adjusting the rocket’s course. One of my biggest struggles during this time has the thrust vector control mount itself – the hardware that actuates to move the rocket engine. Why Aluminum?…
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Getting my CNC machine working: Cutting aluminum from scratch
This post is a direct continuation of my Part 2 CNC machine build. Metals. The strongest & most practical materials to use in high-stress or high-temperature engineering builds. Being able to design and manufacture parts with aluminum, steel, and more opens up the kind of projects you can make, and gives you even more freedom…
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Happy Halloween!
Just wanted to make a post with pictures of our cat Jambo 🙂
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Resilience – Starting the Engine
This is a continuation of my previous blog post Resilience – A Motorized Bike Build After nearly four months of struggle and pain, Resilience finally runs. This has been one of my hardest and most fulfilling projects yet – from a simple mountain bike to an easy and affordable ride to school. In this final…
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The Launch of HORIZON I
HORIZON. A rocket ten months in the making. Today was the day that I would finally launch. I would finally be able to say that I built a successful thrust vector controlled model rocket. Or so I thought. Just a quick recap on the internals of HORIZON: Avionics HORIZON uses my very own STARLIGHT rocket…
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Custom CNC Machine Struggles – The Importance of Tolerance
Over the past nearly six months, I’ve been building a CNC machine to be able to mill parts out of wood and aluminum. This is a part 2 of a previous blog post I wrote about the CNC machine I’ve been building. If you remember from the last blog post, I was working on assembling…
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Resilience: A Motorized Bike Build
This is a direct continuation of the article I wrote months ago about my motorized bike build. It all started three months ago. I had been building a motorized bicycle for fun and to have a fun, reliable ride around town. I was hoping this would be a simple process. Buy the engine, assemble it,…
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TVC Hardware: the sister to STARLIGHT – The ultimate TVC gimbal
This is a bit of a shorter blog post, as it expands on my previous article. In one of my previous articles, I mentioned that I was going to be using an open-source TVC gimbal that I did not design myself. This, however, turned out to be a rabbit hole that was incredibly tedious, and…
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