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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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The hidden layer of HORIZON I: Software struggles
In the beginning, I simply wanted to build a self-stabilizing model rocket. This turned out to be a much more difficult task than I was prepared for. From PID loops to sensor fusion & integration, writing the thrust vector control (TVC) software was a huge struggle. There were many obstacles in my path to my…
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CNC machining on a budget – progress on a custom CNC mill
A few months back, I was really interested in CNC machining. Specifically, I wanted a CNC mill to be able to mill parts out of aluminum. I would soon learn how much of an expensive ask this was. The cheapest options I could find were upwards of $2000 (the 3018 is nowhere near good enough…
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Harmless fun, or cancer-causing chemicals? Health implications for 3D printing with resin
Ah, resin printing. If you’re someone looking to 3D print aesthetic models, this is the technology for you. Much better surfaces, more detail, and nicer corners are huge benefits to this technology. However, there are some downsides to resin printing that are not talked about very often – mainly related to the safety of resin…
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Motorized Bike Review – My (very frustrating) experience with 2-stroke kits from BikeBerry
Recently, I picked up a 2-stroke 66cc engine off of BikeBerry’s website. I planned to build myself a motorized bicycle using a regular mountain bike at home for getting to and from work, as my electric scooter was no longer cutting it. This taught me a lot of lessons, and here’s what I think you…
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