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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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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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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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My very first working project – an RC car that can be controlled from anywhere in the world
In April of 2022, I was admitted into the Robotics and Automation shop program at my high school. I was pumped to put my skills to work in the shop by designing and building fun electronics projects. This is the story of the RC car I built as my first project. At the time, I…
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The Story of my Model Rocket, Horizon I
This is the story of how I built a model rocket from the ground up. From the electronics to the airframe to the 3d printed parts, this rocket has taken me six months so far, and is still a work in progress. Read on to learn how I got to this point, and how you…
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