This is a group to share experience in an open way about using the Ardupilot for space flight! We want help you carry out missions to Near Space and beyond with the Ardupilot/Arduino/Raspberry Pi ect... This is provided to be a safe place to share information and experience for those that want to experiment in this exciting venture.
Continuing efforts on the space program
Just fyi this project is still on going. Of late I've been working on a small turbopump project which includes the use of the 5-axis cnc project we started here on DIYD. I just saw some good progress on the antenna tracker for Pixhawk which means it's about time to do some more balloon projects! Great work on the tracker Randy and co.! We recently made good progress on the Ardupilot/Pixhawk with regards to Cubesat control using reaction wheels and cold gas thrusters which is also part of the…
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We make a major breakthrough recently with reaction wheels and cold gas thrusters! I will do a writeup perhaps tonight.
By the way if your interested in our progress you can look here https://www.facebook.com/monroe.lee.king.jr?pnref=lhc
I post pretty regularly what we are doing there.
With the CNC project I've been working on for a couple years about to take off I'm hoping we can make enough monet to further fund the Ardupilot Space Program.
I've been working on the Pixhawk for space applications much like the Cubli here.
I believe the Pixhawk can be an open source space platform for cubesats which are small satellites used for research in orbit.
So hopefully our team can make more progress this next year with the ardupilot space program.
The X12A Spaceplane we developed is just waiting for funding now with the systems we developed from ardupilot and the Pixhawk using ground control and long range communications so the ground work and infrastructure are in place for this project to progress.
The cold gas RCS system and the reaction wheel system for cubesat control are just a few of the things we have been working on.
We have failed to get enough interest in this field thus far but I believe with just a little more funding things will get interesting enough to bring the Pixhawk into a new realm of development.
Keep watching this space :) we are still making progress you wont want to miss!
Randy
Yeah the reason for doing it is it will be really amazing! Check out Ardusat who we helped raise over $100K for on Kickstarter. That project actually flew in space with Arduino. I've been working hard on this lately to hard to do any updqating but soon you will see some very interesting post here.
I'm not sure average people will be able to use drones in space any time soon. Its a cool concept but you need a lot of education in orbital mechanics to operate something in space.
Try out games like orbiter or kerbal space program and you will get a basic feel for how difficult it is. That is all said assuming you can get it up there. If you manage it though it'll be really amazing.
Fascinating concept! I have not even begun to think about all the implications and possibilities - will be checking back to do some reading!
Btw - I haven't forgotten about or disappeared on those Australian regulations. I actually have them printed out on my desk *waves them at the screen*, but work has been a little busy this last week. I will get them up by the end of this week. (:
Sure - happy to.
Yes, that would be great! I was also thinking that it should include links to the relevant national regulators and info on high altitude adventures. I know you mentioned the FAA regs, but here in Australia we have CASA and their version too. Nice, quick and easy way to get up to speed on what's happening.
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