Monday, December 14, 2009

Another small lander prototype update

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Updates will likely continue to be slight in the time leading up to Christmas. There is a new version of the lander prototype . Changes: Inc...
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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Slight update to lunar lander prototype

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I've uploaded a new version to the website with a couple of small changes: Tuned the steering jet controller so it doesn't overshoo...
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Monday, December 7, 2009

Lunar Lander: prototype version 1 released

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Here is the first released version of my Lunar Lander program. It runs under Windows and requires Direct3D 9 to be installed. I had hoped t...
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Merging and sizing rocket prototypes

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I continue to work on my Lunar-Lander-on-a-globe. The prototype with the Chipmunk-based rigid body dynamics has been merged into the prototy...
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Monday, November 30, 2009

Child of Fire, Red Cliff reviews

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The weekend, while long, was busy. We hosted two events: Thanksgiving and my daughter's fourth birthday party. I wasted what little free...
Monday, November 23, 2009

PID controllers

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My brother is an electrical engineer; he's working on unmanned aircraft autopilots, among other things. He recommended using a PID contr...
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Monday, November 16, 2009

Rocket steering methods

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My primary lunar lander prototype (not the one shown below) does not have true rigid body dynamics yet. The rocket's heading is driven d...
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