BPS.space

LIVE LAUNCH TOMORROW! (Patreon)

Published:

2021-11-13 04:47:23

Imported:

2026-06

haven't archived this post yet. have a subscription? use the importer!

Content

Howdy Patrons!

I've got a new rocket, and it's called Fineas... because it uses active fins :) Tomorrow I'm going to try to fly around 12 noon Pacific Time at the ROCstock launch out in Lucerne CA. If you're going to ROCstock please come say hello and wish Fineas good luck! The rocket will try to fly a small 90 degree roll program for this first flight. I've worked hard to get things working, but aero control surfaces are difficult, so ya never know...

We're also using some spare parts on this; the extra Lumineer FPV transmitter will try to get us live video, we're using a bunch of quick links and swivels that actually flew on Lumineer for chutes, and we're flying the 4ft parachute that flew(but sadly did not open) on BBR! It'll be a fun redemption arc for that chute if it works.

So long as it leaves the pad, I'll do a full footage and data review after, and we can talk more about the goals for this project. Hope to see ya there tomorrow, and thanks as always for your support!

Joe

Files

Previews only

LIVE Fineas - Flight 1

Active fin control! Just running a small roll program on this flight. More details soon, but for now, it's a 2kg rocket flying on an Aerotech I205 rocket motor. Each of the four fins has a good range of motion and the shafts are driven with separate servos. We'll try to get live onboard video as well, using leftover parts from Lumineer. Apogee is predicted at about 850m AGL with a max speed of 155m/s / Mach 0.47. Single deployment of a 4ft chute at apogee, back from the dead! It's the same chute Parker flew on the BBR rocket that went into the ground in Jan of this year :) Help support BPS.space: https://www.patreon.com/bps_space Second channel, mostly for KSP: https://www.youtube.com/user/musicmakr For more info: https://twitter.com/joebarnard https://twitter.com/bps_space https://www.instagram.com/bps.space/ https://www.facebook.com/bps.space/ http://www.bps.space