Open Source Rockets
From Open Source Ecology
Software
- OpenRocket Simulator - [1]
- How to simulate - [2]. This is pretty advanced for a beginner. Uses OpenRocket + Matlab. Scilab Xcos is open source version of Simulink of Matlab, and Octave is an open source version of Matlab.
- Including hardware in loop - uses the actual flight controller, but injects simulated inputs. All done via code on the ground.
- Study this Nick of Lafayette Systems for the details of rocket control.
- Other videos even have examples of self-landing rockets.
- Case is there for designing controllers in a construction set type of way - can we generalize microcontroller to addon of various other components? Can we standardize numerous components for higher interoperability? That would be a good start.
