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Launch Report and Debrief
Launch Time: 13:45 2014/5/20
Team Members Present: Rozvora, Walsh
Play-by-Play:
Launch
boosters decoupled when empty
liquid fuel tank decoupled when empty
Throttle second engine to full, attempt to achieve stable orbit
Decouple second engine
cut throttle until apoapsis is reached
throttle up to achieve stable orbit
orbit indefinitely
isolate command module
re-enter the atmosphere
Deploy parachute at ~5000m, which opens at ~800 and land safely
Recover parts
Photographs: to follow
Time-of-Flight: 1:32:16
Summary: Stable orbit achieved, safe landing, parts recovered
Opportunities / Learnings: having a stable orbit
Strategies / Project Timeline: moving on to new objectives
Milestone Awards Presented: Stable manned orbit which begets a reward of 50,000
Available Funds: 82,781
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Pre-Launch Design Release
Team Name: Rivoralsh Research
Available Funds: 92,342
Vehicle Name: Second mk 2
Vehicle Parts List and Cost:
Command pod mk 1 ~ 600
Mainsail engine ~ 850
MK-16 Parachute ~ 422
TR-18A stack decoupler ~ 600
Rockomax Decoupler ~ 200
2x Rockomax 32 fuel tank ~ 13200
Rockomax mainsail ~ 850
12 x hydraulic detachment manifolds 200x12 ~ 2400
6 x vacc boosters 6x800 ~ 4800
Total: 23,872
Design Goals: Have enough fuel and power to get into orbit and return
Launch Goal: We are hoping to demonstrate safely reaching stable manned orbit and returning safely from the orbit. we expect to reach the stable manned orbit milesone.
Pilot Plan: Contorolling throttle and couplers and the parachute to complete the given objectives. Boosters are decoupled first, then the liquid tank, and finally the command module is split off after complletion of the objective and parachuted to the ground.
Illustrations:
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Launch Report and Debrief
Launch Time: 13:50 2014/5/19
Team Members Present: All three group members: Rivas, Rozvora, Walsh
Play-by-Play:
Launch
boosters decoupled when empty
liquid fuel tank decoupled when empty
Throttle second engine to full, attempt to achieve stable orbit
Decouple second engine
Fail the objective
Deploy parachute at ~600m and land safely
Recover parts
Photographs: to follow
Time-of-Flight: 6:24
Summary: Stable orbit not achieved, will try again later.
Opportunities / Learnings: Moar fuel. Always.
Strategies / Project Timeline: Retry with better rocket.
Milestone Awards Presented: None.
Available Funds: 92,342
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Pre-Launch Design Release
Team Name: Rivoralsh Research
Available Funds: 100,103
Vehicle Name: The Second Second
Vehicle Parts List and Cost:
Command pod mk 1 ~ 600
Rockomax 16 fuel tank ~ 1800
Mainsail engine ~ 850
MK-16 Parachute ~ 422
TR-18A stack decoupler ~ 600
Rockomax Decoupler ~ 200
Rockomax 32 fuel tank ~ 6600
Rockomax mainsail ~ 850
6 x hydraulic detachment manifolds 200x6 ~ 1200
3 x vacc boosters 3x800 ~ 2400
Total: 15,522
Design Goals: Safely transporting a kerbal to stable orbit and safely returning him.
Launch Goal: We are hoping to demonstrate safely reaching stable orbit above 70km and returning safely from the height. we expect to reach the stable manned orbit milesone.
Pilot Plan: Contorolling throttle and couplers and the parachute to complete the given objectives. Boosters are decoupled first, then the liquid tank, and finally the command module is split off and parachuted to the ground.
Illustrations: Screenshots to follow!
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Launch Report and Debrief
Launch Time: 13:50 2014/5/19
Team Members Present: All three group members: Rivas, Rozvora, Walsh
Play-by-Play:
Launch
boosters decoupled when empty
liquid fuel tank decoupled when empty
Throttle second engine to full, achieve apoapsis above 50km
Throttle down engine and decouple
Deploy parachute at ~600m and land safely
Recover
Photographs: to follow
Time-of-Flight: 6:13
Summary: Manned launch to 50km acheived. The manned launch to 50 km milestone was acheived.
Opportunities / Learnings: A simple working design is just as good if not better than a super complicated one.
Strategies / Project Timeline: We can to attempt to achieve new milestones.
Milestone Awards Presented: Manned launch to 50km which entails a reward of 30,000
Available Funds: 70,103
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Pre-Launch Design Release
Team Name: Rivoralsh Research
Available Funds: 77,864
Vehicle Name: Second
Vehicle Parts List and Cost:
Command pod mk 1 ~ 600
Rockomax 16 fuel tank ~ 1800
Mainsail engine ~ 850
MK-16 Parachute ~ 422
TR-18A stack decoupler ~ 600
Rockomax Decoupler ~ 200
Rockomax 32 fuel tank ~ 6600
Rockomax mainsail ~ 850
6 x hydraulic detachment manifolds 200x6 ~ 1200
3 x vacc boosters 3x800 ~ 2400
Total: 15,522
Design Goals: Safely transporting a kerbal to 50k meters above the ground and safely returning him.
Launch Goal: We are hoping to demonstrate safely reaching 50k meters and returning safely from the height. we expect to reach the manned launch to 50 km milesone.
Pilot Plan: Contorolling throttle and couplers and the parachute to complete the given objectives. Boosters are decoupled first, then the liquid tank, and finally the command module is split off and parachuted to the ground.
Illustrations: Pictures coming.
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Launch Report and Debrief
Launch Time: 13:24, 5/19/14
Team Members Present: Tim Walsh
Play-by-Play: Half throttle off launch pad, accelerate to 200 m/s. Decrease throttle to keep below 200m/s until at 6km. From there go full throttle. After fuel runs out, separate fuel tank from pod and parachute. When pod is 400m from ground, deploy parachute. After soft landing, recover vessel.
Photographs: Photos to follow
Time-of-Flight: Didn’t track, but ~00:03:00
Summary: Not many risks here, all in all a good flight. Keep it simple, stupid!
Opportunities / Learnings: Simple is nice, keep it manageable.
Strategies / Project Timeline: Let’s move on!! Going to go grab that 50km milestone!
Milestone Awards Presented: 10km manned milestone, 20,000 in funds.
Available Funds: 57,864. Lets do this!
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Team Name: Rivoralsh Research
Available Funds: 60,000
Vehicle Name: The Boss
Vehicle Parts List and Cost:
Command pod mk 1 ~ 600
Rockomax 16 fuel tank ~ 1800
Mainsail engine ~ 850
MK-16 Parachute ~ 422
TR-18A stack decoupler ~ 600
Total: 4272
Design Goals: Cheap and simple, manned launch to 10km
Launch Goal: Manned launch to 10km
Pilot Plan: Blast full throttle up, keep it below 200m/s until over ~6km, decouple after apoapsis at 10km
Pictures to follow
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A truer statement and video has never been made.
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Does anybody have any great ideas for how to do parts b-d? It seems like there should be a way to integrate the force of the spring, subtract the force of friction, do some math-o-magic, and pop out an answer. Or maybe look at the Uspring and work (hehe, puns) from there? It's (obviously) the fact that friction is non-conservative that makes the whole thing tough.
Also- Kerbal Space Program makes doing homework really hard...
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The other two build on that concept, except instead of Vox = Voy straight up, you need to get triggy with them.
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break it up into x components and y components. You know that Vox and Vfx are equal and Ax is zero, and that Ty equals Tx (times are the same..duh). You also know that Vox=Voy because the angle is 45deg. Do some kinemagic equation stuff and find x=.5(Vo+Vf)T, which becomes 618=Vx(T) for the x component and y=VoyT+.5aT^2, which becomes -3=Vx(T)-16T^2 for the y components. (Vx is interchangeable for Vox, Vfx, and Voy because they're all the same. Doe some systems magic and you'll get your answer (140.287 f/s, I hope).
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So for 16 on the WebAssign due tonight, I feel like I'm completely missing something. I algebra-ized two of the kinematics equations [ x=.5(vf+vo)t and vf=vo+at ] and got x=.5(2vo+at)t, hoping that then I could set the two rocks equal to each other because their x values are the same, and then solve for time somehow. This failed. Miserably. I looked a little bit at trying to set x=vot+.5at^2 equal to itself, again because the two x values should be the same, but didn't get anywhere. It feels like you have to make an equation equal to t, and then figure out a way to set that equal to itself (with one side adding the extra time until the second rock is thrown).
Hope this makes some semblance of sense... any suggestions?
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FUNDING PULLED
WE ARE HEADED IN A NEW DIRECTION
SHIP NOT LAUNCHED
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Team Name: Rivoralsh Research
Available Funds: 122,281
Vehicle Name: Space Station, cosmonauts
Vehicle Parts List and Cost:
Probodobodyne OKTO ~ 450
Clamp-o-tron port ~ 280
Illuminator mk2 x6 ~ 600
OX-4B Photovoltaic panels x6 ~ 1800
Advanced SAS x2 ~ 2200
RCS block x4 ~1800
FL-R25 RCS tank ~ 800
Inline Clamp ~ 700
FL-800 Tank ~ 1600
Clamp-o-tron port ~ 280
TR-18A stack decoupler ~ 600
Rockomax Adapter ~ 50
Rockomax 32 tank ~ 6600
Rockomax Poodle ~ 600
Rockomax Decoupler ~ 200
TT-70 Radial Decoupler x24 ~ 16800
Rocomax BACC Booster x8 ~ 6400
Rockomax 64 tank ~ 12500
Rockomax Mainsail ~ 850
Total cost: 55,110
Design Goals: Have enough fuel and power to get into and to get a reusable refueling station
Launch Goal: To put a refueling station in space
Pilot Plan: Contorolling throttle and couplers and the parachute to complete the given objectives. Boosters are decoupled first, then the liquid tank, and finally the station is left in orbit indefinitely.
Illustrations: none yet