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That is innovation right there in our faces. All that stuff was theoretically possible ten or twenty years ago. But completely impractical for a single hobbyist
by choeger 7y ago
That is innovation right there in our faces. All that stuff was theoretically possible ten or twenty years ago. But completely impractical for a single hobbyist.
Not to mention that propulsive rocket landing is a thing for -what? Six years?- in the real world now.
- steeve 7y agoIt's crazy how some things can rapidly go from breakthrough to commodity nowadays. It reminds me of early drones vs ArduPilot in a way.
- madengr 7y agoMore like 50+ years, if you count the LIM, and all other retro-rocket use.
- ballooney 7y agoThere were hobbyists making thrust-vectored rockets at this scale twenty-ish years ago. e.g. http://michael.sdf-eu.org/Gyroc/ http://michael.sdf-eu.org/Gyroc/
- perfectphase 7y agoGyroc was amazing at the time and is still spoken about in hushed tones in the UK HPR community. While it was using ADXL50 devices for acceleration, the main gyro was an entirely custom built mechanical rotating gyro, wish I still had some pictures of it. Now that's all on a single chip you hardly even notice on the board :) Some pictures of it are here http://ukrocketman.com/rocketry/gimbal.shtml http://ukrocketman.com/rocketry/gimbal.shtml
- tigershark 7y agoThe first falcon 9 landing was about 4 years ago if I remember correctly