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I built the fauxtato a while back; a small capsule to simulate a potato but with a 32g accelerometer (8g is wildly insufficient) and WiFi to be able to log data
by wepple 2y ago
I built the fauxtato a while back; a small capsule to simulate a potato but with a 32g accelerometer (8g is wildly insufficient) and WiFi to be able to log data and make basic analyses about different cannon & fuel usage.
Really interested run some tests based on things in this thread, like different propellants.
- wepple 2y agoCorrection: it was a ADXL375 200g sensor
- nehal3m 2y agoThat is amazing. Can you tell us if the potato referred to in this comment [0] could have done serious damage? [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40798939#40812811 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40798939#40812811
- wepple 2y agoThat’s really interesting, I haven’t spent much time looking at the data from the landing impact. I’m also not confident in my skills to translate G-forces into velocities or such. I guess it depends largely on what type of surface it lands on? You’ve definitely got me thinking now. There’s a bunch of ways I could roughly come up with a model for this.