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NASA Beginner's Guide to Rockets
NASA Beginner’s Guide to Aerodynamics
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Another Brief Introduction ft. Comic Sans
A Non Math-y Introduction to PID Control
Learn About Kalman Filtering & Sensor Fusion
Kalman Filtering Explained with Pictures
Read about Joan & Rebecca killing brain cells learning (or attempting to learn) this stuff
Multi-sensor fusion with asynchronous readings (provides a generic and powerful solution)
Paper on Integration of IMUs & GPS
Long, but well written intro to multi sensor fusion and Kalman filtering
Notes
The Kalman filter is linear quadratic estimator. We assume the system is linear, which should be good enough for our purposes. For non linear systems, do an extended Kalman filter. However, this takes much more computational resources and is much more unstable.
A basic diagram of how this estimator works:
Other Resources
- More papers: http://www.tech-ex.com/article_images3/9/440249/1-11.pdf
- “Welp Kalman filtering sometimes sucks” https://agrosy.informatik.uni-kl.de/fileadmin/Literatur/Blank10.pdf but I think we should use it anyway
- Also cool ft. accelerometers and gyros and stuff http://gentlenav.googlecode.com/files/DCMDraft2.pdf
- Decent https://www.samba.org/tridge/UAV/madgwick_internal_report.pdf
- Mayhaps for balloons valbal https://www.xsens.com/images/stories/PDF/drift-free%20dynamic%20height%20sensor%20using%20mems%20imu%20aided%20by%20mems%20pressure%20sensor.pdf
- Not very good, but mentions rockets http://home.earthlink.net/~david.schultz/rnd/2004/KalmanApogeeII.pdf
- Really cool, but way too OP http://tid.uio.no/~jankbe/Filer/PhD_JKB_200207.pdf
- More gyro stuff http://gamepipe.usc.edu/~zyda/resources/pubs/IROS2001.pdf
- Looks good! http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4188&context=etd
- Decent http://www.ist.edu.pk/Process.aspx?CTRL=19e62cc6-08e7-45d2-a3c7-95051b8479ed&CDF_ID=27b7a653-fc0c-41ae-82d3-1e86b8af4356&DL=Y
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Simple Bernoulli (low speed)
Compressible Flow (high speed)
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Compilation of Links on Stability
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People making their own reefing system
People discussing cable cutters
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Overview of Different Forms of Trackers Spreadsheet Comparison of Radio Trackers (see the Radio Tracking tab)
Cram for An Amateur Ham Radio License
No Nonsense Guide to Earning Your Technician License (read this if you have the time)
Flashcards to Cram The Night Before (use these if you don’t have the time)
ARRL Lookup When/Where Exams Are Held
Use OpenRocket
Guide to Getting Started with OpenRocket
Use LaTeX
LaTeX For Your Computer If You're So Inclined (but really you should be using OverLeaf)
LaTeX Reference Sheet If Your Memory Sucks (not perfect, but good for basic things)