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This very cool project allowed students at George School in PA to participate
in an amazing opportunity. The students first decided on what the project would do.
Then they had to design, build and test all of the equipment. Finally, it all blast off
in a SPIRIT II rocket.
"Thanks for the donated BX-24 -- we'll get it back to you after I complete
the write up and movie. It amazes me it worked. 1000 things could have
gone wrong -- anyone of them happens and we get garbage. It's also
amazing that the data shown here was created by a force sensor that cost
exactly 4 cents. very cool stuff." Chris Odom, Instructor.
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View of the redundant force activated switches |
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Layout of the
Robodyssey Motherboard and
Voltage Divider Boards with
connected axial and radial force sensors and thermistor |
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Close-up of the axial force sensor. Notice the pennies and coductive foam. |
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Setting it all in place. |
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Sealing it with potting compound |
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View of the box it all fits into. |
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Here's a screen shot of the axial force sensor data (measuring forces
along axis of motion) from the SPIRIT II rocket.
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