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1. All nuts should be epoxied in on back side, or otherwise somehow fastened on better (maybe locking nuts). Almost all the bolts were loose after the three drops.
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4. Make parts for at least 2 more AV towers, maybe 3. Consider adding more bolts to attach to payload bulkhead.
5. Figure out a way to fasten fireflies from the top, and keep SD cards in.
Avionics Next Steps:
1. Learn to better get data from COTS altimeters, i.e. better control of turning them off and on.
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- Slammed the entire structure down
- Whole AV tower broke
- Measured 50 gs on Marsa, 70 m/s^2 on Telemega (Hermes I saw 140 m/s^2 max acceleration)
- These numbers seem fishy/not a great test
Notes overall:
All nuts were loose afterwards
SD card came out
Fjrefly Firefly camera turned on
Used the 6061 non-optimized payload bulkhead
Used ground test MP tube (NOT flight)
Received telemetry the whole time
Had continuity before and after test
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