Path Forward
Want to replicate deployment forces from Hermes I: 2018-07-21-serial-5102-flight-0002.eeprom
Need to write detailed test procedure, better logging of tests, and better understanding of COTS altimeters.
Likely test will be to attach lines like in deploy, and drop onto lines in BC using a load cell (not just altimeter accelerations).
Shake Test 1
First attempt:
Dropped from around waist height
Acceleration: 5 m/s^2
Second attempt:
dropped from around shoulder height
Acceleration: 18 m/s^2
Christmas light fell out
Third attempt:
- Slammed the entire structure down
Whole AV tower broke
Notes overall:
All nuts were loose afterwards
SD card came out
Fjrefly 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
Images of aftermath below:
side view:
SD card popped out of firefly:
broken piece of AV tower
