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On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 23:49:21 -0600, "Eric Weder" <[email protected]> wrote:

> If it ain't broke don't "fix" it by wasting code on superstitions. If the
> Telemini code uses the same algorithms as Telemetrum, I'd say you have it
> covered.

Unfortunately, it's not the same -- TeleMetrum has an accelerometer,
which the Kalman filter uses to override the barometric data during mach
transitions. On TeleMini, we instead compare the barometric data with
the physics of a ballistic flight. The result is the same; the
misleading barometric data does not cause an incorrect apogee detection.

> I flew my Telemetrum last July 1 to 375 m/s (Mach 1.1), with no problems. It
> was backing up my Raven2, and did a fine job. What a stress-reliever it was
> to know that deployment was successful while the rocket was 5 km overhead,
> and that it would be easy to find it again even if we didn't see it come
> down. Don't know if this list allows attachments, I've included a PDF of the
> flight results and my .eeprom file.

(the .eeprom file didn't get attached successfully)

Note that the plotted altitude (which is drawn solely from the barometer
data) shows a clear mach transition effect at about 800m. If you can
send along the .eeprom file, I can use this to further verify that the
TeleMini algorithms would successfully inhibit apogee detect here.

-keith
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