Yeah, it all depends on their actual intent behind their “No modifications to these commercially manufactured units are allowed” verbiage. It also depends on what the record-observing Prefect views as ok. I’d rather not have anything questioned after the fact, so I’ll ping the records committee and get their blessing & guidance before I do any record attempts. No biggie.
Hopefully the software changes will be as minor as it sounds. I’ll touch base on possibly sending a push/diff/etc if they need that. Ubuntu, of course, didn’t come with all the dev environment stuff set up. I installed a few of the bits last night. I’ll keep chewing on it. Thanks! -Bryan > On Sep 9, 2017, at 10:47 AM, Bdale Garbee <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bryan Duke <[email protected]> writes: > >> For the blocks & charge wiring, I’m all for extreme as long as I can >> keep things safe. These rockets will probably only get a flight or two >> each before I retire them. I’m pretty certain the records committee >> won’t like it if I start swapping or removing parts though. It fits >> fine by itself in the 24mm nose cone - I just need to finish the 3d >> puzzle of getting it to fit with the sled, battery & hopefully a GPS. > > I can believe they'll raise eyebrows over firmware changes. But since > GPS data logging and inclusion in telemetry is a standard part of our > product line on other products, and it's likely as simple as changing > the pin definitions of the two pins in question and then turning on the > right driver, etc, I'm pretty sure Keith and/or I would be willing to > review your changes and weight in on that if necessary. > > But removing a screw terminal strip and soldering wires into the holes? > I can't see why anyone would care about your doing that. I've seen > *much* crazier stuff done in record-setting airframes without anyone's > undies ending up in a knot... > > Bdale _______________________________________________ altusmetrum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gag.com/mailman/listinfo/altusmetrum
