Andrew Case wrote: > > On Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at 09:33 PM, Pierce Nichols wrote: > > > > No. Relatively small perturbations, including relatively slow > > pitch changes, could start a little bit of slosh going. If the slosh > > frequency is resonant with the lag in the control system, then it > > could quickly become a lot of slosh. > > Is there any possibility of doing a test while suspended from (e.g.) a > crane before doing the free flight? This would allow working out of > some of the complex issues like slosh without too much risk to the > vehicle. Downside is that it'd probably be a bit expensive.
We have in fact considered tethered testing. No final decision on detailed plans so far. -dave w _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
