Hi everyone!
Launch date ----------- We're currently scheduled for a launch on Sunday October 21st at Oregon Rocketry's "Rocketober" launch in Brothers, Oregon. We'll be launching the new flight computer, with WiFi and ATV radios, GPS, and the current roll control system. Preliminary information is here: http://psas.pdx.edu/launch10/ Funding ------- I've been working with the PSU college of engineering to coordinate funding efforts for PSAS. Essentially the idea is for us to approach aerospace companies together. This is, unfortunately, a very long process - sometimes on the order of months to years - and leaves us broke for at least another couple of quarters. To make sure that we're really going strong in the mean time, the Dean has approved $10,000 in funding for PSAS. These funds will pay back old debts to our members, and allow us to really make some progress on various rocket systems this coming academic year. Thank you Dean Su! Friday's Communications Test ---------------------------- On Friday, we finally managed to do a quarter-scale (~ 1 km) communication test, and shockingly, everything worked. From the new Gibbs bridge at the base of the Portland tram to the observation deck at OHSU, we had packets bouncing back and forth on the 5.18 GHz WiFi comm channel, decent video on the 2.4 GHz ATV channel, and a solid 3D position lock on the GPS. More details here: http://psas.pdx.edu/news/2012-09-14/ Maker Faire ------------ We have a corner of a table at the Maker Faire at OMSI today and tomorrow; come on down and check out the new avionics system and give us a hand at the booth! We'll be there 10am - 6pm all day today and tomorrow. More soon, Andrew -- ------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Greenberg Portland State Aerospace Society (http://psas.pdx.edu/) and...@psas.pdx.edu C: 503.708.7711 ------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ psas-team mailing list psas-team@lists.psas.pdx.edu http://lists.psas.pdx.edu/mailman/listinfo/psas-team This list's membership is automatically generated from the memberships of the psas-airframe, psas-avionics, and psas-general mail lists. Visit http://lists.psas.pdx.edu to individually subscribe/unsubscribe yourself from these lists.
