CEP008 – Building Rockets with Joe Barnard (Interview)
- Author
- Contextual Electronics
- Published
- Wed 04 Nov 2020
- Episode Link
- https://contextualelectronics.com/cep008-building-rockets-with-joe-barnard/
- Joe Barnard is a rocketeer who runs BPS.space
- Joe is helping to bring Thrust Vector Control to the field of model rocketry
- He got started wanting to work for SpaceX, but has expanded the scope of things he’s interested in doing long term
- The signal board is available for sale
- Check out the evolution of control electronics that have gone on his rockets
- The AVA Flight computer, recently released
- Watch the “Launches” Playlist on the BPS.space YouTube channel (various were watched during the recording)
- Watch the “Landings” playlist on the BPS.space YouTube channel (various were watched during the recording)…these were using the Thrust Vector Control
- PID Control loops
- Joe uses Simulink to test out different control characteristics
- Kalman filters
- Reaction wheel
- Support Joe and BPS.space on Patreon!
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