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Altimeter accelerometer anomalies?
8 months 9 hours ago - 7 months 4 weeks ago #11813
by DeltaVee
Replied by DeltaVee on topic Altimeter accelerometer anomalies?
My expectation is that the acceleration curve is the total acceleration. I would expect large spikes at ejection, chute release and landing, but during descent a somewhat noisy looking acceleration since the rocket is swaying and being buffeted...
Your altitude vs. time plot suggests there was no chute release being used... the slope of the descent curve should have a discontinuity in it.
My JL altimeter three usually looks like this:
Acceleration is the red curve... I cant explain the big spikes you see from time to time on your acceleration plot though.
Added: after thinking about it for a while, I'm wagering it's the shock cord attachment...
Your altitude vs. time plot suggests there was no chute release being used... the slope of the descent curve should have a discontinuity in it.
My JL altimeter three usually looks like this:
Acceleration is the red curve... I cant explain the big spikes you see from time to time on your acceleration plot though.
Added: after thinking about it for a while, I'm wagering it's the shock cord attachment...
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7 months 4 weeks ago #11819
by tlainhart
Replied by tlainhart on topic Altimeter accelerometer anomalies?
Thanks John. Good catch on the no-chute release observation, according to the data. (Delayed response here because still not getting forum update notifications)
Does the vertical velocity show a steady negative at 6 secs because the bird is under steady descent? I figure a rocket scientist would know
Does the vertical velocity show a steady negative at 6 secs because the bird is under steady descent? I figure a rocket scientist would know
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7 months 4 weeks ago #11820
by DeltaVee
Replied by DeltaVee on topic Altimeter accelerometer anomalies?
That's exactly right...you can see the curve as it crosses the x axis toward terminal negative (downward) velocity.Thanks John. Good catch on the no-chute release observation, according to the data. (Delayed response here because still not getting forum update notifications)
Does the vertical velocity show a steady negative at 6 secs because the bird is under steady descent? I figure a rocket scientist would know
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7 months 3 weeks ago - 7 months 3 weeks ago #11825
by hermanjc
Replied by hermanjc on topic Altimeter accelerometer anomalies?
At work when we encounter significant noise in accelerometer data we will typically apply smoothing by taking a rolling average of acceleration data. I applied this to your data (averaging over 10 samples), and the magnitude of the spikes you see at 11 and 21 seconds seem to be at least in the ballpark with the rest of your data. It's possible that just the FS Mini whipping around a little or a breeze making it shift caused this noise.
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