I'm glad to see enthusiasm for the idea! If I'm gonna pour a ton of effort
into R&Ding this stuff I'd hope it would pay off for the rest of the HPR
community. Still working on a lot of the preliminary stuff.
Now to reply in turn:
Ben:
The Wamore hardware was a big chunky formed sheet metal box maybe1.5x1x0.5 ft with two servo windlasses to pull the steering/braking lines
we would be *very* interested in a turnkey autonomous system forvertical 🚀takeoff, with a transition to winged horizontal flight followed
I’d much rather pay five times your high cost point for a turnkeyguidance system that flies straight up.
Apogee Components had a demo for the hobby space, but I haven't heardanything in a while.
Apogee Components had a demo for the hobby space, but I haven't heard
anything in a while.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5BlaElarkk
On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 9:09 AM William Claybaugh <wclaybaugh2@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Matt:
I’d much rather pay five times your high cost point for a turnkey
guidance system that flies straight up.
But I’d buy a “pinpoint” recovery system.
Bill
On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 1:00 AM Matthew JL <prmattjl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
What’s the interest in a turnkey autonomous system at a price point of
around $300 to $500? Whole CONOPS is just programming a landing point
before flight and letting the rocket glide down to it. No muss no fuss,
fits in any DD airframe bigger than 3”.
Not committing to anything yet, just wanted to gauge whether this is
“cool” or “eh.”