{"id":434,"date":"2016-08-23T17:14:02","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T07:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/?p=434"},"modified":"2016-08-23T17:14:02","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T07:14:02","slug":"rocket-launch-systems-additional-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/2016\/08\/23\/rocket-launch-systems-additional-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Launch Systems (Additional project)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been working hard on a model rocket launch system, on the side. The system has the following specs:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Launch up to 5 rockets &#8211; indivdually, or combination<\/li>\n<li>1\/8&#8243; diameter launch rods, Height\u00a0~1.5 metres from blast plate<\/li>\n<li>12 volt power Supply<\/li>\n<li>Key operated On\/Off switch<\/li>\n<li>10 metre cabling (from controller to rockets)<\/li>\n<li>Loud Siren for Arm position<\/li>\n<li>Continuity test<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See the pictures below. Here I wanted to go through the paces of setting it up. I put some Nichrome wire and confirmed that it went red-hot for each rocket. I also did a test with an igniter to confirm that the current during continuity test will not result in a fire. Didn&#8217;t expect it to because the current is so small, but thought it would be a good test nevertheless.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_435\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-435\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/smlIMG_1253.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-435\" src=\"http:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/smlIMG_1253-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Launch Pad with a rocket\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/smlIMG_1253-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/smlIMG_1253-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/smlIMG_1253.jpg 1906w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-435\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Launch Pad with a rocket<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_436\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-436\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/smlIMG_1254.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-436\" src=\"http:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/smlIMG_1254-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Launch Controller Box\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/smlIMG_1254-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/smlIMG_1254-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/smlIMG_1254.jpg 1664w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-436\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Launch Controller Box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_437\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-437\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/smlIMG_1255.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-437\" src=\"http:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/smlIMG_1255-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Controller and Launch pad\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/smlIMG_1255-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/smlIMG_1255-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Controller and Launch pad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been working hard on a model rocket launch system, on the side. The system has the following specs:- Launch up to 5 rockets &#8211; indivdually, or combination 1\/8&#8243; diameter launch rods, Height\u00a0~1.5 metres from blast plate 12 volt power Supply Key operated On\/Off switch 10 metre cabling (from controller to rockets) Loud Siren for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/2016\/08\/23\/rocket-launch-systems-additional-project\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rocket Launch Systems (Additional project)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":438,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434\/revisions\/438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leederville.net\/rocket\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}