1 Ocak 2012 Pazar

New years statement

Well goodmorning everybody. Hope everyone had a good new years evening...
I think this is a good time to make some goals and statements for the year to come.

1) In 2012 i want to work with inertial navigation..

I have long been interested in flying robots and have made a number of experiments involving fixed wing, helicopter, multirotor, balloons and thrust vector controlled crafts.
These all have in common that without control they all perform pretty much like a sack of potatoes.
I find that understanding inertial navigation is the key to success with such projects.
There are a lot of good projects out there, that can be used as a basis, and in 2012 I commit myself to understand and master the art of active guidance.

2) In 2012 I want to improve my skills in rapid prototyping and manufacturing.

Having recently gotten acces to Laser cutting and a variety of CNC facilities, my work have come to depend heavily on these methods.
I commit myself to learning new methods and tools as well as conducting experiments.

3) I want to keep you informed.

I commit myself to record and share my work on this blog and other media.

Happy new year.

Dzl

29 Aralık 2011 Perşembe

Gimballed high pressure nozzle

IMAG0441 by geekphysical
IMAG0441, a photo by geekphysical on Flickr.
I have made this nozzle for a future extreme high pressure guided water rocket.

Guidance system

IMAG0434 by geekphysical
IMAG0434, a photo by geekphysical on Flickr.
The brain of the rocket

Full stack

IMAG0432 by geekphysical
IMAG0432, a photo by geekphysical on Flickr.

Fully stacked with spring loaded parachute, IMU and articulated fins.

Parachute deployment device

My electronics need to come down safely hence parachute deployment in tastefull laser cut acryllic...

Guided vanes for water rocket

I wanted to take water rockets to the next level and add giudance...

16 Aralık 2011 Cuma

Flickr Set for Dzl's Evil Genius Lair

alarm4 by geekphysical
alarm4, a photo by geekphysical on Flickr.

A new area of GeekPhysical - or rather, an old one that we've finally decided to publish the mad rantings of - is Dzl's Evil Genius Lair: A collection of Dzl's experiments, inventions, sketches, builds, and programs that often go unnoticed amongst all the big projects we're doing.

We've set up a Flickr set of the images he'll be posting to add to his Evil Genius Lair, and here's the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/geekphysical/sets/72157628440857877/