Development of a Cold Gas Propulsion System for the ... - SSL - MIT
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Figure 7-3. GNC data from 3-DOF test <strong>of</strong> TALARIS hopper, with 45° roll and horizontal traverse.<br />
(a) Angular position. (b) Linear traverse velocity.<br />
Figure 7-3 was created with data collected from <strong>the</strong> hopper’s inertial measurement unit, or IMU. Be<strong>for</strong>e<br />
<strong>the</strong> depicted test began, <strong>the</strong> hopper was placed on <strong>the</strong> air bearing and set at about a 45° angle to <strong>the</strong><br />
intended direction <strong>of</strong> travel. Then during <strong>the</strong> test, after a calibration period, <strong>the</strong> vehicle fired its<br />
horizontal thrusters in pairs to roll to <strong>the</strong> desired heading. This maneuver can be seen from about 54 to<br />
61 s in Figure 7-3(a). The hopper <strong>the</strong>n held its new position briefly be<strong>for</strong>e per<strong>for</strong>ming a horizontal<br />
traverse, as shown from about 74 to 78 s in Figure 7-3(b). During <strong>the</strong> traverse, <strong>the</strong> hopper drifted slightly<br />
<strong>of</strong>f course, probably due to thruster misalignments; however, as shown in Figure 7-3(a), <strong>the</strong> GNC<br />
algorithm executed small roll maneuvers to correct <strong>the</strong> heading.<br />
With a series <strong>of</strong> tests such as <strong>the</strong> one illustrated in Figure 7-3, TALARIS horizontal thruster control was<br />
successfully validated. The next step was to continue on to validation testing involving <strong>the</strong> vertical CGSE<br />
thrusters.<br />
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