M.E.T.A. Test Flight 2026-05-03¶

Info¶

AURORA Version: 0.3.1
Board: esp32s3-micrometer/esp32s3/procpu

Compile command¶

# Flight 1
python3 tools/plot_flight_data.py --flight flight_logs/multimeter/2026-05-03/flight1 \
  --title "M.E.T.A. Flight 1 - 2026-05-03"

# Flight 2
python3 tools/plot_flight_data.py --flight flight_logs/multimeter/2026-05-03/flight2 \
  --title "M.E.T.A. Flight 2 - 2026-05-03"

Flight Protocol¶

Two flights are recorded in flight1 and flight2:

Flight 1
- parachute opened as expected
- state machine cycled as expected
Flight 2
- parachute failed to open
- state machine didn’t go past ARMED
- IMU Data is missing after ~500 seconds

Results¶

Flight1¶

Flight2¶

Warning

This flight had an error, where the rocket launched before attitude calibration succeeded. This results in the state machine not detecting the BOOST phase. There is currently no explanation on why the IMU has stopped producing data.