Why am I qualified to write this? As I write this post, I’m about to finish my senior year studying aerospace engineering at the University at Buffalo. I’ve had three summer internships so far and this summer I have an REU lined up (Note: This coming fall I will be entering Grad school to begin…
Intro on Lab ” All models are wrong; some models are usefull” -George Box Learning about concepts in class can only take you so far. They present the world, often in simplified terms, as a totally understandable place governed by simple, knowable equations. They say things like, ignore viscous drag, assume acceleration due to gravity…
Starting on Truck Doors Have you ever seen words on the door of a truck? You know, the words that say it’s from ABC Plumbing, located at XYZ boulevard, and having some phone number? These words are often made out of vinyl and are stuck directly on the side of the door a few letters…
Part 2 of a series on the math behind suicide burns.
Last Second Lunar Lander This post begins to to over the math behind a suicide burn maneuver. It covers what is a suicide burn along with generating the systems governing equations. What is a suicide burn? A suicide burn is a colloquialism for any powered landing that you turn your engine to full thrust at…
