Project Hot Wind

Details

Project Hot Wind is a sub scale waverider, designed to test the following:

• Aerodynamic characteristics of this particular geometry.
  • Subsonic
  • Transonic
  • Supersonic
• Propulsion systems and ease of integration, and operation of:
  • Composite base Solid Propellants (based on Aerotech 38mm and 54mm diameter motors)
  • Non-cryogenic Hybrid Propellants (based on the AspireSpace H2 hybrid motor)
  • Non-cryogenic liquid propellants (based on the HPR K-class liquid fuelled engine)

Flight Computer Information CPU : PIC 16C84 Package : 18 Pin DIL or SOIC Clock Speed : 4 - 16 MHz Power : 2 x 3 Volt Lithium Watch Batteries PCB Length : 3.5 inches PCB Width : 1.7 inches

The other beauty of the PIC, is the ease with which it is possible to program it from a PC. It costs less than £5 to build a programmer, which can then be plugged into the serial port of any PC by means of a D-plug. The code can be developed on the PC and then downloaded to a PIC 16C84 placed in the programming socket on the PIC programmer. The PIC 16C84 is then removed from the programmer and then placed in the circuit in which it has been designed to work for.