Simulating Rocket Airbrakes in MATLAB

This tutorial demonstrates how to simulate rocket airbrakes using MATLAB, providing insights into their behavior and effectiveness in controlling rocket descent.

Lafayette Systems•40.8K views•45:14

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To try everything Brilliant has to offer by visiting https://brilliant.org/Lafayette and you'll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription! Being able to simulate your rocket projects helps improve safety, reliability and saves you from punching holes in the ground with your expensive rockets. Let's use MATLAB/SIMULINK to simulate 3 different airbrakes control systems before we fly this rocket next month! Mathworks did not sponsor this video, though I cannot recommend their products enough I do not provide the code or CAD for any of my projects 0:00 Intro 2:10 Why Simulate 3:26 Check Out Brilliant.org 4:45 Setting up SIMULINK 5:40 Physics Simulation 22:00 Control Systems 23:50 Velocity Delta 29:04 PD Controller 35:10 Predictive Guidance 42:20 Review 44:15 Outro
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