> Maybe i'm mistaken but one of the videos you
> posted links to seemed to be suffering from
> real obvious ground effect instability when it
> was trying to land, when the rockets got maybe
> 6 inches from the ground.

Could be the case at 6" off. As likely though to be human operator on
joystick trying to juggle landing. Maybe not.

> I just looked at it and thought "rocket position
> redesign". Obviously the crew there thought
> "faster more expensive control computer".
> $8000 US for the control computer?? Wow.
> I'm sure you could use one PIC, any takers guys?

I don't think the computer onboard is quite in that class!.
The main single "electronics" cost onboard in a Crossbow brand 6DOF inertial
navigatin unit - laser gyros and accelrometers. About $US5000 AFAIR.

                Russell

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