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BPS.Space
Company blog · bps.space/signalhardwarescience
BPS.Space is the company blog at bps.space, writing about hardware and science. Since 2018, 15 different Hacker News readers have linked it 16 times, most often “Thrust Vectoring at Model Scale”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (11) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Model rocketry posts and product pages by one builder: thrust vectoring, the Signal flight computer, a 9V altimeter, and a 1/48 Falcon Heavy model, with a shop selling the boards.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 11 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
BPS.Space
Most-linked posts?
- Thrust Vectoring at Model Scale4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2018-06-20
- A 1/48 scale model of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2018-11-21
- /shop2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-05-31
- /signal/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-11-22
What Hacker News says?
> reaching an altitude of 271.4 m I wonder if BPS .pace got further with his solid fuel thrust vectoring? Mustn't be far off that if not. https://bps.space/products/signal-r2
Comment linking /products/signal-r2
on “Honda conducts successful launch and landing of experimental reusable rocket”Submitted A 1/48 scale model of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket as a story · 820 points
HN discussionHe's already productized it, mainly the flight computer: https://bps.space/shop
Comment linking /shop
on “A 1/48 scale model of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket”Submitted Thrust Vectoring at Model Scale as a story · 189 points
HN discussionHe has a shop here - https://bps.space/shop
Comment linking /shop
on “A 1/48 scale model of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket”Submitted Model rocketry aimed at matching the advancements of the space launch industry as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThe $349 price shown at https://bps.space/shop/signal-r2 is for more than just the controller PCB. See the "IN THE BOX" section of https://bps.space/signal/
Comment linking /signal/
on “Thrust Vectoring at Model Scale”Submitted Falcon Heavy Model – bps.space as a story · 1 points
HN discussionreminds me of the BPS Space youtube channel, he makes rockets too: https://www.youtube.com/@BPSspace https://bps.space/pages/about
Comment linking /pages/about
on “How to not build a two stage model rocket”He's got a 9V battery-sized altimeter of his own design: https://bps.space/arc/
Comment linking /arc/
on “Ask HN: Is it practical to create a software-controlled model rocket?”People definitely do thrust vectoring and control systems on model rockets, like this system: https://bps.space/signal This could theoretically be used to land vertically, though that hasn’t been achieved.
Comment linking /signal
on “Ask HN: Is it practical to create a software-controlled model rocket?”It would be interesting if he could add GPS to Signal[1] boards. GPS would obviously provide lat/long, but also altitude. [1] https://bps.space/signal/
Comment linking /signal/
on “Falcon Heavy Model – Flight 1 [video]”https://bps.space/ has some additional details, including the flight computer that does thrust vectoring (on a model rocket!). This makes me want to build model rockets again..
Comment linking /
on “Falcon Heavy Model – Flight 1 [video]”From what I can tell, this guy is working pretty much by himself (or he fails to give credit to others). If true, that's quite impressive. There's a little more info on his site (with some index finger scrolling fatigue): https://bps.space/falcon-heavy
Comment linking /falcon-heavy
on “Falcon Heavy Model – Flight 1 [video]”https://bps.space/ great video
Comment linking /
on “BPS.Space landed a model rocket after 7 years”
