With the addition of a new “ui” folder and some further refactoring of files, the RTEM repository is getting larger and larger. I really do not have much time currently due to the final stretch of Junior Year, but I have started working on integrating a UI/App that will allow, in the future, to connect to the RTEM through some wireless communication method and display data. This idea is stemmed from Joe Barnard’s App/Dashboard in which he is able to see plenty of important telemetry data. Since I am still testing at a relatively low level I do not plan to overdo the App, and will keep it simple with small additions such as a live force-graph, continuity state, firing state, humidity/temperature readings, and possible a live camera view (probably wont happen though). Im planning on casting a couple of motors today and will most likely have them tested by the end of this week. They will be a 0.375″ core diameter with a new casting method that I have developed by using this funnel:

Im hoping to see much better improvement in terms of getting the propellant packed in and a reduction in the number of voids and cracks. Overall, by the end of this week I am hoping to at least get some motors tested and pull some data, and start designing a finocyl geometry for my casting process to see what kind of results we can get from it. Any help and/or ideas on the UI design would be greatly appreciated, just submit a pull request or comment some ideas that could be helpful in integrating a wireless firing system. Also, by the end of this week and possibly on the weekends I will have a finished science fair paper published on this website which investigated the effects of changing core diameters on the peak thrust and general motor characteristics.