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Rocket Center of Gravity

A space company wants to measure the center of gravity of their rocket in order to test its stability, control, performance, and safety objectives.


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Summary

  • Customer Need / Challenge

    A space company wants to measure the center of gravity of their rocket in order to test its stability, control, performance, and safety objectives.

  • Interface Solution

    Interface suggests using four 1200 Standard Precision LowProfile™ Load Cells, and installing it into the test frame. Once the rocket is placed, the 1280 Programmable Weight Indicator and Controller gathers the center of gravity with a customized program.

  • Results

    Interface’s LowProfile™ load cells and paired instrumentation successfully measured the center of gravity of the rocket.

Materials


  • Four 1200 Standard Precision LowProfile™ Load Cells

  • 1280 Programmable Weight Indicator and Controller with custom program

  • Customer PC

  • Customer Rocket

How it Works


  1. Four 1200 LowProfile Load Cells are installed into the corners of the center of gravity testing frame.

  2. The rocket is placed on the frame, and the 1280 Programmable Weight Indicator and Controller gathers the center of gravity results with a customized program for this application.

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Products Used in this App Note

1200 Standard Precision Universal LowProfile Load Cell
1280 Programmable Weight Indicator and Controller

1280 Programmable Weight Indicator and Controller