Apogee approx

[buzuloiu]

An attempt at implementing the function that approximates the apogee of the rocket using the kinetics model. Equations used are from MODELING MODEL ROCKETS: A STUDY IN OPTIMIZING MODEL ROCKETRY but adapted to be in 3-space instead of just the vertical axis

Math reference (pg. 8)

Missing:

• constants and variables: empty rocket mass function for computing drag force as a function of brake deployment, mass density of air at altitude
• A way to get the position and velocity of the rocket at the beginning of the approximation, a p_0 and v_0
• Validation that the matrix operations used transform the matrices appropriately, and that the conversion to 3-space was done correctly
• Speed testing, maybe with Jupyter or something, to see what the average calculation time is and how it can be improved