Super GAT-1 can pitch, roll, AND yaw

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Link veterans Carl Mazzini, Bob Swarts, and Gordy Ruston have rewired a couple more cut cables to restore motion in all three axes.  The major unfinished task is to restore the audio, of which there is none at the moment other than extended Bronx cheers by the GAT-1 team, which they tease are too tiring for visitor experiences.   

The system is not responding to debug commands from an external monitor (RS232 era).
The plan is to seek additional guidance from Dave Tripp, original developer of the debug software.

The GAT-1 will be flown by the public at the 5 July open house as part of the Coolest Dessert in Town contest.

Super GAT-1 from Smithsonian does it's first loop

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The GAT-1 team continues to advance in refurbishing the Microflite GAT-1 donated by the National Air & Space Museum in mid-April.  See attached 20 second video - Bob Swarts, pilot; Carl Mazzini (maroon shirt) and Gordy Ruston (navy shirt) review motion system status.  Dave Tripp, Atlanta, original programmer on the Super GAT-1, advised by phone on software/hardware configuration this morning.   Larry Woods provided a box of GAT-1 parts from his garage collection.  The team hopes to resolve issues with audio (probable missing sound card) and yaw motion (perhaps turned off in software) in the coming weeks.
Please stop by 321 Water Street some Tuesday or Thursday morning 10am to noon to advise, deliver a vintage sound card (:-} !) or documentation; perhaps pilot one of the GAT-1s.

Super GAT-1 from Smithsonian does it's first loop

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The GAT-1 team continues to advance in refurbishing the Microflite  Supser GAT-1 donated by the National Air and Space Museum in mid-April, 2014.  See attached 20 second video - Bob Swarts, pilot; Carl Mazzini (maroon shirt) and Gordy Ruston (navy shirt) review motion system status.  Dave Tripp, Atlanta, original programmer on the Super GAT-1, advised by phone on software/hardware configuration this morning.   Larry Woods provided a box of GAT-1 parts from his garage collection.  The team hopes to resolve issues with audio (probable missing sound card) and yaw motion (perhaps turned off in software) in the coming weeks.