6.2.11

Christ, will I ever update this thing? I guess that's the paradox of a blog, the more real shit gets, the less time there is to write about it.

Today was the first time I got results I'm really happy with, and which I think are really publishable. Basically, after countless diversions and problems, the experiment is essentially working as planned. Better yet, I was able to get my hands on some experimental aero-optics data, and after even more diversions and problems, was able to use some semblance of those as disturbances.

If I say a prayer and the stars align, I can get a 20-30% improvement in the average target intensity with these disturbances over the integrator. Astoundingly I've been able to use an "optimal" integrator gain found by toying with the sensitivity transfer function.

Anyway, the main point of this right now is that I'm drinking in celebration. And that's no time to waste writing on the googles.