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Long and skinny, to fit in those rocket tubes.
 
Long and skinny, to fit in those rocket tubes.
  
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* [http://www.altusmetrum.org/ Altus Metrum] has open hardware and software designs for high powered model rocketry avionics solutions, such as the [http://www.altusmetrum.org/TeleMetrum/ TeleMetrum] altimeter with integrated telemetry link.
 
* [http://www.taniwha.com/~paul/fc/ "Taniwha Flight Computer"] by Paul Campbell: "the DAC is no longer easily available - we need to lay out a new board for a more modern part"
 
* [http://www.taniwha.com/~paul/fc/ "Taniwha Flight Computer"] by Paul Campbell: "the DAC is no longer easily available - we need to lay out a new board for a more modern part"
 
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/archives/rec.models.rockets/ELECTRONICS/ "Small Altimeter for Model Rockets"] by Herve Cousin
 
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/archives/rec.models.rockets/ELECTRONICS/ "Small Altimeter for Model Rockets"] by Herve Cousin
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* [http://www.jbgizmo.com/page22.html "Beeping" Tracking Transmitter Kit]
 
* [http://www.jbgizmo.com/page22.html "Beeping" Tracking Transmitter Kit]
 
* [http://www.jbgizmo.com/page13.html directional antenna for inexpensive pocket radios]
 
* [http://www.jbgizmo.com/page13.html directional antenna for inexpensive pocket radios]
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[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] is designing a "small rocket computer" that can fit inside an off-the-shelf small model rocket, rather than requiring a "high powered model rocket".
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One that is as narrow as a 13 mm "mini engine", narrower than a 14 mm AA battery, much less a 18 mm "standard engine".
  
 
ideas:
 
ideas:
* I think it would be cool to have an accelerometer that logged the accelerations during flight.
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* accelerometer to log the accelerations during flight.
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* pressure sensor to measure barometric altitude
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* beeper to help find it
 
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* What other electronics would be useful to put into a small hobby model rocket?
 
* What other electronics would be useful to put into a small hobby model rocket?

Revision as of 05:56, 14 April 2009

cycle electronics

I have created a web site where I am going to post my projects, mostly electronic but also some software. So, to start, if anyone like to enhance tail light on his motorcycle - welcome to BoldLine.org.

P.S. I don't know if you guys have a some kind of formatting standard here. So, if I posted this incorrectly could someone correct me, please?

Welcome. --DavidCary 14:38, 23 July 2007 (PDT)

small rocket computer

What kind of electronics are small enough to fit into a small hobby model rocket? Long and skinny, to fit in those rocket tubes.

DavidCary is designing a "small rocket computer" that can fit inside an off-the-shelf small model rocket, rather than requiring a "high powered model rocket". One that is as narrow as a 13 mm "mini engine", narrower than a 14 mm AA battery, much less a 18 mm "standard engine".

ideas:

  • accelerometer to log the accelerations during flight.
  • pressure sensor to measure barometric altitude
  • beeper to help find it
  • ...
  • What other electronics would be useful to put into a small hobby model rocket?
  • ...

unsorted