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Deployment Electronic Devices

 
Commercial Altimeters  
Homemade Altimeter Project  
Home Made $5 Timer
Electronics Bay  
Electronics Module 3  
Nichrome E-match Wire and Battery Tests  

Recovery Hardware

 
Homemade Flat Sheet Circular Parachutes
Drag Calculation  
Pyro Initiated Release Mechanism (PIRM and PIRM2)
Deployment & Recovery Basics  
Parachute Deployment Charge  
Crimson Powder Ejection Charge  

Rocket Locating Electronics

 
GPS Telemetry using MaxStream Radio Modems  
Commercial Radio Tracking Beacon/Receiver (Good non line of sight range .75 mile, great line of sight range 2.5 miles+)  
FRS Tracking Radio (Good line of sight range, 1 mile+)  
Beeping FM Tracking Transmitter (Low power, limited range)  
Personal Alarm Rocket Locator (Mid power, good range)  
Rocket Locator Beeper ( Low power, limited range)  

Cameras and Misc. Flight Electronics

 
Remote Control Hybrid Launch System with Telemetry and PC Application  
Digital Flight Camera  
Camera Shutter Trigger using 555 Timer w/Solenoid  
Digital Flight Camcorder 2