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Deployment Electronic Devices

 
Commercial Altimeters  
Homemade Altimeter Project (First Altimeter BS 2 Based) 2002  
High Altitude Barometric Home Brew Altimeter(Basic Atom 28B) 2008  
Basic Atom Based Homemade Altimeter 1" Narrow Version 2009  
High Altitude Mini Telemetry System 2007  
HLA2.0 Altimeter (Production Run Altimeter using Basic Mircro's Nano 28) 2009  
Home Made $5 Timer
Electronics Bay  
Electronics Module 3  
Nichrome E-match Wire and Battery Tests  

Recovery Hardware

 
Parachute Reefing/Release  
High Altitude Recovery Tests
High Sensitivity E-matches  
Homemade Flat Sheet Circular Parachutes  
Homemade X Form or Cross Parachutes  
Drag Calculation  
Pyro Initiated Release Mechanism (PIRM and PIRM2)
Deployment & Recovery Basics  
Parachute Deployment Charge  
Crimson Powder Ejection Charge  

Rocket Locating Electronics

 
Quick Test Results from a BeeLine High Power 70cm Transmitter  
GPS Telemetry using MaxStream Radio Modems  
Extra information on setting up radio modems for high altiude balloons.  
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

 
LM 317 Adjustable Regulated Power Supply  
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