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Deployment Electronic Devices

 
Commercial Altimeters  
Homemade Altimeter Project  
High Altitude Barometric Home Brew Altimeter  
Basic Atom Based Homemade Altimeter 1" Narrow Version  
High Altitude Mini Telemetry System  
Home Made $5 Timer
Electronics Bay  
Electronics Module 3  
Nichrome E-match Wire and Battery Tests  

Recovery Hardware

 
High Altitude Recovery Tests
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

 
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

 
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