nute
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My Estes Nike Smoke is structurally complete, and I figured I'd share the altimeter bay setup I'm using. I knew that I would be pushing this rocket hard and high, and figured it made sense to use Dual Deploy. But, with its short stature, there really is no room for the motor, av-bay, and payload section. So, I decided I would go with a NC altimeter bay and cable cutter DD.
I cut off the very bottom of the estes NC, and replaced it with a stepped plywood bulkhead:
I needed a way to mount allthread, so I made a bulkhead out of some plywood, epoxied some 3/16 allthread, and associated hardware onto it, and then epoxied that into the NC, so that the allthread would run aft towards the bulkplate.
I made up a sled out of the same plywood, and installed T-nuts for mounting the altimeter (RRC2+), drilled holes for zip ties for the battery, and cut out some mounting plates (technical term?) for the battery similar to what madcow uses on their sleds.
I decided I would try out one of the screw switches from Missileworks, but since the switch naturally needs to be mounted in the center of the sled, I mounted it on a little standoff so it would be above the allthread.
The sled slides right into the cone on the allthread, and the screw switch is close-ish to the inside of the cone, so arming is fairly easy
The bulkhead slides on, and away we go!
The 3rd hole is a wire pass through for the cable cutter.
Does anyone have suggestions about lengthening the e-match wires? for instance, the e-matches I use are about 9" long, but If I wanted to attach another 6" could I just solder on leads?
So that's my setup, comments, suggestions?
Nate
I cut off the very bottom of the estes NC, and replaced it with a stepped plywood bulkhead:
I needed a way to mount allthread, so I made a bulkhead out of some plywood, epoxied some 3/16 allthread, and associated hardware onto it, and then epoxied that into the NC, so that the allthread would run aft towards the bulkplate.
I made up a sled out of the same plywood, and installed T-nuts for mounting the altimeter (RRC2+), drilled holes for zip ties for the battery, and cut out some mounting plates (technical term?) for the battery similar to what madcow uses on their sleds.
I decided I would try out one of the screw switches from Missileworks, but since the switch naturally needs to be mounted in the center of the sled, I mounted it on a little standoff so it would be above the allthread.
The sled slides right into the cone on the allthread, and the screw switch is close-ish to the inside of the cone, so arming is fairly easy
The bulkhead slides on, and away we go!
The 3rd hole is a wire pass through for the cable cutter.
Does anyone have suggestions about lengthening the e-match wires? for instance, the e-matches I use are about 9" long, but If I wanted to attach another 6" could I just solder on leads?
So that's my setup, comments, suggestions?
Nate
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