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The literature says at one point that you can do it "if accuracy isn't of paramount importance," but at another point implies that doing so can degrade the accuracy of the pressure sensor over its lifetime due to pressure spikes and hot gas temps.
Still incredibly new to this, so i might be worried about nothing, but what are your thoughts?
We bought this altimeter (my first) so that my little girls and I can get more data (and unique data for our locale) for 4-H Rocketry entries. We purchased some Quest Payloader One's from Apogee as well, since they have a payload bay. Now we're curious about the other rockets we have already built, that don't have a payload bay. I'm sure adding a bay isn't toooo difficult, but we really don't have any supplies on-hand for modifying stuff. I did a couple test flights with the altimeter and an 808 keychain cam taped to the outside of a rocket, and then did a test flight of the same rocket with the altimeter tied onto the nose cone's shock cord mount. I drilled some static ports into the body tube of the rocket, and all seemed to work just fine.
BUT, do you guys think I'm doing damage to the altimeter? How could I tell if it's affecting it over time without flying it with another altimeter side-by-side? I know these things are cheap, but people seem to always be running out of them, lol.
As a note, I've been EXTREMELY impressed with the altimeter. It's amazingly lightweight, and have had zero issues. Looks like that's the norm with them from other opinions on this forum.
If it was something that just "worked or didn't," I'd just keep using it on shock cords of rockets without bays and see if it eventually "didn't." But, I also want reasonable accuracy, so I don't want to be affecting it a little at a time...
I'm aware of the Jolly Logic stuff and its rugged simplicity, but the weight and size make of the firefly make it much more attractive in something like an Estes Crossfire...
Thanks in advance!
Still incredibly new to this, so i might be worried about nothing, but what are your thoughts?
We bought this altimeter (my first) so that my little girls and I can get more data (and unique data for our locale) for 4-H Rocketry entries. We purchased some Quest Payloader One's from Apogee as well, since they have a payload bay. Now we're curious about the other rockets we have already built, that don't have a payload bay. I'm sure adding a bay isn't toooo difficult, but we really don't have any supplies on-hand for modifying stuff. I did a couple test flights with the altimeter and an 808 keychain cam taped to the outside of a rocket, and then did a test flight of the same rocket with the altimeter tied onto the nose cone's shock cord mount. I drilled some static ports into the body tube of the rocket, and all seemed to work just fine.
BUT, do you guys think I'm doing damage to the altimeter? How could I tell if it's affecting it over time without flying it with another altimeter side-by-side? I know these things are cheap, but people seem to always be running out of them, lol.
As a note, I've been EXTREMELY impressed with the altimeter. It's amazingly lightweight, and have had zero issues. Looks like that's the norm with them from other opinions on this forum.
If it was something that just "worked or didn't," I'd just keep using it on shock cords of rockets without bays and see if it eventually "didn't." But, I also want reasonable accuracy, so I don't want to be affecting it a little at a time...
I'm aware of the Jolly Logic stuff and its rugged simplicity, but the weight and size make of the firefly make it much more attractive in something like an Estes Crossfire...
Thanks in advance!
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