Icarus 2 Build Thread- 40K+ feet on an L2200G

Dart electronics sound interesting, anywhere we can look for more details?

dhbarr said:

Dart electronics sound interesting, anywhere we can look for more details?

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I don't have any documentation online, but will take some pictures when I am in the shop this evening.

Its nothing particularly custom in terms of hardware; we are using a Raven, a Telemetrum, two lipo batteries in parallel, and a miniature RDF beacon. Its mounted on a 3d-printed TPU sled, chosen because the soft nature of the TPU provides some vibration isolation to clean up the accelerometer readings. The screw terminals have been removed from the two altimeters to ease fitment in the tube.

I have also made a barebones sim to predict the touchdown location based upon NOAA winds aloft data, just in case we have issues with both the GPS and the RDF unit. In that case we will go to the general location and search by drone.

I don’t know how I haven’t came across this thread yet! Great write up and good luck on the future flight!

We are leaving for the site this morning. The SDSU Rocket Project media team will be live streaming the launch, be sure to check in tomorrow if interested:

https://www.facebook.com/TheSdsuRocketProject/


Here are some photos of the avionics mounting as promised. Tight fit :wink:

The assembled rocket looks bad ass. I hope this goes awesome, and you can post back here with the details