RedMaxFlyer
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Hello all,
Does anybody know if the black "carbonite" fiberglass/graphite tubing that Wildman uses causes any attenuation/blocking of RF signals?
Specifically, I'm looking to mount a BRB900 in my Wildman Dual-deploy's NC, and its' looking like somewhere down in the shoulder is the most convenient place to do so (having built mine with the "glueless NC" method Crazy Jim described in one of his many highly-informational build threads). My Wildman is from before they switched the whole airframe over to carbonite, but the NC shoulder happens to be made out of black fiberglass which may or may not be carbonite (I can't tell the difference).
I have done some testing, and it appears that the BRB900 has no more trouble finding and holding satellite lock when it's inside the NC than when it's outside, but I'm being cautious and asking anyway considering that the Wildman will be my first rocket to carry the BRB900 high enough that visual tracking isn't possible (can you say "L935"? ), and there are too many trees and hills where I live to test the transmission range over a reasonable recovery distance.
Thanks for any answers!
Does anybody know if the black "carbonite" fiberglass/graphite tubing that Wildman uses causes any attenuation/blocking of RF signals?
Specifically, I'm looking to mount a BRB900 in my Wildman Dual-deploy's NC, and its' looking like somewhere down in the shoulder is the most convenient place to do so (having built mine with the "glueless NC" method Crazy Jim described in one of his many highly-informational build threads). My Wildman is from before they switched the whole airframe over to carbonite, but the NC shoulder happens to be made out of black fiberglass which may or may not be carbonite (I can't tell the difference).
I have done some testing, and it appears that the BRB900 has no more trouble finding and holding satellite lock when it's inside the NC than when it's outside, but I'm being cautious and asking anyway considering that the Wildman will be my first rocket to carry the BRB900 high enough that visual tracking isn't possible (can you say "L935"? ), and there are too many trees and hills where I live to test the transmission range over a reasonable recovery distance.
Thanks for any answers!