urbanJunky
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I'm new to the forum and I just started high school and I've got what I think is a pretty cool science project idea. It seems my teacher can't be bothered and I really don't have anyone else to ask, so I was hoping maybe someone could give me some pointers as to how I can accomplish what I'm trying to do.
I know this is a model rocket forum, but please bear with me. I've seen tons of videos of people sending cameras on model rockets and balloons, some as far as space on youtube. What I'm interested in doing is sending a rocket shaped package with monitoring equipment like a raspberry pi or anything else that will record altitude, temperature and speed if possible as high up as possible using a weather balloon and then have it perform a HALO drop and have the equipment record the entire event. I'm interested to know how fast the rocket will drop to the ground. There is no propulsion except for gravity involved, so the rocket does not require an engine. However I can't have the rocket crash to the ground, but wanted to have something like an ejection charge to deploy a parachute at a low but safe altitude so I can recover it.
- What hardware would be recommended for something like this? I'm sure people have sent some kind of monitoring equipment on rocket payloads.
- Can you get an ejection charge without the engine?
- I want the package to be aerodynamic to avoid tons of spin and help in a quicker drop, hence why I thought dropping a rocket would work as long as the weight is on the nose of the rocket. Perhaps even using PVC as long as the weight wasn't too much for the balloon, any other suggestions on shape or material?
- Funding for the project is very limited. I've been told the balloon and helium can be expensive, but I wanted to do tons of testing before I spend a lot of money in the end.
- Suggestions on best way to track reentry of the rocket as it's falling? How far would the winds deviate a free falling object from about 100,000 ft?
This is something that I've wanted to do for a while, but unfortunately I'm on my own so any advise you guys could give that could save me some time and $. Thx!
I know this is a model rocket forum, but please bear with me. I've seen tons of videos of people sending cameras on model rockets and balloons, some as far as space on youtube. What I'm interested in doing is sending a rocket shaped package with monitoring equipment like a raspberry pi or anything else that will record altitude, temperature and speed if possible as high up as possible using a weather balloon and then have it perform a HALO drop and have the equipment record the entire event. I'm interested to know how fast the rocket will drop to the ground. There is no propulsion except for gravity involved, so the rocket does not require an engine. However I can't have the rocket crash to the ground, but wanted to have something like an ejection charge to deploy a parachute at a low but safe altitude so I can recover it.
- What hardware would be recommended for something like this? I'm sure people have sent some kind of monitoring equipment on rocket payloads.
- Can you get an ejection charge without the engine?
- I want the package to be aerodynamic to avoid tons of spin and help in a quicker drop, hence why I thought dropping a rocket would work as long as the weight is on the nose of the rocket. Perhaps even using PVC as long as the weight wasn't too much for the balloon, any other suggestions on shape or material?
- Funding for the project is very limited. I've been told the balloon and helium can be expensive, but I wanted to do tons of testing before I spend a lot of money in the end.
- Suggestions on best way to track reentry of the rocket as it's falling? How far would the winds deviate a free falling object from about 100,000 ft?
This is something that I've wanted to do for a while, but unfortunately I'm on my own so any advise you guys could give that could save me some time and $. Thx!