Hi Guys,
I am an electronics engineer and I am planning to build a professional flight computer for model rocket enthusiasts.
These are my main goals and the main features I want to build in.
Main goals are
Complementary Product is a telemetry receiver to connect to your laptop for live data.
The first question is… is someone interested in such product and how much are you willing to pay for it?
Is there something similar on the market?
I am building it from scratch but I have not very much experience in model rocket flights.
So I want to ask the experts for functions you would like to have and/or witch are useful.
Best regards
Stomper
I am an electronics engineer and I am planning to build a professional flight computer for model rocket enthusiasts.
These are my main goals and the main features I want to build in.
- LiPo Battery powered with built in micro-USB charger (~3-4 h runtime)
- 3 general purpose I/Os for future add-on or own electronics or maybe trigger inputs etc.
- Global positioning with GPS
- 3 axis accelerometer
- 3 axis gyroscope
- 3 axis compass
- Air pressure measurement to determine height (+/- 1 meter exact)
- Temperature measurement
- Log all data on removable SD card (raw data and calculated data)
- Live telemetry data over 868/900 MHz data channel (~30 kbps) (~1000 m los)
- Two power outputs to fire on user events (altitude, time etc.) for chute ejection load or something.
- Loud buzzer for easy recovery
- < 75 g electronic and battery together
Main goals are
- determine and record the exact flight path to show on google earth
- gather as much as possible data and log it on SD card
- Telemetry for live data and GPS position for recovery
- Easy to configure over config file on SD card
- Live landing position prediction for easy recovery
- Remote fire/launch of rocket and/or remote control of equipment.
Complementary Product is a telemetry receiver to connect to your laptop for live data.
The first question is… is someone interested in such product and how much are you willing to pay for it?
Is there something similar on the market?
I am building it from scratch but I have not very much experience in model rocket flights.
So I want to ask the experts for functions you would like to have and/or witch are useful.
Best regards
Stomper