Hello,
Anyone make a good altimeter for ESTES rockets?
Brian
Anyone make a good altimeter for ESTES rockets?
Brian
...Of course, that is not a real pressure-sensitive altimeter: just a timer that starts at apogee until it hits the ground. Using the physics equation:Originally posted by teflonrocketry1
You could try the altimeter from Estes that is available on their Max Trax starter set.
https://www.estesrockets.com/products/product366.html
You can usually fin this starter set discounted to around $30.00.
This is a good deal since most altimeters cost more than twice that much.
Bruce S. Levison, NAR #69055
If you are getting messed up data from the ejection charge then you are not sealing the electronics bay enough. I use two o-rings on each end of my bay and have all wires running through the bay sealed with silicone. On the bolts that run through the bay I use a rubber washer beneath the nut to seal it. I have not had the problem with the data being skewed because of pressure, but I do seal the bay very well.Originally posted by cls
things I do not like about it: why didn't they use Morse code for beeping out the numbers? the max altitude reported (beeped) can be way wrong because of the pressure changes from the ejection - look very carefully at the downloaded data. [/B]