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I am in the early planning stages of a new build and want to work some ideas around altimeter based deployment, though not the typical "break in the middle" sort of arrangement.
The build will use a 4" airframe with a 4" Pinnacle nose cone. the Pinnacle is advertised as having a 5.75" shoulder, which after cutting and squaring the end should leave me with at least 5.5" of useable space if not more; way more than enough for a StrataLogger CF (or even a pair for redundancy) and batteries.
So, my question is, are there any tricks or issues to be concerned with when building my electronics bay into a nose cone? will airflow over the nose negatively effect vent placement? Other issues?
This arrangement will be used for apogee deployment only with a JLCR to release the main as needed. I like the clean lines that come with "head end deployment," and the benefits of altimeter based ejection over motor based ejection are without question. Just want to make sure I plan for / engineer in everything that will be needed
thank you all!
The build will use a 4" airframe with a 4" Pinnacle nose cone. the Pinnacle is advertised as having a 5.75" shoulder, which after cutting and squaring the end should leave me with at least 5.5" of useable space if not more; way more than enough for a StrataLogger CF (or even a pair for redundancy) and batteries.
So, my question is, are there any tricks or issues to be concerned with when building my electronics bay into a nose cone? will airflow over the nose negatively effect vent placement? Other issues?
This arrangement will be used for apogee deployment only with a JLCR to release the main as needed. I like the clean lines that come with "head end deployment," and the benefits of altimeter based ejection over motor based ejection are without question. Just want to make sure I plan for / engineer in everything that will be needed
thank you all!