The new Blue Raven altimeter that's in development can be launched with any electronics orientation, so for larger diameter rockets, it opens the possibility of mounting them flat to reduce the av-bay length. I'm working on a new av-bay mounting accessory, similar to the Featherweight Power Perch, but designed around flat-mounting redundant Blue Ravens in a 0.5" long av-bay cavity.
But I don't have a 4" rocket to test this out in, since I'm more of a MD guy, so I decided to try building something new for me. Basically I want to fly a very short av-bay (~ 1" long with hardware and bulkheads) in a fun way, so I decided to make a dual-deploy HPR rocket that's almost all nosecone and boat tail.
Apogee has some nice long, slender 4" nosecones, so I'm designing around 2 of them:
But I don't have a 4" rocket to test this out in, since I'm more of a MD guy, so I decided to try building something new for me. Basically I want to fly a very short av-bay (~ 1" long with hardware and bulkheads) in a fun way, so I decided to make a dual-deploy HPR rocket that's almost all nosecone and boat tail.
Apogee has some nice long, slender 4" nosecones, so I'm designing around 2 of them: