The up on the accelerometer is pointing towards me in the center and the unit circles around me. I spin it around me for five seconds and slowly bring the speed down til it stops. Nothing happens . . . either I’m still doing something wrong or the unit is crap.
The string is attached to the top/up position of the accelerometer and I spin it around my head in the horizontal plane for five seconds and bring the speed down until the unit drops due to a lack of centrifugal force, and stops. No event happens, the battery is still in place, held in its holder and taped, the igniter still attached to the output. My only doubt is that if there is supposed to be a jumper in place for apogee deployment, not just data logging, then I’m up a creek. There never has been any jumper on the unit.
Anybody with experience with the Pico AA1 can chime in if there is a missing jumper that is supposed to be in place for apogee deployment to function. This is just a guess on my part.
I have sent off an email to Robert DeHate, who I bought this unit from, to inquire about the software required to configure this unit, and the dongle required to attach it to my computer, neither of which I ever received when purchased. It’s been years since I bought it, so I do this with fingers crossed.