Water Rocket Parachute Deployment Mechanism
The free servochron application firmware file.
Water rocket parachute deployment mechanism. The servochron is a low cost time delayed dual servo controller designed for use as a parachute deployment or staging mechanism for water rockets. Let s begin with the basics. The servochron is a low cost time delayed dual servo controller designed for use as a parachute deployment or staging mechanism for water rockets. We hope you enjoy the video.
8 grams 9 gram servo. The technique we like to use is called side deployment aka horizontal deployment where the parachute is deployed in a perpendicular direction to the rocket body axis. The core of the servochron is the texas instruments msp430 launchpad. Multi stage rocket parachute deployment mechanism this tutorial describes a simple parachute deployment mechanism for multi stage rockets or rockets with boosters.
For full step by step details visit us at. Hey there in this video we show you our new parachute mechanism. This mechanism is activated by the staging event and therefore only appropriate for the lower stages and boosters. It is designed to assist in recovering rockets snagged by their parachute in trees.
This 4 30us board is an inexpensive microcontroller hobbyist experimenting platform that you load our free application firmware into with a usb cable. Water rocket parachute deployment mechanism. There are other potential applications for the servochron as well. A strong and reliable parachute design is very important to anyone wishing to develop a water rocket with a recoverysystem.
Any system from a simple air flap mechanism to the sophisticated servochron electronic deploy system relies on a well made parachute. There are different ways to eject parachutes from water rockets. The web companion to this video is here. There are other potential applications for the servochron as well.
This week we show we make the newly developed parachute deployment system for model rockets. A parachute deployment mechanism the most common recovery system for a water rocket ejects the parachute at the right time. The detmech mechanism was developed to automatically detach a rocket from its parachute line. We hope you enjoy the.
This tutorial shows you how to build a side deploy mechanism for a water rocket. The core of the servochron is the texas instruments msp430 launchpad. If you have any questions please feel free to write them into the comments. The system has to be small light and reliable.