Avionics
Meet Our Avionics Team!
Headed by Karim Elyoussef, who was also our lead engineer, the avionics team spent most of their time designing, testing, and assembling the avionics bay. Austin Morrow, our FCC licensed technician, and JD Pyle helped with the design of the sleds and the radio stuff. Noah Alexander spent most of his time working on the vent and pressure release valves, but we'll just lump him in here because it is the same area of the rocket.
E-Bay
Our electronics bay houses the electronic components that will be used to record and transmit data about the rocket back to the ground. We decided to use fiberglass because it is radio transparent, allowing us to transmit live data about our rocket, including a GPS location. We have three sleds because we wanted to have a fully redundant system where no one component is relying on another.
Sled #1
Telemetrum: The Telemetrum is the most complex device, recording all needed flight variables and transmitting them back live to the ground. It also houses an on-board GPS for rocket tracking and can trigger parachute deployment.
Sled #2
GPS: A commercially-bought GPS gives us a reliable alternative to track the rocket if the Telemetrum fails.
Sled #3
StratologgerCF: We decided to have a secondary altimeter so that our deployment system can be redundant. The Stratologger will ensure that our parachute will deploy.
