Intro Post!!

[debonairbear]

Alright, so I started building rockets during COVID and had my first launch last month. I don't have any place to paint them, so we're flying naked. I got L1 on my first launch and shooting for L2 on my second. Been reading the Handbook of Model Rocketry and loving that, but looking for some more practical experience here. Like, how do you mount a gps tracker or altimeter in a rocket with no payload bay, or with, but without dd.

I saw y'all like pics, so I'm posting some options for our next launch this upcoming weekend.

Cluster Duck


Rotary Revolution


Slo-Mo


Arreaux



Zephyr


Avion



Darkbird


18mm rear eject


SkyMetra

 

[Sandy H.]

Nice to meet you. Good pic's. Good luck on your L2!

Sandy.

 

[les]

You've done some nice builds. Good luck!

 

[K'Tesh]

Flying them naked? Don't you mean that you're: debonairBARE

Thanks for posting that eye candy with your first post.

Seriously though... Welcome!

 

[Funkworks]

... Don't you mean that you're: debonairBARE

And to the OP:

 

[SkyFire]

 

[Bat-mite]

Welcome. I don't know of a way of mounting a tracker without some kind of bay. Can be in the booster, payload, NC, AV bay.

For rockets with plastic nose cones, I cut a door in the NC shoulder, insert a piece of foam pipe insulation in the NC, and put the tracker in there. Tape over the door and voila.

For large rockets, I put the tracker in a pill bottle, duct tape the lid on, and duct tape the whole thing to a recovery harness. Cool rockets. Hope you find a place to paint!

 

[tsmith1315]

No personal experience here, but from the Eggtimer website:

(Tracker) "The Eggfinder Mini ... It’s so small that you can easily wrap it up in a Nomex “burrito” and attach it to your shock cord… no special sled necessary. "

(Altimeter) "The Eggtimer ION ... it’s easy to add flight data logging to just about any rocket. It’s easy to wrap up into a small chute protector with the battery."