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Forum: Electrics and electronics

12 August 2008, 20:53

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Chartplotter for rocket recovery vessel

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Posted By captnjack

You might be able to refill a butane-type...

You might be able to refill a butane-type container with helium for a ballon type device. You'd need proper adapters to decant from a higher pressure supply. Then you could either fly a ballon...

Forum: Electrics and electronics

11 August 2008, 19:31

Replies: 27

Chartplotter for rocket recovery vessel

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Posted By captnjack

What about a large helium filled mylar ballon? ...

What about a large helium filled mylar ballon? Deploy a few seconds before impact. Even just 20m high gives you a horizon of 16+km. Skip all this coordinate signal transmitting etc. and find it by...

Forum: Electrics and electronics

08 August 2008, 00:06

Replies: 27

Chartplotter for rocket recovery vessel

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Posted By captnjack

I agree. As you've described you're only going...

I agree. As you've described you're only going to have 1 position to work from and that's the coordinates transmitted just prior to splashdown. The format of that data string is going to depend on...

Forum: Electrics and electronics

07 August 2008, 18:34

Replies: 27

Chartplotter for rocket recovery vessel

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Posted By captnjack

You will not be able to dynamically input...

You will not be able to dynamically input waypoint data this way. You would have to reprogram the gps and that code is generally "locked". You should check with manufacturer's to be sure though.
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