8/9/2022 IREC Meeting

TopicDetailsAction Items
Structures

Open Rocket

  • Single bay parachute
  • possible side access to avionics
  • big boy boat tail


  • open rocket 
  • materials
  • single bay design
Avionics
  • decided standard 0.1" pitch connectors
  • mount modules individually and have cables connect to backplane
  • microcontroller decision?
  • picking modules tomorrow
  • decide microcontroller later
    • buy if available
  • pick modules
  • talk to structures about side access
Payload
  • homemade smoke grenade system deploying at various altitudes
    • need ESRA approval
    • cold burn - 190 F
    • remote control airplane smoke system
  • steerable parachute
  • permittivity of air at different altitudes 
continue research