ELECTRONICS

The electronics consist of two subsystems. The recovery system and the staging system.Both systems are mounted on the same 9X5" board. The board slides into the airframe through an access hatch.

RECOVERY ELECTRONICS

The recovery elctronics consist of one Olsen FCP-M2 altimeter. and one Olsen FCP-M1/G altimeter. Each altimeter is wired to a seperate ejection charge in the parachute bay. The altimeters are armed by removing a safety wire that is inserted into the side of the airframe. The system is safed when the wire is in place.

Flight Package

Adept ES236 Stager - FCP-M2 altimeter - FCP-M1/G altimeter - Pratt ECS-2B

 

STAGING ELECTRONICS

The staging electronics consist of three components. An Adept ES236 Dual Sequential Electronic stager, A 7.5 Volt rechargeable NI CAD battery pack and a solid state relay. When the central motor ends it's burn the ES236 triggers the relay which in turn sends 7.5 volts from the battery pack to the four ignitors in the second stage motors.

 

EMERGENCY BACKUP SYSTEM

In addition to the two redundant altimeters there is a Pratt ECS-2B remote event system controlling both ejection and staging in the event of either altimeter or ES236 failure durring flight.

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