Water Rocket Parachute Deployment
A parachute deployment mechanism the most common recovery system for a water rocket ejects the parachute at the right time.
Water rocket parachute deployment. Learn how in chapter 4 of the complete water rocket manual vol 1. There are different ways to eject parachutes from water rockets. This week we show we make the newly developed parachute deployment system for model rockets. This mechanism can be used with virtually any staging mechanism.
Water rocket with automatic parachute deployment using recycling materials. Multi stage rocket parachute deployment mechanism this tutorial describes a simple parachute deployment mechanism for multi stage rockets or rockets with boosters. Jul 12 7 min read. Pressure tested to 140 psi with no leaks.
There are other potential applications for the servochron as well. That sounds pretty easy but in fact it is one of the most sophisticated tasks when building a water rocket. This mechanism is activated by the staging event and therefore only appropriate for the lower stages and boosters. Vertical deployment tomy timer ejection mechanism.
Air stream flap parachute deployment an easy and reliable deployment method covered in chapter 6 of the complete water rocket manual vol 1. The servochron is a low cost time delayed dual servo controller designed for use as a parachute deployment or staging mechanism for water rockets. The system has to be small light and reliable. Detailed in chapter 6 of the complete water rocket manual vol 1.
The technique we like to use is called side deployment aka horizontal deployment where the parachute is deployed in a perpendicular direction to the rocket body axis. The core of the servochron is the texas instruments msp430 launchpad.