Altus Metrum is pleased to announce our "Back on Black (Friday)" event!
For the first time since the Black Forest fire in June, we're re-opening
our web store this weekend with a host of new and classic Altus Metrum
products, including a special pre-order discount on our latest-and-greatest
flight computer design, TeleMega.
This weekend only, Friday, 29 November 2013 through Monday, 2 December,
2013, the first 40 TeleMega direct orders placed through our web store will
receive a special $50 pre-order discount (regular $400, now only $350!).
TeleMega is an advanced flight computer with 9-axis IMU, 6 pyro channels,
uBlox Max 7Q GPS and 40mW telemetry system. We designed TeleMega to be the
ideal flight computer for sustainers and other complex projects. TeleMega
production is currently in process, and we expect to be ready to ship in
mid-December. Pre-order now and we won't charge you until we ship. Learn
more about TeleMega at:
http://altusmetrum.org/TeleMega/
We are also pleased to announce that TeleBT is back in stock. Priced
at $150, TeleBT is our latest ground station that connects to your laptop
over USB or your Android device over BlueTooth. Learn more about
TeleBT at
http://altusmetrum.org/TeleBT/
Another new product we're thrilled to announce is EasyMini! Priced at
only $80, EasyMini is a two-channel flight computer with built-in data
logging and USB data download. Like our more advanced flight
computers, EasyMini is loaded with sophisticated electronics and
firmware, designed to be simple to use yet capable enough for high
performance airframes. Perfect as a first flight computer, EasyMini
is also great as a backup deployment controller in complex
projects. Learn more about EasyMini at:
http://altusmetrum.org/EasyMini/
Also in stock for immediate shipment is MicroPeak, our 1.9 gram recording
altimeter available for $50. The MicroPeak USB adapter, also $50, has
been improved to make data downloading a snap. Read more about these at:
http://altusmetrum.org/MicroPeakhttp://altusmetrum.org/MicroPeakUSB
You can learn more about these and all our other Altus Metrum products at
http://altusmetrum.org. The special discount on TeleMega pre-orders is
available only on orders placed directly through Bdale's web store at
http://shop.gag.com.
Thank you all for your support of Altus Metrum during 2013. It's been a
rough year, but we're having a great time updating our existing products and
designing new stuff! We look forward to returning products like TeleMetrum
and TeleMini to the market shortly, and plan to introduce even more new products
soon.
Our AeroPac gang has started discussing plans for next year's high-altitude
experiments, and we're excited about the TeleMega. A couple of questions
came up:
What's the expected sample rate during the ascent? Storage limits aside,
what could the hardware do? Our major point of interest is the first
~second after ignition, down to the effects of buttons leaving the rail. We
really want to understand that phase. Beyond that, staging and motor burn
are more interesting than coast. I know on TeleMetrum, descent has a slower
sample rate, so I wonder if we could further refine the rate over the
flight profile.
We'd still like to include a 70-cm 100-mW Beeline APRS, mostly because
we've got all the gear and familiarity tracking these. I know the Beeline
would interfere with rx on the TeleMega, but do you foresee any issues with
the TeleMega in pad/flight transmit-only mode? Could they be in the same
bay? Whatever the answer, we'll bench test it. Just looking for a swag, and
a sense of whether it might kill the rx front end. Plan B is to move the
Beeline up to the nose.
Thanks,
Casey
