North Coast Rocketry Adrel DeployMax™ Single Event Altimeter
Adrel DeployMax™, the smallest, lightest single event altimeter that you can buy!
Now, you can use the tried and true Adrel altimeter algorithms to not only record peak altitudes, but to trigger recovery system deployment as well. This tiny system can easily fit in a 1/2" diameter tube, depending on the igniter battery selected.
For years, the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) has used Adrel altimeters for world championships. These units are examples of incredible engineering, both in hardware and software. Because I have personally planted more of these units in more countries across the world than anyone else, I jumped at the opportunity to become the exclusive worldwide distributor (and cut my losses!).
When I saw the need for a small, single event deployment altimeter, I went back to Leszek Swed, the genius behind the Adrel altimeter, to see if it was possible to design one. Within a few short days, he presented me with a design for consideration. And that's how the Adrel DeployMax came to be.
The Adrel DeployMax altimeter™ is National Association of Rocketry (NAR) certified for competition flights and record attempts. It is designed and manufactured by Adrel Electronics in Krakow, Poland.
In addition to measuring the maximum flight altitude to the required precision, the Adrel MaxAlt altimeter stores altitude measurement results for the entire flight, allowing for a complete review of the flight. The altimeter’s small size (8.5mm x 20mm x 5mm/0.335” x 0.79” x 0.16”) and weight (0.6g/ 0.021 oz.) allow for its inclusion in all types of contest rockets.
The DeployMax deployment altitudes are user programmable from 100% (peak) to a 50m minimum altitude. The way the software works, it looks for a certain number of counts in decreasing altitude before it will fire. That way, it never triggers early. It does not fire not a “true” apogee, but darn close afterwards, ensuring that you capture the flight's highest possible altitude.
The Adrel DeployMax is for advanced modelers only
Approved for NAR competition and records
