Project: Icarus

Project: Icarus is a proof of concept model rocketry research project that brings several individual projects together into a single model rocketry research launch vehicle. This specific project includes an avionics payload, temperature sensors along the body, and a video camera. The sensors record the heat buildup inside the body tube as the solid rocket motor burns and fires the ejection charge. The sensors are placed in three different locations along the body tube to provide data on the temperature between the motor mount and the body tube, the temperature above the motor mount but below the flameproof recovery wadding, and finally the area where the parachute is housed, just above the wadding.

This project is used in conjunction with the Arduino Primary Avionics Module (A-PAM) which can be found at https://sourceforge.net/projects/arduino-base-avionics-bay.

An Instructable is available at https://www.instructables.com/Project-Icarus-a-Temperature-Sensor-Model-Rocket