David Abmayr <[email protected]> writes: > Keith, > > Regarding this issue, I wanted to see if a problem I had during a recent > flight could be caused by this issue. I generally use Q2G2 igniters for > ejection charges, and they have worked well in ground testing. However, I > had a flight where the TeleMetrum lost power at apogee. The drogue > deployed, but the TeleMetrum quit transmitting. When I recovered the > rocket, I opened the avionics bay, unscrewed the power switch (I use > Featherweight screw switches) and reconnected it. The power immediately > came back on. I haven't found any damage to the board, and all seems to > work correctly (though I haven't ground tested again). I thought that my > switch might have been loose and the connection lost by the apogee event, > but could it have been the battery? Thoughts?
That's the symptom we've seen -- the current limiter board shuts down when the igniter fires and then doesn't come back until the board is powered off. -keith
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