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Rocket Engine Test Rig

Kitchen scales make thrust measurement a piece of cake

Published in issue 388, April 2009

Rocket Engine Test Rig

Electronic kitchen scales are now reasonably priced and are good for accurately measuring cake ingredients but add this ATmega8 equipped interface card and you have a model rocket engine test rig which displays the engine’s static thrust profile on a PC.

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 www.analog.com/static/imported-files/data_sheets/AD620.pdf
www.kanda.com/products/kanda/STK200.html
www.keyspan.com

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Please note. In view of the complexity of international markets, Elektor cannot guarantee the availability of components for this project.

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