Absolutely. I'd be glad to loan you the handheld (and help you set it up) if you want.

Thank You.

I can be another source. 🙂
scott e

thank you...thank you

I usually bring mine with me. Just be sure to make a heads up post prior to launch.

I'll even show you how the thing works. It is really simple and a lot of fun to boot.

Now... I went and read most of the past posts.

Many options for installing the DC30 into EBs.

This will be going into a five inch rocket. Plenty of room.

Would it be wrong? To put it into a four inch by nine inch G10
coupler with an eye bolt on one end, to attach to the shock
cord.

And a small hole at the furthest edge for the antenna.

Yes it would hang with the nose cone below the chute.

Would not hit the ground with any more force than deep inside
the rocket.

It then could go from rocket to rocket.

And I would not modify anything.

It is very robust as is.

Or am I not being cautious enough?

Ring in please.

My DC-20 is mounted flat on a bulkhead with the antenna going straight up into the nose cone on my 5" bird. Even uses the same mounting screws.

If you've got that much room, I'll trade one of my DC20s for the DC30 😉 😉

I'm still working the details of cleanly dismantling the DC20 down to 38mm. I know it's REALLY close.

-Ken

Mike,

I have the Astro setup as well, let me know if you would like to get it connected before hand.

Edward

It slides into a three inch coupler with plenty of room
to spare. As-Is

https://picasaweb.google.com/mshinn2001/DC30#5572789593765658034

Fully assembled, w/o collar , will fit in a 54mm G10 coupler. It's tight, but using the screws (beware, they're metric) to hold it in place is easy.

I've drilled holes big enough to accommodate the screw heads in the 54mm coupler portion of a nosecone and held it in place successfully by just tightening them enough to trap the DC-30 as there's no lateral room for it to travel. I've used this technique up through the biggest 38mm Cessaroni motors EXCEPTING the white thunders/vmax. It's survived a few crashes this way too.

For larger diameter rockets, I've used 3 inch or 54mm phenolic tube with a G-10 backer plate on the DC-30 that's glued to the inside of the tube and drilled for the mounting screws. This has survived some rough landings and up through large K motors. I mount the little receiver unit on a small piece of G-10 in all applications.

I've never had it work loose. I have really thumped it too. Great unit! It will pay for itself immediately. I chased half of my Little Dog Dual deploy about 4 miles out with it. I know John W. has chased his birds even further.

It's really a great little rocket tracking tool!

They do indeed seem pretty durable, on my little blue dawg, i just crammed it into the nose cone no support at all, its a tight fit in a 54mm cone, gotta spiral curl the antenna little bit, not like it has any room to move, at least that's what i figure.

So I do not even have to have the antenna exposed?

Wow.

Fore some reason I thought the antenna had to be
exposed somewhat.

That even makes it better.

Mike, you shouldn't need an exposed antenna unless you're putting it into a carbon fiber nosecone or something else that's acting as a shield.

Ron