Electronic Bay Kits

What you will find here will be a series of kits that contain all the necessary SMT Designs individual parts for an electronics bay and the new hybrid bay design.

38mm and up Captured Modular Avionics Bays

• available for end mount, 38mm, BT60, 54mm 65mm, BT80, 75mm, and 98mm. The actual device/battery assembly is a module that can be moved from rocket to rocket within the support adapter sizes, The module can also be mounted directly to a bulkhead.
• the "captured" name is a recommendation that a module installed in a SMT Designs adapter include a 38mm coupler tube to supply recovery support (all the adapters have coupler tube mounting builtin)

54mm and up Standalone Modular Avonics Bays

• available for end mount, 54mm, 65mm, 75mm, and 98mm. The actual device/battery assembly is a module that can be moved from rocket to rocket within the support adapter sizes, The module can also be mounted directly to a bulkhead.
• the "standalone" name refers to the added strength designed into the bay to withstand recovery stresses and not require additonal support such as the smaller 38mm bays.

38mm Single & Dual Deploy FeatherWeight GPS/Raven Nosecone Bays

• All 38mm bays can be customized, when ordered, to support thin wall material such as Blue Tube 2.0 or a heavy wall tubing like Madcow's coupler tubes or Wildman's nosecone products.
• Currently, the single and dual deploy nosecone bay supports the FeatherWeight GPS and can be ordered with either Raven3 or Raven4 support.
• Device platforms can be ordered separately to be able to change altimeter/tracker support from a prior purchase of a bay kit.

54mm, 65mm, and 75mm Modular Deployment/Tracker Nosecone Bays

• bays can be customized at order time for a wide variety of altimeters and trackers
• supports single deploy or dual deploy with optional outside connections to electric matches, and devices such as CO2 eject systems or a cable cutters.
• device platforms and battery carriers can be ordered separately to be able to change altimeter/tracker support from a prior purchase of a bay kit.

54mm Redundant Dual Deploy Avionics Bays

• Device platforms can be customized as required per user requirements.  The device platform installed in the bay can be changed at a later time. Please contact SMT Designs for more information.
• The first product in this group consists of two AltusMetrum TeleMetrum devices along with their individual batteries and arming switches.

Hybrid Bays

The hybrid bay is a mix of traditional bay design that uses all-thread rods that go completely through the bay and the modularity that SMT Designs is noted for.  The origin of the hybrid bay was a cooperative design created from discussions between SMT Designs and Mach1 Rocketry which resulted in the creation of the BT60 bay for their product line.  The hybrid bay can be customized both at ordering and changed later by simply ordering different altimeter and battery carriers.

BT60 Bays (ultra-thin wall fiberglass and Estes cardboard tubes)

• Carriers can be ordered seperately to be able to change altimeter and battery support from a prior purchase of a hybrid bay kit.
• Bays are available in standards lengths 6.5", 7.0", 7.5" and 8.0"
• The hybrid bay incorporates shock cord ties as well as black powder charge canisters for deployments of parachutes.
• Electrical connections for igniters are build-in and make field preparation easy.

54mm, 65mm, and 75mm Bays (LOC, Mach1, MadCow, PML, Wildman, and Blue Tube sizes are available)

• Device Carriers, battery carriers, and device platforms can be ordered seperately to be able to change altimeter and battery support from a prior purchase of a hybrid bay kit.
• 54mm to 75mm bays are available in a standard 5.0 inch, 6.0 inch & 7.0 inch length. There is also a custom length available for odd sizes or longer bays.
• The 54mm to 75mm hybrid bay incorporates shock cord ties using kevlar loops or eye bolts, as well as black powder charge canisters for deployments of parachutes.
• Electrical connections for igniters are built-in and make field preparation easy.

98mm Bays (LOC, Mach1, MadCow, PML, Wildman, and Blue Tube sizes are available)

• Device Carriers, battery carriers, and device platforms can be ordered seperately to be able to change altimeter and battery support from a prior purchase of a hybrid bay kit.
• 98mm bays are available in 7.0 inch or 8.0 inch. There is also a custom length available for odd sizes or longer bays.
• The 98mm hybrid bay incorporates eye bolts, as well as black powder charge canisters for deployments of parachutes.
• Electrical connections for igniters are built-in and make field preparation easy.