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Im looking at trying to design and develop an onboard Telemetry system for a couple of fast jets that myself and my friends operate in a ground running operations only.

Doing so will help us identify where areas of mechanical failure may occur (such as brake failure, due to excessive braking). Knowing this will help us brief the aircrew accordingly and adjust the aircrafts routine maintenance etc.

What im looking for is a system that will record:

Primarily:

a)  Braking G-Force's

b)  Cornering G-Force's

c)  GPS Location (To identify locations of when brakes were applied, to help find the ideal braking time and speed at which they should be applied, to preserve the life of the tyres and brakes.

Secondarily:

a)  Accelleration

b)  Airspeed (In digital format, as the aircrafts own airspeed is analogue)

c)  On board camera(s) for recording of runs etc (optional)

All of this is ideally to be stored within the unit, for download after the running sorties. Storage would ideally be on USB drive but connecting a laptop etc would not be a huge problem.

Real time analysis is not out of the question, as long as the range will be sufficient to cover approx 2 miles line of sight (length of the airfield).

I appreciate reading back through this, a lot of the items required and reasons for them seem to stear more towards the motor racing side of things. But to fair the equipment, expertise and skills you have all displayed on here, makes me want to seek your advice and help.

Looking forward to your replys,

Thanks in advance.

p.s. I thought i would upload a picture of our aircraft we operate.