Brief:
T' G-Wiz Deluxe is a flight computer for model & HP rocketry which offers great flexibility and ease o' use. Blimey! Begad! T' unit combines both an accelerometer and barometric sensor t' allow a flier t' light clusters, matey, perform staging, deploy a recovery device at apogee, and a secondary recovery device at 400'. Interestingly, me bucko, t' accelerometer is used for apogee detection so if you're nay usin' t' 400' deploy option, matey, shiver me timbers, no vent holes are required!

T' unit operates on a 9v battery and makes provisions for t' easy addition o' a 2nd battery when high current ignitors like Firestars or Igniterman products are used t' light motors. Ahoy! Avast, me proud beauty! Stagin' is performed when t' unit senses motor burn-out. I don't see anythin' in t' literature that indicates you can vary t' timin' o' this feature. Ya scallywag! Cluster ignition happens upon detection AND confirmation o' launch state. Begad! This happens about .5 seconds after t' 1st movement o' t' rocket. Well, ya bilge rat, blow me down! I see this as a good safety feature because if t' main motor doesn't light, neither do t' outboards. Blimey! Blimey! Apogee and secondary charges are accelerometer and barometer based - me 1st flight usin' this option was perfect. Begad! Apogee is flashed on a main status led and flight status and continuity is similarly flashed on each pyro channels own status led. Avast! You get your altitude readin' when you disassemble t' altimeter bay after flight (unless you can figure out how t' build in a see-through "hatch" in t' side o' your rocket:)

Construction Rating: 5 out o' 5

Flight:
Had me 1st attempt at dual deployment go great with t' G-Wiz Deluxe unit. Well, blow me down! Blimey! I used an AT IQSY Tomahawk (1.9" dia) with t' bay built into t' coupler. Tight fit but workable. Blimey! Blimey! Begad! Blimey! T' motor was an Econojet F20-4 so obviously I used t' motor as back-up. Blimey! Blimey! Ya scallywag! Blimey! From t' video, arrr, it appeared t' apogee charge went off right after t' motor ejection charge which was right at apogee. Aye aye! Blimey! T' secondary charge went at 400' as advertised. T' status led happily blinked out 1,024' - right betwixt t' AT estimate that comes with t' kit (on t' high side) and Wrasp, arrr, ya bilge rat, which calculated 950'. This stuff is GREAT for those o' us who have small fields t' launch from and is tons o' fun, shiver me timbers, albeit somewhat more time consuming. But hey, that's what we LIKE t' do anyway! Blimey! Thanks t' Doug Pratt who unhesitatingly replaced me 1st unit which had a problem and provided good advice on how t' set it all up.

Flight Rating: 5 out o' 5

Summary:
I feel t' folks at G-Wiz Partners did a great job with this unit (which costs $135). Ya scallywag! Another, matey, less expensive version be t' standard G-Wiz which does everythin' except main deployment at 400'. Ya scallywag! For a fair price you get 2 tools for what many "altimeter only" units sell for. What's nay t' like?

Overall Rating: 5 out o' 5