Is this possible? Using Altimeter to deploy a drone parachute


i'm new arduino , looking use arduino altimeter deploy parachute on drone. i've done bit of reading on altimeters in use arduino boards , feeling little overwhelmed. looking @ using adafruit bmp180 altimeter - http://www.adafruit.com/products/1603

i able define preset maximum decent speed (say 6ft per sec) , if decent exceeded want arduino trigger servo deploy parachute.

is possibly arduino boards , board recommend me buying?

any advice , or direction appreciated. i'm thinking may best outsource job more experienced coder if can tackle myself :)

it should easy.  even smallest arduino has enough pins support single i2c device , servo.  the program work this:

every second:
    read pressure altitude.
    if new reading more 6' (2 m? 1.75 m?) below previous altitude:
        deploy parachute.
    record altitude previous altitude.

you may want kill motors when deploy parachute quadcopter can't recover control , head upward parachute. 

instead of using rate of fall use accelerometer , detect free-fall condition (all 3 axes reading near 0 acceleration).


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