I have to admit the raven and adept with the common positive is a little hard to get use to, but once you do it becomes second nature.
I have to admit the raven and adept with the common positive is a little hard to get use to, but once you do it becomes second nature.
I have to admit the raven and adept with the common positive is a little hard to get use to, but once you do it becomes second nature.
I don't know anyone who actually likes it. I've seen numerous very experienced fliers who, the first time they try to use a common lead altimeter, spend 20 minutes scratching their heads, trying to wrap their brain around what they need to do. This includes people who are very knowledgeable about electronics, and who do circuit design.
They're nice little units; I've never had problems with them, but I, and lots of others I know, find them a pain to wire. And for the record, I own three of them, as they're great when I want something with an accelerometer.
The Adept unit was never a consideration for me -- that darned common wire is a pain, and isn't worth saving a few bucks, especially considering that an altimeter is a one-time purchase, and in the grand scheme of things, even a $150 Raven is a small portion of the total HPR expense.
-Kevin
Well the NEW Missile Works RRC3 will be coming out soon! Myself and a few others have been testing and flying the new units and I can guarantee you'll be mighty impressed with the RRC3.
I have One was a version 1 with 23 flights, the other was a version 2 with 4 flights. Both times neither charge fired. I was able to solder wires on the second after the lawn dart. It never detected liftoff. The other was destroyed too thoroughly to get data. A Raven will never fly without a second altimeter for deployment in my rocket again.They're nice little units; I've never had problems with them, but I, and lots of others I know, find them a pain to wire. And for the record, I own three of them, as they're great when I want something with an accelerometer.
I have One was a version 1 with 23 flights, the other was a version 2 with 4 flights. Both times neither charge fired.
See above post. I was able to determine that the second one never detected liftoff. I don't know if there is any relevance, but 2 flights earlier was one that burned 7 motors looping a couple hundred feet above the ground (cluster lit asymmetrically). No damage to rocket, all motors burned out about when it landed (on it's side). It was beeping correctly on the pad before liftoff on all flights. The Raven 1 was too thoroughly destroyed to obtain data.Sorry to hear about this. Do you have more information that might help narrow down the problem?
-Adrian
My thinking is....if this "next greatest thing" altimeter was not going be a case of sticker shock someone woulda spilled the beans on price. Sounds like a bunch of hipe just like a stand in line for hours Christmas toy. Just my take no malice intended. Less than $150? What $149.99????..
How does $64.95 sound?
Seriously.
Jim Amos, the man behind the soldering iron, sat down this weekend and finalized his bill of materials, which allowed him to determine the retail price. He's "very comfortable" that $64.95 will be the final retail price.
There will also be a special introductory price, when the unit is first made available.
-Kevin
And that is the base price for altimeter only, correct Kevin? LCD would add to that, but geez....that's still probably $20 cheaper than I would have thought. Will be in on these at the beginning...at least 1 for now.How does $64.95 sound?
Seriously.
Jim Amos, the man behind the soldering iron, sat down this weekend and finalized his bill of materials, which allowed him to determine the retail price. He's "very comfortable" that $64.95 will be the final retail price.
There will also be a special introductory price, when the unit is first made available.
-Kevin
64.95 I'm glad thats out of the way.
And that is the base price for altimeter only, correct Kevin? LCD would add to that, but geez....that's still probably $20 cheaper than I would have thought. Will be in on these at the beginning...at least 1 for now.
I've owned several ADEPT22 and have not had the best experiences with them, the last two flights I used them on they did not fire the ejection charges and luckily I had a redundant PF Stratologger that did work and fire them. The ADEPT22 seems to be designed with a lot less tolerance for battery voltages and especially didnt like certain ejection igniters such as my quick burst when the battery voltage (I was using a 9 volt) was the slightest bit lower than 9.00 volts.
How does $64.95 sound?
How does $64.95 sound?
Seriously.
Jim Amos, the man behind the soldering iron, sat down this weekend and finalized his bill of materials, which allowed him to determine the retail price. He's "very comfortable" that $64.95 will be the final retail price.
There will also be a special introductory price, when the unit is first made available.
-Kevin
$30+ America?
EDIT: Oh, I think I get it now. Didn't realize you are British and you probably meant "$30+ American".[/QUOTE
Yep...I'm a limey...it should have read as mentioned American. I remember it as it was growing up there.
Cwbullet. America IS the greatest nation. Although some of your "leaders" evidently think differently.
Although what comes along for $65? Harness etc?
Has shipping cost been determined? When available? ThNks for posting the price.
Kinda funny how a thread that was originally about the Adept 22 being retired has turned into a RRC3 promo thread...haha I'm just as much to blame as anyone though.
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