Starfire73
OpenRocket Wannabe
I'm curious... considering your entire fleet, how many times does the average rocket get launched, before being considered retired or semi-retired?
Originally posted by Rock_It
I look for my vehicles to fly 100's if not 1000's of flights, so basically they'll last as long as I am alive.
Originally posted by Rock_It
Don't need luck. If you rely on luck it's just a prelude to failure, and check my signature for what I think about failure.
Originally posted by BlueNinja
Mine are usually in the 7-12 range. Past that, since most of my fleet is Estes stuff, they break I've got a few that have made it to 20 flights.
Good luck with that. I don't think anyone's ever done that before
Yes Doug, I agree completely with your analysis, and use a similar analysis when I build a model. I have been accused, just on occasion, of overanalyzing decisions.Originally posted by Starfire73
...I know, I'm probably over thinking this, but I have to use some kind of decision model in order to set aside (or balance) my perfectionism. On one hand, I don't want to finish it less than perfect - one the other, I don't want to put lots of time into finishing it if it's just going to be lost, broken, or get worn out....Does anyone else think like this?
Originally posted by Starfire73
I'm curious... considering your entire fleet, how many times does the average rocket get launched, before being considered retired or semi-retired?
Originally posted by Micromeister
...That's one of the reasons I record every flight, since I started back in the stone age 60's
Originally posted by jflis
I had my Astron Sprint fly 500 times and it was no easy task, let me tell you
Originally posted by timb
What I want to know is how did you keep from losing it?! I've lost dozens of those.
when I stick a C6-7 in one and hit the button I feel like I've gone with it just like when I was still 14.
Originally posted by GlennW
timb, I think I see your problem!
I build to fly and don't believe in "retirement", that is for people, not rockets. Nothing ticks me off more than when I hear a fellow rocketeer say that the latest build came out so nice he won't fly it. To me that's just a crying shame.
Glenn
Originally posted by Loopy
I've never retired a rocket. Individual rockets don't get a huge number of flights because I have alot of rockets to fly! Helps them last longer...