Tractive Dog Collar?

[Chris in Idaho]

I apologize if this has been covered, I searched for "tractive" and only found a few passing mentions of it.

Has anybody used a Tractive in their rocket? If so, please tell me about your experience with it.

Yes, there is good cell service at my intended launch field.

Thanks!

 

[Chris in Idaho]

Nobody's tried one?

 

[Hobie1dog]

This was the last thread on dog collars:
https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/dog-collar-tracker.170110/

 

[Chris in Idaho]

This was the last thread on dog collars:
https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/dog-collar-tracker.170110/

Yes I read that one. No mention of Tractive.

 

[cerving]

They have a smaller cat collar version too... I bought one just to see how well it would work, backup for an Eggfinder of course. Since the app requires Internet access at your launch site, it's going to be of limited use... of the five or six places that I launch at, only two of them have Internet, and one of those only has a 7K waiver.

 

[rharshberger]

Chris TCR has cell service onsite at the Sod Farm, and tracking is not a bad thing due to the circle of corn adjacent to the sod circle we fly off.

 

[Chris in Idaho]

They have a smaller cat collar version too... I bought one just to see how well it would work, backup for an Eggfinder of course. Since the app requires Internet access at your launch site, it's going to be of limited use... of the five or six places that I launch at, only two of them have Internet, and one of those only has a 7K waiver.

Thanks. They seem to have good reviews from the pet people, but I'm wondering how they would hold up to the higher G forces involved in rocketry. I'd be interested to hear about your experiences with it.

Chris TCR has cell service onsite at the Sod Farm, and tracking is not a bad thing due to the circle of corn adjacent to the sod circle we fly off.

That's exactly what I had in mind. Thanks.

 

[mh9162013]

Don't you have to pay for a subscription service to use the collar's tracking features?

 

[Chris in Idaho]

Yes I think it was $12 for a single month. I figure I'll hit a max of two HPR launches per year, so it's a $35 one time purchase and $12 to turn it on for a month.

It would be a pretty cheap stop gap until I get a real tracker later.

 

[kjhambrick]

Interesting idea @Chris in Idaho

I like it, especially the GPS Track !

tractive: GPS Tracker for Cats

But I wonder if they would turn me in for cat abuse for flying my cat in a rocket ?

@cerving --

Were you ever able to try out the cat tracker ?

-- kjh

 

[cerving]

Interesting idea @Chris in Idaho

I like it, especially the GPS Track !

tractive: GPS Tracker for Cats

But I wonder if they would turn me in for cat abuse for flying my cat in a rocket ?

@cerving --

Were you ever able to try out the cat tracker ?

-- kjh

Not yet. Maybe next month.

 

[Chris in Idaho]

I decided to try it. I just bought a used one on ebay for $29 shipped. I'll be trying it out at Sodblaster V in two weeks.

 

[kjhambrick]

I decided to try it. I just bought a used one on ebay for $29 shipped. I'll be trying it out at Sodblaster V in two weeks.

@Chris in Idaho

Please let us know how it flies !

-- kjh

 

[sr205347d]

Now on sale for $35 directly, or from Amazon. Basic subscription is $96/y. Cat tracker mini is 0.9 oz. Could be useful in my RC airplanes too, so I just ordered one.

https://tractive.com/en/pd/gps-tracker-cat#plans

 

[Chris in Idaho]

@Chris in Idaho

Please let us know how it flies !

-- kjh

I only launched 3 times on an F, G and i, so the sample size is small but it worked great.

 

[cerving]

So I launched one this morning (along with an Eggtimer Quasar), and it really didn't work very well... but the launch site's Internet access is pretty sketchy. I'll try it again out at ROC next weekend, where they have pretty good Internet.

 

[sr205347d]

I launched a Tractive cat tracker in a LOC IV with a J270. Worked great!

Everyone lost sight of the rocket after motor burnout. After a bit of visual searching, I looked at the app, which showed it to the north. Looked that way and saw the rocket before the JLCR released.

It landed not too far away, but without the tracker, we would have been clueless about which way to search.