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The Classic RRC2's are for sale though.
Condition? And what do you want for them?
-Kevin
The Classic RRC2's are for sale though.
Condition? And what do you want for them?
-Kevin
Question: OK, I can quite easily see having a handful, and perhaps even a half-dozen or so altimeters. (You do need to have back-ups and redundancy.) But how does anyone end up with dozens of them?
Question: OK, I can quite easily see having a handful, and perhaps even a half-dozen or so altimeters. (You do need to have back-ups and redundancy.) But how does anyone end up with dozens of them? A buying frenzy? I suppose that like socks, one can probably accumulate a drawer full of these devices over time, though.
Then there are the feature-rich units, like the Parrot, ARTS and RDAS. Lots of features, they slice, they dice, they julienne. But they take a bit more work to setup..
and if all you want to do is fly a LOC Warloc on a K motor, they're overkill.
Not ALL feature-rich units take more work to setup....some take less.
Not yet, but I intend to get one or more. I've been launching rockets for a total of 10 years without one, but it's getting to be time now to join the 21st century. (I did some of my launching decades before altimeters for model rockets had even been invented, though.) I have never defined myself as a Luddite.
Question: OK, I can quite easily see having a handful, and perhaps even a half-dozen or so altimeters. (You do need to have back-ups and redundancy.) But how does anyone end up with dozens of them? A buying frenzy? I suppose that like socks, one can probably accumulate a drawer full of these devices over time, though.
There are many good altimeters out there from what I understand. I'm not overly concerned about which one I buy first, because I expect to acquire a few different ones before too long, and I'll endeavor to pick the top ones. I've been following various altimeter threads here on the forum for awhile, and they have all been quite informative. I've also picked up quite a bit of useful information from Modern High Power Rocketry 2.
Can't say I have any experience with said unit(s).... If someone wanted to send me one, I might gain said experience....
-Kevin
I've found both the RDAS and the Raven to be quite easy to use.
Consider the amount of documentation that comes with both of those units, and how easy it is for the average flier to have it up and running in a short amount of time.
In other words, you're not average....nor, really, is anyone who's fiddled with a wide range of altimeters.
-Kevin
The Raven, Parrot & the R-DAS all use a common wire when connecting your charges / igniters. They are different from most other altimeters out there. which use a 2 wire connection per channel. Some may find this a bit of a challenge when wiring up these units.