RSO Checklist?

[DaveW6DPS]

This is from our range duties document. An abbreviated version is printed on the back of our flight cards:

Some of the items to consider for every flight:
 Are the launch guides secure?
 Is the motor retained securely?
Is the motor certified and approved by the California Office of the State Fire Marshall? (It is the flyer’s responsibility to identify the motor and produce documentation for FSR examination.)
 Is the rocket construction sufficient to survive flight on the installed motor(s)?
 Is the rocket stable? (Ask the flyer about the CP location and how it was determined, and obtain the CG by balancing the rocket.)
 Will the rocket drag- or pressure-separate?
 Will the rocket recover safely?
 If electronics are used, how are they “safed” and “armed”, and what precautions have been taken to ensure that they function as planned?
 If motor ejection is used, is the delay appropriate for the flight?

 

[jqavins]

Is the motor certified and approved by the California Office of the State Fire Marshall? (It is the flyer’s responsibility to identify the motor and produce documentation for FSR examination.)

(Gotta love California exceptionalism. NAR, TRA, or CAR certification is good enough for everyone else in this and some other countries, but oh, no, not California.)

 

[DaveW6DPS]

(Gotta love California exceptionalism. NAR, TRA, or CAR certification is good enough for everyone else in this and some other countries, but oh, no, not California.)

Don't get me started...

If it were only rocketry it would be tolerable...

 

[CzTeacherMan]

Here's our charts...
Checklist, Thrust-To-Weight, Safe DistancesView attachment RSO TTW Chart.pdf

View attachment 387040

View attachment 387039

 

[dr wogz]

Huh!! Interesting.

I can open the 1st one, but I "do not have permission" to view the 2nd & 3rd ones. Anyone else?!

 

[lakeroadster]

Huh!! Interesting.

I can open the 1st one, but I "do not have permission" to view the 2nd & 3rd ones. Anyone else?!

Me too

 

[Scott Hala]

Huh!! Interesting.

I can open the 1st one, but I "do not have permission" to view the 2nd & 3rd ones. Anyone else?!

Me three.

 

[tim cubbedge]

Here's our charts...
Checklist, Thrust-To-Weight, Safe DistancesView attachment 387041View attachment 387040View attachment 387039

hey CZ teacher man, what's with the 2 attachments in your post? They don't work.

 

[Sparky]

The 2nd and 3rd do not work for me either.

 

[jd2cylman]

They're the super secret stealth checklists. If you can read them, you're no longer on "Double Secret" probation...

 

[jqavins]

They're necessary training aids for RSO certification. And you can only read them if you're RSO certified.

 

[CzTeacherMan]

Trying againView attachment RSO Checklist.pdf

 

[CzTeacherMan]

And the other oneView attachment RSO Safe Distances.pdf

 

[jd2cylman]

That worked.

 

[dr wogz]

They're necessary training aids for RSO certification. And you can only read them if you're RSO certified.

But I stayed at a Holiday in Express last night....


And, I'm a limo driver..

 

[jqavins]

Oh, get real. Four or five Uber calls a week doesn't make you a limo driver.

 

[caraviator]

Thanks @CzTeacherMan! This was the PDF document that I was talking about in post #7 here. Lots of great information!