Does any know or have they heard when the FlightSketch Mini's will be available again?
Thanks!I would shoot Russ an email. [email protected] He is responsive to emails. Ill see him in a couple weeks at a club launch I am sure but I dont want you to hang that long waiting for an answer.
The Mini is showing as in stock right now, see https://flightsketch.com/store/catalog/flightsketch-mini_1/.Thanks!
Why am i.not receiving an alert?The Mini is showing as in stock right now, see https://flightsketch.com/store/catalog/flightsketch-mini_1/.
It does fetch it from the internet via the DarkSky API, based on location data from your phone/tablet with which you're controlling the FS Mini.I ordered 2 as it is so inexpensive. Amazing device.
How does the flightsketch mini know so much?
For example windspeed? Or does the software fetch that from the internet?
Thank you that, explains a lot. I wish the app asked for touch down distance, parachute size etc. So much potential!It does fetch it from the internet via the DarkSky API, based on location data from your phone/tablet with which you're controlling the FS Mini.
Thank you that, explains a lot. I wish the app asked for touch down distance, parachute size etc. So much potential!
Having recently lost a rocket in the woods, I'd buy a piezo buzzer the size of the flightsketch mini but have it buzz only after ejection (or liftoff). I know it's potentially spending more $$ to save an inexpensive rocket, but what bothers me is not knowing exactly where it went.We've got a lot of updates in work now, please feel free to send any suggestions. We will be branching out a bit with the service too.
It is really hard, but not impossible, to seal a paper and balsa model so tightly that an altimeter clearly doesn't work. But it is easier to seal it well enough that the altimeter never "sees" the true apogee as the pressure inside the compartment lags the pressure outside by a few seconds. Here is a graph I've put together illustrating that. It has appeared in Sport Rocketry (Jan/Feb 2019 issue in an article by Dan Wolf) and in the report for an R&D project I did for NARAM-61. These are data from one flight that was carrying an Adrel ALT-BMP and an Altus Metrum MicroPeak in each of two small compartments, stacked on top of the same model. These are the Adrel data because it's easy to overlay two datasets with the Adrel application.I noticed that putting breathing holes in rockets isn't necessary for Flightsketch to work properly. It's rather amazing.
I loaded it into a paper sealed payload (not perfectly sealed as it's paper) but definitely one without holes. And it worked perfectly. So glad I did not poke holes.
Why do I know it was accurate?
Visually it looked like that distance.
I later put in the weight, motor etc in https://www.thrustcurve.org and the simulation was close.
There is an onboard barometer but also accelerometer. Does the accelerometer bolster the barometer?
There is an onboard barometer but also accelerometer. Does the accelerometer bolster the barometer?
I’m not sure how you would vent it. Instead of a lump on the outside consider a larger nose cone like a payload bay.
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