Log Book

[goldlizard]

Does anybody keep log books for their rockets? You know rocket name, brand, date, weather, motor size, what happened on launch, what happened on recovery, damage, burns, seperations, failures and all that kind of stuff, or is it just me with OCD, or years of logging all my work that I have done, for payment purposes? :madnote:

 

[etoyoc]

Sort of... I don't keep track of weather conditions. However, I do have a composition book in my flight box where I keep track of motor use and rocket performance and how close the ejection was to apogee.

 

[chuck5395]

I use www.rocketreviews.com.
You can use it to log just about every variable you listed.

 

[fulldec]

I use www.rocketreviews.com.
You can use it to log just about every variable you listed.

I am interested in what people use for logs as well. I just went to this site to check it out.

Although it is not obvious at first glance. If you want to use the logbook capability for just yourself, you can. Once you create an account, go to your profile and click the button that makes your logbook private.

Don

 

[MasonH]

I tihnk I am going to start keeping track of my NS and motors for the year, but probably not the details.

 

[Gary Byrum]

I have a simple little paper filled book that I log into. I write everything I think is important to me to remember. It's simple, easy to reference, and I don't need a password. Hell, if I didn't write it down, I'm not likely to remember it down the road. Besides, I don't need my computer at the launch site to reference that information.

 

[Bubba02STi]

I used to use my build threads on here then gave up on that... ive been debating on using rocketreviews.com for them...

 

[troj]

I've done it in the past; I put together a simple spreadsheet that I dumped the certified motors into. That way, I could just enter the motor, and poof! It pulled over the information about that motor, and took care of the totals, averages, etc.

-Kevin

 

[troj]

Here's an old spreadsheet -- 2004. It's not fancy, it's functional. You can tell, I didn't use it much, that year....

View attachment 2004 Motor Usage.xls

-Kevin

 

[Fdog]

I will admit I am an aviation dinosaur. I keep a paper logbook.

(As an aside, paper doesn't break...!)

All the best, James

 

[Hardline]

I use a three ring binder with tabs for each one of my rockets where I detail where I when/where I bought the kit (not up to scratch building yet) at what price and was there a discount, when I started building it and what I did to change the kit, the brands and colors of the paint, the brand and type of epoxy or glue used, etc. Then I track each and every flight with which motor was used, prep information, how it launched, how it flew. Very low tech, just writing it down as it happens. I'm not as organized I could would like to be, but I can find information quickly in the field.

 

[cwbullet]

I have through about writing one, but there has been limited interest.

 

[rcktnut]

This is well worth the price (https://rocketkraft.com/?page_id=170) for those that really want to keep track of everything. I have it but really never entered anything into it, not wanting to keep track of things at the field.

 

[mikemech]

Made up my own forms. Unfortunately, none of them are the same. I keep adding to or modifying them.
One of these days (yeah, right) I'll be happy with it and convert them all.

Mike

 

[BEC]

I've continued as I logged RC airplane flights - with a 3x5 side-bound spiral notebook. Only with the rockets I just keep one running log rather than having a book for each one as I do the airplanes. I did one year of entries into rocketreviews.com but then fell out of it. Perhaps I should go back - I only have a small number of flights so far in 2013 to transfer from notebook to online.

At the field, paper wins, especially at this time of year.