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Hi folks. Just wanted to let you know that we have been working on an Access database that tracks your fleet and the flights they make. It is an open source project, so you can download the database alone and make changes. We also have a 32-bit version and a 64-bit version for those that do not have Access and just want to run the software.

The database is still under development (this is a 0.5 release) and it still has a ways to go before it will be considered for a 1.0 release. It should be consider ALPHA level software so use with caution. We have posted our development milestones on our blog and at our SourceForge site.

Here are a few screenshots of what we have accomplished so far:
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You can see more at our blog at The Rocketry Research Journal (https://rocketry-journal.blogspot.com) or at our SourceForge site at https://sourceforge.net/projects/flight-cards/

Hope that helps

Very promising indeed
 
iOS would be great. I’d love it if I could somehow attach the data from an altimeter to the flight record.
 
I too keep a note book(s). I also transfer basic info to the flight logs at RocketReview.com I have 10 years of flights recorded there. It also allow you view statistics in many different ways including by rocket, per year, etc.

I used to build Access DB applications and considered building one, but RocketReview data is online and accessible from any phone and I don't need to keep using/buying MS Office Pro to keep the Access part of Office.
 
I too keep a note book(s). I also transfer basic info to the flight logs at RocketReview.com I have 10 years of flights recorded there. It also allow you view statistics in many different ways including by rocket, per year, etc.

I used to build Access DB applications and considered building one, but RocketReview data is online and accessible from any phone and I don't need to keep using/buying MS Office Pro to keep the Access part of Office.

True. It could be made to output a CVS file for upload to rocketreview if the owner was interested and software adaptable.
 
True. It could be made to output a CVS file for upload to rocketreview if the owner was interested and software adaptable.

Or vise versa. You could keep data on the website and download to the app for times when you are out of cell service range. That way only the downloading app would need to be phone OS specific. The online data would be accessible from any device.
 
True. It could be made to output a CVS file for upload to rocketreview if the owner was interested and software adaptable.

One of the things I plan to include is the ability to export data in CSV format (as well as others). What I don't know is if the RocketReview site will accept uploads of data. If they do, we should be able to make an export of just the data they need.
 
Or vise versa. You could keep data on the website and download to the app for times when you are out of cell service range. That way only the downloading app would need to be phone OS specific. The online data would be accessible from any device.

That is a great idea.
 
One of the things I plan to include is the ability to export data in CSV format (as well as others). What I don't know is if the RocketReview site will accept uploads of data. If they do, we should be able to make an export of just the data they need.

And you use access on an IOS device?
 
And you use access on an IOS device?

No, I'm running Windows 8.1 (but we are testing it on a Windows 7 netbook and an older Vista laptop). But the data can be exported into a number of formats (CSV being just one, but one that is very common). The exported data could be imported by the web site. Then it could then be viewed by any device.

(Its also possible I may not understand your question o_Oo_O)
 
Hi folks. Just wanted to let you know that we have been working on an Access database that tracks your fleet and the flights they make. It is an open source project, so you can download the database alone and make changes. We also have a 32-bit version and a 64-bit version for those that do not have Access and just want to run the software.

The database is still under development (this is a 0.5 release) and it still has a ways to go before it will be considered for a 1.0 release. It should be consider ALPHA level software so use with caution. We have posted our development milestones on our blog and at our SourceForge site.

Here are a few screenshots of what we have accomplished so far:
1


1


You can see more at our blog at The Rocketry Research Journal (https://rocketry-journal.blogspot.com) or at our SourceForge site at https://sourceforge.net/projects/flight-cards/

Hope that helps

This is awesome, looking forward to further release versions.
 
I came up with a template page in Word that has all of the details I cared about, as well as a checklist, so I print a bunch in duplex to use to prepare for a flight (serves as my own personal flight card, and makes it easy to fill in the event's flight card) and handle the checklist during prep & pad setup. Once I get home I copy the blank template and fill it in in the Word document, to capture the previous flights. I then print the finished page, punch it and add it to my Tripoli binder. I had also started with a notebook that logged other details (more focused on other aspects like the launch events themselves, tracking flights by altimeter or by motor casing or by rocket, etc). I still like tracking the events (to remind me what I brought and what I flew, and what things I paid for at the event) and motor casing (helps me remember which closures I used, etc), but have given up on tracking other details in the notebook as I can generally get those details searching my Word doc. Software would be nice, but I doubt it'd let me capture the data exactly the way I'd want, so I suspect I'd still prefer the flexibility of a simple Word doc, and what can I say, I still like hard-copies of things. :)

I also keep 3 spreadsheets, one is a compilation of the Thrustcurve exports of all of my rockets (in case I don't have network and can't use the app at a launch), one for the motors I have "in inventory" with the full OR sim details for each rocket it can go in, and one that tracks every motor I've flown, which lets me see flights & impulse per year / launch location / case size / etc.

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