Most products for high power rocketry are NOT made by behemoth corporations like Microsoft, Apple or General Motors, but by tiny one or two person operations where the principals must hold down other full time jobs to earn a living. (I’ve tried to do this in another industry and most of the time these kinds of products are labors of love and not profitable operations.)
So even at its best, don’t expect the same kind of available resources as an iPhone.
Those engaged in the HOBBY of high power rocketry should already consider themselves fortunate with the quality of products that are now available and not think that making demands for the impossible will go anywhere. So please be patient.
Although I’ve always salivated over the Multitronix Kate system, I find it amazing that Eggtimer and Featherweight can make so much less expensive GPS trackers that actually work.
And I also find it even more amazing that Featherweight’s design “leverages-off” of the Apple iPhone’s tens of millions of dollars of development in user interface, and built-in GPS, gyroscope and magnetometer features.
Had any rocketry GPS tracker manufacturer attempted to design and vertically integrate such features into their product the way Multitronix did, it would have cost several times as much as Kate, instead of a quarter as much. The Featherweight tracker really works and shows great promise as a young product.
