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No. I won't be happy. I have an Eggfinder setup, but it is not as feature filled nor elegant, and building the tracker successfully is not a slam dunk. I borked two before I built one successfully. I would sell it at this point but have to keep it as a backup in case FW goes belly up on support. I don't want to miss one of the limited HPR launches I can get to in a year because my tracker support is kaput.Mike, I read through every post you made on this thread and it is obvious that you find the product not acceptable. I am anxious to buy all your Featherweight GPS trackers. Please PM me with your info and price and I'll let you use my FedEx number so there will be no shipping costs on your end.
I am serious. You'll get rid of a product that you have stated is not acceptable and I'll have more trackers for my fleet and everybody will be happy.
I am curious, however, which product you will replace the Featherweight GPS with if you don't mind telling us.
Missile Works T3 is similar in size, cost and capability, but there is no inventory at this point, so it isn't an option anytime soon given pandemic related supply chain issues. Featherweight has inventory continually and do not seem to be affected by the supply chain, at least so far.
Big Red Bee is more expensive for a similar feature set.
Entacore is way more expensive.
Telemetrum is way more expensive because you are paying for the GPS on every altimeter. With FW you use one tracker in the nose cone and move it around between rockets and use lower priced altimeters for pyro requirements. Eggtimer Quarks are the bomb - $20, easy to build, small.
Multitronix is WAY more expensive. If money grew on trees....
Candidly, the price should be higher if that's what it takes for full support, but you know what? It's not that hard. You can look up the process. Just Google it. The cost of doing this is $99 a year to be an Apple developer. How many do they sell a year? If they sell 20 trackers, it's $5 per tracker. If they sell $100, it's $1 per tracker. Add it to the price and be done with it. If they go out of business and it drops from the app store at least we have a functioning app and hardware. It's a no-brainer.
So, it's not acceptable. Not sorry.
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