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Maxfliart has a brilliant way to find lost freeflight rubber powered planes in corn... We can use it too...
Funny thing about cornfields is, we check them after they are harvested and never find bits of rocket...ever, the damn corn must eat lost rockets afaict...All corn deserves to be cut down and eventually eaten. Serves them right...
At $234 on Amazon its about the same money as some of the GPS trackers for rockets, and more than Eggfinder setup. However if it works then it works.GPS is great but if you want to find your rocket for far less money, The Marco Polo Drone/Rocket tracker does just as well. I am 12 for 12 on soybean and corn recoveries. Pretty much everyone in my local club has one and it has not let us down. Even used it on my L3. Photos below!
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. I would love to know about a complete GPS system that doesn't need a phone for less than a Marco Polo. If so I would love to purchase one.
No FFC license required for 915MHz link. No need for the Ham Band 70cm RX link.Thank you very kindly for the information. It looks like a cool system. However I don't want to build it nor have to use another android device to use it or carry a laptop in the field. The other option requires an fcc technician license. Dont know if this is a valid comparison. If they had a complete system that did not require yet another device or a license then I would be interested. In this case too, I don't want to build it either. I like the system I have as it is ready to use right out of the box. Thanks though!
One of my clubs flies at a field that sometimes has corn planted nearby. I’ve never landed in it, but the advice I have received is that it helps to have a “screamer” — some kind of loud siren thingy.
.... but the advice I have received is that it helps to have a “screamer” ....
It's a good product, but the limitation is range - only 2 miles. I saw an L2 flight last year that would have been right at the limit of that range. You have to realize that while ground wind speeds may be nominal, wind speeds at altitude can be much faster. I've saw another 10,000' flight land this year farther away than that because the wind speeds at from 3000' to 10,000' were over 40 MPH. We never saw the chute at all; it had drifted so far that we were all looking at the wrong section of sky. You'll still drift a long way on a drogue at those speeds. As much as I spend on the rocket and other electronics, I do not want to lose a bird because I landed outside the tracker range. A few extra bucks are worth it.GPS is great but if you want to find your rocket for far less money, The Marco Polo Drone/Rocket tracker does just as well. I am 12 for 12 on soybean and corn recoveries. Pretty much everyone in my local club has one and it has not let us down. Even used it on my L3. Photos below!
Getting a basic ham license is very easy these days. It's not like you have to know morse code like in the old days. There I go, dating myself again.Thank you very kindly for the information. It looks like a cool system. However I don't want to build it nor have to use another android device to use it or carry a laptop in the field. The other option requires an fcc technician license. Dont know if this is a valid comparison. If they had a complete system that did not require yet another device or a license then I would be interested. In this case too, I don't want to build it either. I like the system I have as it is ready to use right out of the box. Thanks though!
It's a good product, but the limitation is range - only 2 miles. I saw an L2 flight last year that would have been right at the limit of that range. You have to realize that while ground wind speeds may be nominal, wind speeds at altitude can be much faster. I've saw another 10,000' flight land this year farther away than that because the wind speeds at from 3000' to 10,000' were over 40 MPH. We never saw the chute at all; it had drifted so far that we were all looking at the wrong section of sky. You'll still drift a long way on a drogue at those speeds. As much as I spend on the rocket and other electronics, I do not want to lose a bird because I landed outside the tracker range. A few extra bucks are worth it.
I think it's best to use gps or a tracker. Sometimes a rocket can go into the corn . . . . . . and then move.
Jim
I think it's best to use gps or a tracker. Sometimes a rocket can go into the corn . . . . . . and then move.
Jim
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