delta22
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First I want to say "Thank You Very Much" to all the organizers and volunteers that made LDRS 34 a very fun and cool event.
Everyone involved was very positive and helpful, even in the face of challenging weather conditions.
There were a few suggestions I wanted to very respectfully submit that may facilitate making a truly great event run as smoothly as possible in the future.
If anyone else has respectful suggestions to make please feel free to add your thoughts here as well.
1) Cover all launch electronics boxes left out each night with secured tarps or garbage bags. Even if rain is not predicted, overnight condensation can cause a lot of problems.
2) Flight cards: avoid glossy card stock as this makes pencil unreadable
3) Flight cards: use different colored cards for high altitude flights expected to require FAA call-ins. This would make it easier for LCO team to pick out high-fliers and take full advantage of high-altitude windows. I do understand that everyone was trying to keep things moving as best they could, but was tough for my high-flier to sit on the rail for four hours on Friday afternoon while over a dozen other high-fliers went up.
4) Coordinate LCO and Pad Managers: so LCO has Pad Manager prevent fliers from starting to load their rockets about 10 minutes before a launch zone is expected to go hot. On several occasions I saw a launch zone that was ready to go delayed 10-30 minutes as one late flyer followed by another late flyer gets one more rocket ready.
Again thanks to all involved for a great event.
Everyone involved was very positive and helpful, even in the face of challenging weather conditions.
There were a few suggestions I wanted to very respectfully submit that may facilitate making a truly great event run as smoothly as possible in the future.
If anyone else has respectful suggestions to make please feel free to add your thoughts here as well.
1) Cover all launch electronics boxes left out each night with secured tarps or garbage bags. Even if rain is not predicted, overnight condensation can cause a lot of problems.
2) Flight cards: avoid glossy card stock as this makes pencil unreadable
3) Flight cards: use different colored cards for high altitude flights expected to require FAA call-ins. This would make it easier for LCO team to pick out high-fliers and take full advantage of high-altitude windows. I do understand that everyone was trying to keep things moving as best they could, but was tough for my high-flier to sit on the rail for four hours on Friday afternoon while over a dozen other high-fliers went up.
4) Coordinate LCO and Pad Managers: so LCO has Pad Manager prevent fliers from starting to load their rockets about 10 minutes before a launch zone is expected to go hot. On several occasions I saw a launch zone that was ready to go delayed 10-30 minutes as one late flyer followed by another late flyer gets one more rocket ready.
Again thanks to all involved for a great event.
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