MrGneissGuy
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I think Ive mentioned in here that I created a kind of flight log database in Google Docs, with the idea that I complete the log form on my Droid live during the launch. I did not actually do this during our club launch on Saturday, so I manually entered them after the fact. While I was in there, I decided to take a look at the response summary for the year to see if I could find any trends or other useful information. Here are a few things I noticed.
I have six rockets that have not been launched at all this year, including one of my favorites the SR-71 Blackbird. I need to make sure that one gets launched at Septembers 2 day event.
I tend to launch my scratch builds more than the kit rockets.
My Madcow Batray has gotten the most use of my MPR kits.
I have yet to lose a rocket, and have only had 4 damaged, all of which were repaired.
I wonder if I'm being too conservative with things.
I have yet to use my Altimeter One this year. Why I dont know. I make sure its charged before every launch and intend to. I guess I am being a bit conservative.
About 80% of my launches have been in winds at least 5 mph usually 8+, and 43% have been in winds more than 10 mph.
The winds would also explain my most common stability issue weathercocking.
Deployment is most frequently at apogee nose down (50%). But 20% were just past apogee, or late. As expected, those late deployments tend to correlate with weathercocking.
I notice a lot of folks here list their motor usage in their signatures, so Im guessing others track things as well. What are some of your stats so far this year?
I have six rockets that have not been launched at all this year, including one of my favorites the SR-71 Blackbird. I need to make sure that one gets launched at Septembers 2 day event.
I tend to launch my scratch builds more than the kit rockets.
My Madcow Batray has gotten the most use of my MPR kits.
I have yet to lose a rocket, and have only had 4 damaged, all of which were repaired.
I have yet to use my Altimeter One this year. Why I dont know. I make sure its charged before every launch and intend to. I guess I am being a bit conservative.
About 80% of my launches have been in winds at least 5 mph usually 8+, and 43% have been in winds more than 10 mph.
The winds would also explain my most common stability issue weathercocking.
Deployment is most frequently at apogee nose down (50%). But 20% were just past apogee, or late. As expected, those late deployments tend to correlate with weathercocking.
I notice a lot of folks here list their motor usage in their signatures, so Im guessing others track things as well. What are some of your stats so far this year?