IMPORTANT UPDATE ON OFFLINE OPERATION: A STEAMING HOT CUP OF "NOPE"
That's a bummer. I may have to do some research on offline options.
IMPORTANT UPDATE ON OFFLINE OPERATION: A STEAMING HOT CUP OF "NOPE"
Indeed. I wish I had checked this out more thoroughly at the start; it might not have changed my own decision to use Airtable but I could at least have avoided misleading others.That's a bummer. I may have to do some research on offline options.
It might work to make an Events table. Each record consists of an event name and links to one or more launches. For myself, I'd then name the launches "<Event> Day 1", "<Event> Day 2", etc. If one wants to (I don't think I would" one could break launch days down, say "<Event> Morning" or "<Event> Day 2 Night".3. Launches: This is a list of "launches", each of which is a single date. That's a bit limiting, but I couldn't figure out a straightforward way to enter a multi-day launch as an entity. It's just as well, probably; I really want a single date attached to each flight.
Good idea, at least for those who attend multi-day launches... for me, so far, the number of multi-day launches I've attended is zero, and there are none in the foreseeable future. So I don't need that extra layer of hierarchy.It might work to make an Events table. Each record consists of an event name and links to one or more launches. For myself, I'd then name the launches "<Event> Day 1", "<Event> Day 2", etc. If one wants to (I don't think I would" one could break launch days down, say "<Event> Morning" or "<Event> Day 2 Night".
That's a pretty good idea,Also, I think you should add a Time field to the Flight table. One of the main reasons to have a database of flight data is to look for trends. "Hey, look at this; I've got more lost rockets between 2:00 and 4:00 than all other times of day combined! Guess I should lay off launching in the early afternoon."
[email protected]Just sign up for Airtable, send me your email address and I'll share it and you can try it out. It's all free, so no commitment.
I took the Estes values from their motor chart... A mistake I guess. I'll go fetch better values from Thruscurve.org.
Still need to think of a good solution to dealing with clusters and multi-stagers, with regard to Total impulse summation.
UPDATE: I repopulated with values from Thruscurve. Look better?
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I don't know how airtable works but if each rocket is a unique URL you could make some qrcode stickers, put them on a fin, and then scan them with your phone after a flight to go right to its entry. I've thought about doing this but using a static html page for each rocket.Next, I selected the rocket. Here again, I couldn't figure any way for it to only offer the me rockets I had brought with me, so I had to select from the full list each time. This was by far the biggest annoyance, and could be crippling to those with a very large number of rockets. Again, a more customized app could show only the list of rockets at the launch, which would generally be a much smaller list and easier to pick from. I can't rule out that it is possible in Airtable, but I'll need to do more research.
Interesting idea. I'm not aware of that capability, at least not in the free version I'm using. That would be a nice option.I don't know how airtable works but if each rocket is a unique URL you could make some qrcode stickers, put them on a fin, and then scan them with your phone after a flight to go right to its entry. I've thought about doing this but using a static html page for each rocket.
I suppose you could get fancy and put like an RFID tag inside the ebay as well.
Just to be clear, *I'm* not talking about writing it at all. I'm trying to goad someone else into doing, with the promise of possibly hundreds of dollars reward for their many hours of effort. It's a can't-lose proposition.Just how custom do think such a custom app would be? Are you talking about writing it from the ground up from scratch?
PM me your email and I’ll share it.Any chance you can share your base? I'd love to work from that!
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