Charles_McG
Ciderwright
Last night I converted both my Eggtimer Protons to switched deployment power. Well, not switched, exactly, one will be twist/tape, one has a shorting plug on a pigtail. A photo is in the 'What rocket stuff did you do today' thread.
https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/what-did-you-do-rocket-wise-today.48649/page-813#post-1962937
I discovered something I didn't expect. With deployment power off, all the enabled channels read blue/on, even when they are open circuit. They only go to red/off when deployment power is connected. Cris tells me that this is functioning as designed.
Now, that flips what I think good Visual Management should be. I've come up with a Mistake Proofing plan - leave one channel enabled but open circuit. (I don't need all six for my flights.) That way I'll get a visual indication that deployment power is indeed back on (at/near the pad) AND it may even prevent me from arming the Proton until the red channel is reconfigured.
Has anyone thought of/found other procedures?
https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/what-did-you-do-rocket-wise-today.48649/page-813#post-1962937
I discovered something I didn't expect. With deployment power off, all the enabled channels read blue/on, even when they are open circuit. They only go to red/off when deployment power is connected. Cris tells me that this is functioning as designed.
Now, that flips what I think good Visual Management should be. I've come up with a Mistake Proofing plan - leave one channel enabled but open circuit. (I don't need all six for my flights.) That way I'll get a visual indication that deployment power is indeed back on (at/near the pad) AND it may even prevent me from arming the Proton until the red channel is reconfigured.
Has anyone thought of/found other procedures?