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AdrianThose ave bays are pretty cool.Thats another way he could go.Are those magntic switches adaptable to other Alt. with 9 volts.How high are those ravens rated for?Thanks.The magnetic switches are only designed to work with the 4V Li-poly cells that…   Read more»

AdrianThose ave bays are pretty cool.Thats another way he could go.Are those magntic switches adaptable to other Alt. with 9 volts.How high are those ravens rated for?Thanks.The magnetic switches are only designed to work with the 4V Li-poly cells that…   Read more»

I learned the hard way – keep it simple until you’re comfortable. I’ll second the motion on Perfectflight altimeters, but also add a plug for Missileworks’ RRC2-mini – I have 3 of them. Very reliable as far as deployment is…   Read more»

but for simplicity I like Perfectflite altimeters.I’ve had success with both. I like Adrian’s for bigger projects where I use back up charges. His also generates cooler data. I am playing with his avbays, which appear to be very nice…   Read more»

AdrianThose ave bays are pretty cool.Thats another way he could go.Are those magntic switches adaptable to other Alt. with 9 volts.How high are those ravens rated for?

Check out http://www.featherweightaltimeters.com if you haven’t already. There are av-bay kits that include battery, battery charger, magnetically-controlled arm switch, altimeter connector, bulkheads and deployment charge terminals in one small package that requires no user wiring. It’s designed around the Raven…   Read more»

Just buy an altimeter or two and start reading the directions. Read the directions. Dont connect up the battery backwards and dont think you can set any of them up without the directions in hand. YOU CANT.I was overwelmed at…   Read more»

Art and I flew over the launch site this morning- definitely dry. I would suspect that the winds would have shut down the launch by 11:30am given what we experienced aloft.

There’s always Tripoli Colorado next weekend…

Don’t know about you guys, but this false alarm was just what I needed to get me off my keister and re-build my 29mm nosecone last night. And now I have time to re-do it right this time.

Common sense prevails…to cancel this April launch…. maybe next month……or maybe go South ,,,,till advised of safe conditions. 🙁

EVERYONE STOP – I have just been advised by the USFS that permission to proceed with our planned launch has been rescinded due to elevated concerns and a risk assesment by their in the field Rangers. NO GO FOR LAUNCH…   Read more»

I plan on bringing about ten gallons of water to put out by the pads just in case. Is this a poor idea, or is it prudent, and if a good idea, maybe others will do the same so that…   Read more»

There’s a weather station pretty close to the North site with hourly data available at http://www.wunderground.com//www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=MNUNC2

Both zones are currently listed in a Fire Weather Advisory which is different than a Fire Watch or Red Flag situation although the distinctions are pretty slim in the grand scheme of things.A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire…   Read more»

Know if we are in zone 242 or 238?

Called in the waiver this morning after speaking with Jon Halverson at the USFS. We are still GO but proceeding with caution and still subject to a possible cancelation based on the advisory postings from the National Weather Service, common…   Read more»

Joe how we looking? got the email that the launch is on, but i see there is a red flag real close by, which i found while checking wind in Nunn…http://www.wunderground.com/US/CO/038.html#FIRGrover does not have same warning, not sure exactly where…   Read more»

Actually, YES, a Port-a Potty has been ordered up for the weekend. There have been several different groups expressing interest in attending, including Scouts from Littleton, TARC attempters from Wyoming, and student groups from Golden. With anticipating a larger than…   Read more»

I’ll gladly help with button pushing whenever I’m not launching. If the weather’s remotely decent, I’ll have an apogee deploy at 4k+ though, so I don’t know how long I’ll be out hiking. Whenever I do get back though, I’ll…   Read more»