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I bought one, and will buy another two early next year. SWEEEEEET!

I bought 3 of them at the last NCR launch where Jim showed up – the John Wilke Good By launch in late July. Definitely a major improvement on the old RRC2 series.Warren

Is it really available yet?

Everyone’s been smoking something. Apparently, none of you, including Jim, seem to recall the very first conversation when Jim offered the very first unit as an NCR raffle prize. Buy your tickets now!!!

Let me clarify the business axiom, ONE PRODUCT can’t please all customers and needs; however, an array of product addressing specific needs can. :)The sonde will also easily support integration of other downlinkable sensors.Electronics has kept me in rocketry since…   Read more»

To Warren -Yes, I’m bringing out a logging type baro unit w/RS-232 interface. I’ll migrate up to an 18F series MCU to get 12-bit A/D. I’m planning on calling this unit the “RRC2+”The basic dual-event unit I’m bringing out now…   Read more»

I cant say ive seen to many Altimeters ever survive what Ive heard happen to some of these.Okay, okay, so I blew up the booster below my RRC2X, and I mean I BLEW IT UP! Let it go, dude! The…   Read more»

Also another reason Jim flies Beta production before release. Most Computer related manufactures do not.Well, there you did it! You let the computer software secret out! Alpha testing is in the lab; beta is for a select few out in…   Read more»

gotcha, accelerometer good, no accelerometer bad. does that put me back to the gwhiz?I am mostly horrified of accelerometers, and have seen them kill many more rockets than all baro units combined (editorial comment, but based on many observations).Speaking for…   Read more»

Warren I would not be to fast if I was you to get rid of your RRC2X stuff. That is unless you want to give me one for my Birthday They are still one of THE most robust and well…   Read more»

I guess I’ll have to hold a lottery for the 1st units off the line.Hey Jim- I know you are bizzy so I just went ahead and did the lottery thing and golly gee I seem to have won the…   Read more»

Conway,Jim has been talking about doing an all-surface mount 10 or 12 bit altimeter with EEPROM memory for the last altitude recorded for at least 2 or 3 years – probably predating the MPac project. The full feature list I’m…   Read more»

There are three things: one, we are all subject to our experiences; two, there is a business axiom, if you try to produce a product that is aimed to please everyone, you are doomed to fail, i.e., you can’t possibly…   Read more»

I guess I’ll have to hold a lottery for the 1st units off the line.Hey Jim- I know you are bizzy so I just went ahead and did the lottery thing and golly gee I seem to have won the…   Read more»

Eyesinthesky wrote: I am reconsidering my choice for using only one altimeter for my larger projects…DougMy advice for all — including myself — is to “dance with who brung you”. If that means baro, then you need to go that…   Read more»

I am mostly horrified of accelerometers, and have seen them kill many more rockets than all baro units combined (editorial comment, but based on many observations).My observations have been just the opposite. I have seen many more baro based altimeters…   Read more»

I wouldn’t mind an accelerometer in ADDITION to the baro sensor as long as the baro sensor is the primary trigger for deployment.Jim,Would you be considering a more complete suite of features including data download and so forth? Perhaps an…   Read more»

gotcha, accelerometer good, no accelerometer bad. does that put me back to the gwhiz?I am mostly horrified of accelerometers, and have seen them kill many more rockets than all baro units combined (editorial comment, but based on many observations).Speaking for…   Read more»

Wilke started this, so I’d thought I’d jump in…The new unit is a 10-bit implementation, all SMT (excepting the terminals, electrolytic and piezo) vs. the older 8-bit implementations.It’s intended to replace both the current “classic” and “X” version units. The…   Read more»

gotcha, accelerometer good, no accelerometer bad. does that put me back to the gwhiz?I am mostly horrified of accelerometers, and have seen them kill many more rockets than all baro units combined (editorial comment, but based on many observations).Speaking for…   Read more»