[roc-chat] Re: Separate LPR area at ROCtober
- From: David Reese <dareese@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:42:41 -0400
On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 02:04:24 -0700, Kenneth Brown <ken@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I hope that there will be some more ideas on streamlining the launch process.
> We can refine as we go along, but not getting something in place is criminal.
This.
Wait times have *always* been an issue at ROCStock. Coordination between PM and
LCO is the greatest challenge; at RS last month, there was a period when
rockets (none of which were mine) had been sitting on the range for upwards of
a half hour, and I got peeved enough that I went up, bumped the existing pad
manager from their position, and started feeding cards to the LCO. We had the
range cleared in <10 minutes.
I think the issue here might be one of pad organization. Launches that I've
attended with extraordinarily high throughput lay out the range using a
bank/pad method (e.g., A1-8 is front row left, B1-8 is front row right, C1-8 is
middle row left, D1-8 is middle row right). This seemed to help keep the pad
manager's mental process clearer - to launch the right bank, rather than
grabbing the cards for pads 9-16 and 25-32, they know to grab all the cards for
banks B and D and feed them to the LCO. It also seemed easier for the LCO to
remember which banks were closed and open, thus preventing pad helpers from
running people out to a bank that's been waiting for a while.
On the training issue, this is probably a bit much, but MDRA does videos to
help train pad managers and RSOs:
http://www.mdrocketry.org/membership/howto/#PMRSO Their process is a little
different than ours, but having training aids like this would dramatically help
speed up the process, I think.
D
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