[roc-chat] Re: Separate LPR area at ROCtober

  • From: Richard Dierking <richard.dierking@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:23:29 -0700

Just a thought; do you think setting up 4 pads per bank instead of the
normal 6 would help?
Richard Dierking

On Tuesday, June 26, 2012, David Reese wrote:

> On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 02:04:24 -0700, Kenneth Brown 
> <ken@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<javascript:;>>
> 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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