[roc-chat] Re: Separate LPR area at ROCtober - Voting is cool!
- From: Kenneth Brown <ken@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:49:37 -0700
Mike,
I was thinking a boom box as well. It's simple.
Might be a good idea if the supervising adult had a remote switch to lock out
the controller. It wouldn't be hard to rig that and the supervisor can stay
firmly attached to their chair :)
Some youth group leaders might be more comfortable learning about rocket
launching on a small set first. After that, maybe they could be recruited to
work on the main range.
Ken
On Jun 25, 2012, at 8:48 AM, Michael Klett wrote:
> Ken,
>
> The only thing wrong that I've seen with TRASD's setup is having the
> HPR PA call a momentary hold because of a plane at the same time an
> excited kid calls "sky is clear" and mashes the launch button. I
> trained adult at the LPR pad would help. Since ROC already uses an FM
> transmitter perhaps a simple "boom box" tuned to the ROC frequency at
> the LPR pad is sufficient for the LPR guys to stay informed.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 2:51 AM, Kenneth Brown <ken@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Jeff,
>>
>> I really liked the set up at Plaster Blaster:
>>
>> No Flight Cards
>> No PA system
>> Perhaps 8 rods all small
>> A simple controller, match number of rods to capability of controller
>> No annoucements. The supervisor helps the kids work the controller, kid
>> pushes the button for his/her own rocket and can count it down if they want.
>> The whole group yelling it out is best.
>> Supervisor RSO's the rockets. most of the rockets will be nicely stable kits
>> and will just take a quick look that the fins are on straight. Many of the
>> rocket will be "ready to fly" models and don't need to much checking.
>>
>> Loading and launching was fast and furious. I never saw anything unsafe and
>> all up to the NAR code. The kids were launching, recovering and reloading in
>> record times. Parents were spending the college funds to keep the little
>> hellions in black powder.
>>
>> Ken
>>
>> On Jun 24, 2012, at 7:36 PM, Jeff Gortatowsky wrote:
>>
>> snip
>>
>>
>>> L4A) add mini range
>> I am for this. Far enough away and it will be fine. I am not talking 'just
>> down the pike'. I am talking 10 minutes walking time away to the south and
>> east. And a misfire alley to boot... bring your own pads and controllers.
>> (People can share as well.) Each station has a numbered paddle. ROC provides
>> flight cards, paddles, a speaker system, RSO and LCO. When you are ready,
>> you hold up a numbered paddle and the LCO announces your flight. I believe
>> thats how a misfire alley works. My understanding is throughput is great.
>> (PS: I am pretty sure there are (or has been) entire NSLs run this way.)
>>
>>
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