Yup. When the rocket is in the air my only two concerns are how far
I'm going to be walking and trying to spot it in the air. That's why I
was surprised last weekend when I only got the bearing but not the
elevation angle in the announcements.
Terry
PS The rocket is named NoSeeUm for good reason. I didn't actually
spot it until after the main chute opened at 1,000 feet.
On 4/17/2017 11:35 AM, Bdale Garbee wrote:
Keith Packard <[email protected]> writes:
Yeah, I've been kinda wondering. I initially thought that the distance
to the rocket would help you figure out how big it might look in the
sky, but distance over the ground might be more useful. Of course, that
value is present on the screen.
I'm with Terry, what you want to hear at the field is the sub-satellite
distance. 'Cause all anyone really cares about for distance is how long
the walk/drive is going to be.
I, at least, can't mentally translate from distance to anticipated spot
size in my head, so knowing azimuth and elevation angles is as good as
it's going to get for trying to spot the airframe descending, I think.
Bdale
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