On Monday, September 24, 2012 11:48:37 AM UTC-5, Dan Marotta wrote:
Steve, Would XCSkies work for your needs? I see, looking at the map for Hutchinson, that you should be getting lift up to 2,000' AGL right now! "Steve Leonard" wrote in message ... On Monday, September 24, 2012 12:10:39 AM UTC-5, Eric Greenwell wrote: Here is a rocket logger: altitude, temperature - $80 http://www.perfectflite.com/sl100.html May have to get one of those. But again rockets are not the way to go for recurring cost. As I recall from talking with one of our local rocket guys, they are $30 and up per shot. Don't mind a few more bucks to get started, but hate recurring costs. Thanks for the searching, Eric. If I get one, I will let you know how the kite flying and data collecting goes. That one might have issues, as the launch, climb, and recovery of the kite will likely be more than 9 minutes. Reeling in 7000 feet of like takes a bit of time! Steve

xcskies is still a model based forecast. when the model is broken it doesn't matter if dr. jack or xcskies is interpreting the data it still will be wrong.