Gather local wind data

On 9/24/2012 6:25 AM, Steve Leonard wrote:
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!

Maybe use the old kite flyers trick of sending the instrument pack up
the string in a little pod with a sail, once the kite is at altitude.
Or, reverse it: have the pod slide down the string from the kite after
it's up, and have even quicker access to the data.

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