It occurs to me that color scheme will be hard to see at altitude. I wonder if anybody has ever done studies on that. I realized that I typically paint with medium to light colors, most of my rockets have red as the darkest color. I want to be able to see them at altitude but I also want to be able to see them hiding in the tall grass.Finished painting the Argent. My wife says I should call it "Hello Kitty"
If you aren't wearing polarized glasses, dark colors show up best. At least that's my experience. If you're wearing polarized glasses on a clear day, the sky at high angles will look much darker than it does near the horizon, and it gets more complicated.It occurs to me that color scheme will be hard to see at altitude. I wonder if anybody has ever done studies on that. I realized that I typically paint with medium to light colors, most of my rockets have red as the darkest color. I want to be able to see them at altitude but I also want to be able to see them hiding in the tall grass.
Someone at our launch a few months ago had a rocket painted light blue. We told them it will disappear at altitude.
At the last club launch, the first test of my HED Cannon went very well.Finishing up the drogue side of my test 7.5" V2 HED Cannon bay.
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(Metal washers glued on to help support and cut the shear pins.)
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Still need sampling holes, but a neat package so far.
Your certifier should have taken a picture of it. They could then have emailed it as an attachment to Tripoli or NAR there and then..... You don't have to send the actual paperwork these days......Passed my level 1 cert today H550 on a 3" punisher . Apogee 1189. Short 1700 foot walk for recovery .... then I get home and can't find my cert paperwork !!!!!!!! I'm going to go launch more rockets tomorrow. let's see if my witness will resign the paperwork...should have taken a picture after it was signed . what a rookie move..
I couldn't cert on my birthday yesterday as the wind and rain wasn't cooperating
Certifiers are not required to do anything except complete the fliers paperwork, the FLIER is the one who is required to submit it to NAR. NAR will send the certifier and email asking for verification that the flier did actually do the certification and that the certifier signed them off but thats about it.Your certifier should have taken a picture of it. They could then have emailed it as an attachment to Tripoli or NAR there and then..... You don't have to send the actual paperwork these days......
Congratulations. Now you've passed your driving test you can get a fasterCAR....rocket. ( had to change that to capitalization. looked like ear with strikethrough which made no sense....)
Anyone CAN submit the paperwork. I've done on behalf of the flyer before. I had the email address in my phone, photo of paperwork, send, done.Certifiers are not required to do anything except complete the fliers paperwork, the FLIER is the one who is required to submit it to NAR. NAR will send the certifier and email asking for verification that the flier did actually do the certification and that the certifier signed them off but thats about it.
Yep it's my bad, not sure how the heck I lost it but it's gone.. ill be there tomorrow and I'll chat with him.. im.guessing he'll sign it again.. ill post launch video as a soon as I can trim itCertifiers are not required to do anything except complete the fliers paperwork, the FLIER is the one who is required to submit it to NAR. NAR will send the certifier and email asking for verification that the flier did actually do the certification and that the certifier signed them off but thats about it.
My guess is you're correct, I know that as long as I remember the flier and the flight I would most likely have zero issues redoing lost paperwork for the flier, once I have slept on it a couple of times though all bets are off....Yep it's my bad, not sure how the heck I lost it but it's gone.. ill be there tomorrow and I'll chat with him.. im.guessing he'll sign it again.. ill post launch video as a soon as I can trim it
Actually its not KISS, usually I am not just doing CERT duties, but also trying to run pre-flight inspections and RSO. Its a small club we have limited people, and make the use of volunteers as much as possible. Get a college team doing certs 20 students can eat up a huge chunk of time, its nice of you to do that for the flier but I don't have the time.Anyone CAN submit the paperwork. I've done on behalf of the flyer before. I had the email address in my phone, photo of paperwork, send, done.
So... IMHO they should have done it. Are they required? NO. But if the certifier does send in the paperwork, they're not going to get another email saying did you certify this. So as the certifier is going to have to deal with it by answering an email, why not just simplify the process. KISS
If a college team is turning up at every launch with 20 people wanting to cert without having advised you, stop it from happening. It sounds like you need other club members to step up. I don't think it's been done, but NAR might approve a delegate prefect as an additional resource if it is needed due to the volume. With new college teams coming through every year, it certainly eats up our available resources and launch pads...... Maybe ask them for that additional cert approval assistance formally.Actually its not KISS, usually I am not just doing CERT duties, but also trying to run pre-flight inspections and RSO. Its a small club we have limited people, and make the use of volunteers as much as possible. Get a college team doing certs 20 students can eat up a huge chunk of time, its nice of you to do that for the flier but I don't have the time.
We have a process in place to deal with college teams, but they are still personnel intensive, but it is also a good fund raiser for the club. We have the processes so the college teams don't turn into the plague of locust experience some clubs have complained about in other posts, all in all we do fairly well with them. Last launch I was Launch Director, RSO, preflight inspector, volunteers handled LCO duty all day, and pitched in to setup and teardown the equipment. We had 4 separate college teams 3 of which were certifying members, several of our L2 and L3 members stepped up to handle that duty, they dont regularly do it but with a bit of coaching it went pretty smooth. TriCities Rocketeers wouldn't be half the club it is without our volunteer members since we only have 3 active local members.If a college team is turning up at every launch with 20 people wanting to cert without having advised you, stop it from happening. It sounds like you need other club members to step up. I don't think it's been done, but NAR might approve a delegate prefect as an additional resource if it is needed due to the volume. With new college teams coming through every year, it certainly eats up our available resources and launch pads...... Maybe ask them for that additional cert approval assistance formally.
Norm
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