...I bet, if each launch had been given a "5 count", instead of a "10 count", the whole show would have gone a lot faster. ;O/
Which brings me to wonder... maybe this is a regional thing, like "coke" vs. "soda" vs. "pop".
What's the typical countdown given at launches in your home state?
- 10 count - 5 count - Sometimes either - Other ______
I was at LDRS and I seem to recall the 10 count only being used for the big launches and for contest launches. Guess what Discovery Channel showed?
Brian Elfert
...interesting - maybe the producers liked the ten-count, and decided to edit this into each launch, regardless of what was actually spoken?
I'll have to replay the countdowns and check to see if they sound the same.
5
well, I've never simply heard
"FIRE IN THE WHOLE!" ;o)
5 second countdown is the norm in the launches I've attended- iz
BB wrote:
Ummm.. anything I fly: 5 minute talk-up, National Anthem, O, Canada and slow 20 count.
Other HPR's: 5 count. Fast in general, or slow if someone refers to me as "Mr. President".
Mod rocs: 3 count (except Fred Taverni's Black Brants or anything Richard Hickok flies, which get 5 counts).
Fast 3 counts and a 4 rack layover "o> ...I bet, if each launch had been given a "5 count", instead of a
Sibling rivalry. - I didn't realize you two were related.
8-)Phil Ste>"oops-I-missed-your-rocket-with-electronics-burning" to anyone who makes
Phil Stein
It's called "pop" no matter that brand of soft drink it is. :-)
I noticed the 10 count launches as well. 5 count is the norm.
-- Joe Michel NAR 82797 L1
Was Dad there?
five if they count fast, if we can't get em to count fast, we tell to start at three.
note: we usualy have a go/no go list before countdown (video, tracking, aircraft, cameras, etc)
Counts we have used at OkRA launches:
5-count 3-count 9,1,1 42,42,42The rockets don't seem to know the difference.
sooner dot boomer at gbrobline dot com
Estes Prime Number Explorer
Dan Major wrote:
Ready on the left, ready on the right, ready on the firing line, fire.
34 21 13 8 5 3 2 1 1 0 ...
The Fibonacci Series Explorer.
-John
(6.0221367 x 10^23), (6.0221367 x 10^23)-1, (6.0221367 x 10^23)-2 ...
Avogadro's Number Explorer
David Erbas-White
5,4, DOH!
The Homer Sequence
Gary wrote in news:3FB33651.7070307@below:
(2^127)-1, (2^67)-1, (2^31)-1, (2^19)-1, (2^17)-1, (2^13)-1, (2^7)-1, (2^
5)-1, (2^3)-1, (2^2)-1, 0Counting down by the lowest 10 Mersenne Primes.
sooner dot boomer at gbronline dot com
Someone should do a video of these various countdowns so I can put them on the website!
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...
I prefer counting up. I'm an optimist.
Doug
Well, I'm not waiting around for my submission to finish...
David Erbas-White
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