If you were in the market to buy a single-pad launch controller, what sort of features would you want in it?
Launch Controller Features
Jul 07, 2004
11 Replies
High-current remote relay system with a reliable igniter continuity readout back to the controller.
-dave w
A self distruct button would be nice :-) But really, a voltage meter would very handy, nothing is worse than pushing the button and nothing happens because your battery is low or dead. Dave Tribrids rule ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave Griffith TRA 7956 The R.A.T.T.-works Monterey Machine Products
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I want pretty much the same things Dave mentioned, except I don't need remote continuity checking. Just check it out at the pad -- and of course it needs to be flashbulb-safe. I also like to have a launch button sturdy enough that I can step on it to launch the rocket, leaving my hands free to snap a liftoff photo.
The Pratt SureFire II is the system I own and it already has every feature I need, all in a convenient, portable container.
Oh yeah, that's also a must, and is another feature I like in the Pratt SureFire. :)
The U.S. Rockets controller. Wanna be a contractor and make 200?
Point
"The harder you push, the higher it goes."
Jerry
Jerry wrote, in re to launch buttons:
LOL!
DVD player cup holder cigarette lighter *
- But really, a back up launcher for when the overly complex system fails.
Do you ever catch yourself pushing harder when you have a misfire? Pointless as it seems, I'm guilty :-)
David
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