[time-nuts] Thunderbolt GPS rollover

[Azelio Boriani]

Every GPS unit made after 1999 (the TBolt is 2003) is 1024 week aware, so
there should be no problem for the TBolt.

On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 6:23 AM, Robert Watzlavick.com <rocket at watzlavick.com
> wrote:

> I poked around a bit on that site-I'll check it out more tomorrow. My
> vehicle is a liquid so acceleration will be lower than a solid.  Max
> velocity will still be ~ mach 2 and max altitude will be over 100k ft.
>
> The successful recovery rate with large amateur liquids is very low so
> every idea will help to find the wreckage later!
>
> Not to get off topic too much but if anybody's interested, my project is
> at http://watzlavick.com/robert/rocket/index.html
>
> There was a good gps discussion on aRocket a few months back- I wish I
> could have bridged all the smart guys here with all the smart guys there.
>
> -Bob
>
> On Jun 6, 2012, at 22:37, Cliff Sojourner <cls at employees.org> wrote:
>
> > probably the best rocket tracker
> >
> > http://bigredbee.com/blgps_2mhp.htm
> >
> > there are others.  depending on acceleration and duration, GPS + APRS
> tracking can be unreliable.  it seems most COS parts fail at over 15Gs
> acceleration; the ITAR limits come in at 60000 feet and/or mach 1.
> >
> > so, additionally fly a simple Morse tracker like this
> >
> > http://bigredbee.com/BeeLine.htm
> >
> > between the two, you will get your rocket back.  speaking from
> experience!!
> >
> > Cliff K6CLS
> >
> > On 2012-06-06 20:13, Chris Albertson wrote:
> >> Why not fly a tiny GPS inside the rocket?  Either modulated the beacon
> with
> >> the GPS serial data or record it to a micro SD card.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 7:33 PM, Robert Watzlavick<rocket at watzlavick.com
> >wrote:
> >>
> >>> Sorry to resurrect an old thread but I also have a question about using
> >>> the Thunderbolt in the future.  I'm considering using 4 of them in a
> >>> multilateration setup to track an amateur rocket with an onboard
> beacon.
> >> Chris Albertson
> >> Redondo Beach, California
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