From c31e4147bd4183966588be5612131940d0cd1645 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bdale Garbee Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2020 11:31:58 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] a few more home page fixes, and a general but incomplete update to rocket page --- bdale/index.mdwn | 6 +----- rockets/index.mdwn | 38 ++++++++------------------------------ 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-) diff --git a/bdale/index.mdwn b/bdale/index.mdwn index 3273561..916d565 100644 --- a/bdale/index.mdwn +++ b/bdale/index.mdwn @@ -1,8 +1,6 @@ Bdale Garbee, KB0G ================== -Welcome to my "new" personal home page. - After retiring at the end of August, 2012, from my long-held position as [HP](http://hp.com) Open Source & Linux Chief Technologist... I worked part-time for [Samsung](http://samsung.com) as Senior Adviser to the Open @@ -41,9 +39,7 @@ for Debian. My "spare nanoseconds" are mostly consumed playing with [rockets](http://gag.com/rockets), which includes managing [Altus Metrum, LLC](http://altusmetrum.org) with business partner -[Keith Packard](http://keithp.org). Some of my personal rocket projects -and those done with my son are documented at -[rockets](http://gag.com/rockets). I hold a "Level 3 certification" and am +[Keith Packard](http://keithp.org). I hold a "Level 3 certification" and am a member of both the [National Association of Rocketry](http://nar.org) and the [Tripoli Rocketry Association](http://tripoli.org). My personal confirmed flight altitude record is 32,635 feet above ground, my highest diff --git a/rockets/index.mdwn b/rockets/index.mdwn index 19aacc2..e60c5be 100755 --- a/rockets/index.mdwn +++ b/rockets/index.mdwn @@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ Building and launching model rockets is one of our favorite hobby activities right now. While everyone in the family gets into the act in one way or -another, Bdale -and Robert are the most serious and so most Garbee rocket projects end up -being father and son affairs... +another, Bdale and Robert are the most serious and so most Garbee rocket +projects ended up being father and son affairs before Robert went off to +college. [Bdale](http://www.gag.com/~bdale) is [NAR](http://nar.org/) Sr member 87103 and @@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ Bdale's Flickr Photostream< We have family memberships in (and regularly enjoy flying our models with!) local clubs [Tripoli Colorado](http://www.tripolicolorado.org/), -[SCORE](http://scronline.net), -and +[SCORE](http://scronline.net) (which is also now dual-homed and also +known as Tripoli Southern Colorado!), and [NCR](http://ncrocketry.org). We have also flown with @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ We have also flown with [Metra](http://metrarocketclub.org/), [NRVR](http://nrvr.org/), [NZRA](http://www.nzrocketry.org.nz/), +[Oregon Rocketry](http://oregonrocketry.com), and [QRS](https://qldrocketry.com/). @@ -90,31 +91,8 @@ and ## Electronics ## -Lots of people make electronics for use in hobby rockets. This is a brief -list of only the things we've actually used ourselves. - -First off, Bdale and friends develop fully open hardware and software -designs for rocketry avionics, under the name -[Altus Metrum](http://altusmetrum.org). - -We also fly commercial altimeters in some projects. The cheapest off the -shelf altimeter we've used and often recommend to beginners is the -[Missile Works](http://www.missileworks.com/) RRC2-mini. At about $80, it -gets the job done for simple barometric control of dual deployment. Note -that while early versions had a firmware bug that we believe is at least -partially responsible for Bdale's loss of his first L3 project, recent -versions seem fine. For another $20, the -[PerfectFlite](http://www.perfectflite.com/) -[miniAlt/WD](http://www.perfectflite.com/catalog/MAWD.html) -adds the ability to records the barometric flight altitude profile. Both -of Bdale's L3 certs flew with one each of these two commercial altimeters, -and we often use the MAWD as a backup for our -[TeleMetrum](http://altusmetrum.org/TeleMetrum) units during test flights. - -The [BeeLine TX](http://www.bigredbee.com/BeeLine.htm) boards from Big Red -Bee are radio tracking transmitters that just work. They require an -[amateur radio](http://www.altusmetrum.org/Radio) license, but we think -anyone flying big rockets can and should get one of those anyway! +Bdale and friends develop fully open hardware and software designs for +rocketry avionics, under the name [Altus Metrum](http://altusmetrum.org). ## Books ## -- 2.30.2