• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

Rocket Man is Back

Here is an idea. Have the SOFIA flying telescope "film" a supercell with that huge optical package.

Maybe another internet billionaire will buy Stratolaunch.
 
Jeff Duda said:
I'd be surprised if they got much useful data out of that. You can't make quality thermometers and hygrometers that small. Also, how do you measure the wind? The damn thing is a rocket...self-propelled...aerodynamic...it's not going to measure winds with any semblance of accuracy. About the best thing they could do is make it act like a trajectory tracer after the engine cut-off, but if the thing got to 34,000 feet, then it is not in the tornado for sure.
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Its a model rocket you can buy at walmart. It's self propelled for about 2 seconds, after that it's just being carried by the winds. There's no reason it wouldn't be fairly accurate. Once the parachute is out its going to match the wind speed within a few seconds.
 
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