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operations, you can save them separately by simply closing the buffer after downloading the
summary data, then opening it again for the detail data.
We recommend that you use a file name like “Flight 2014-08-26 No1.txt” for the summary data, and
“Flight 2014-08-26 No1.csv” for the detail data. This way, when you open up the data files you will
automatically associate the data type with the right program, i.e. Notepad (or Notepad++ if you have
it… if you do not, we recommend that you get it; you’ll never use Notepad again!) for the summary
data, and Excel for the CSV-formatted detail file. Be sure to use “.csv” as the extension for the
detail data if you want Windows to recognize it as a CSV file when you open it.
For example, here is some actual flight data, taken from a Giant Leap Rocketry Escape Velocity on a
CTI 5-grain J290.
Flight Summary:
Eggtimer TRS 1.4K
Flight Settings
...Main Altitude <50-2000 by 50, 0=OFF>...500
...Drogue <1=Normal,2=Backup,0=OFF>...0
...Frequency (Ctrl-F to change)...915
...ID Code...0
...REV A4 Test BD
ASL Alt.: 2703 ft
Base Temp: 42.00 C
Beep Code: 0
Last Flight Phase: 9
Flight Time: 116.000 secs.
Apogee: 4525 ft
T @ Apogee: 17.000 secs.
Max Velocity: 677 ft/sec
T @ Max Velocity: 1.000 secs.
Avg Accel @ Max Veloc: 466.90 ft/sec2
G: 14.50
LDA: 203 ft
Time @ LDA:0.700 secs.
Altitude @ Unlock: 4426 ft
T @ Unlock: 14.00 secs.
Altitude @ Nose-Over: 4447 ft
T @ Nose-Over: 18.00 secs.
Altitude @ Main Deploy: 489 ft
T @ Main Deploy: 94.000 secs.
The first part of the summary shows you the flight settings that were used, the second part shows
you the elapsed time and altitude for each major flight event. It also shows you the measured ASL
altitude of the launch site, the temperature, the beep code (in case the flight was aborted), the flight
status code (more on that later), and the total elapsed time of the flight.