Release Notes for Version 0.8

Bdale Garbee

<bdale@gag.com>

Keith Packard

<keithp@keithp.com>

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Version 0.8 offers a major upgrade in the AltosUI -interface.

1. AltosUI Application:

-Post-flight graphing tool. This lets you explore the -behaviour of your rocket after flight with a scroll-able and -zoom-able chart showing the altitude, speed and acceleration -of the airframe along with events recorded by the flight -computer. You can export graphs to PNG files, or print them -directly. -
-Real-time moving map which overlays the in-progress flight -on satellite imagery fetched from Google Maps. This lets you -see in pictures where your rocket has landed, allowing you -to plan recovery activities more accurately. -
-Wireless recovery system testing. Prep your rocket for -flight and test fire the deployment charges to make sure -things work as expected. All without threading wires through -holes in your airframe. -
-Optimized flight status displays. Each flight state now has -it’s own custom tab in the flight monitoring window so you -can focus on the most important details. Pre-flight, the -system shows a set of red/green status indicators for -battery voltage, apogee/main igniter continutity and GPS -reception. Wait until they’re all green and your rocket is -ready for flight. There are also tabs for ascent, descent -and landing along with the original tabular view of the -data. -
-Monitor multiple flights simultaneously. If you have more -than one TeleDongle, you can monitor a flight with each one -on the same computer. -
-Automatic flight monitoring at startup. Plug TeleDongle into -the machine before starting AltosUI and it will -automatically connect to it and prepare to monitor a flight. -
-Exports Google Earth flight tracks. Using the Keyhole Markup -Language (.kml) file format, this provides a 3D view of your -rocket flight through the Google Earth program. -