Mission Data Recorder & Strip Chart Graphing Tool
These two features allow the student to work with a multitude of mission parameters, providing a “quick look” during the mission or detailed analysis after. It all starts with the Mission Data Recorder. Below, the MDR is set up to record all vehicle dynamic and environmental parameters as well as the attitude control mode, current drain and sequenced events. Once the simulation is started, the selected data will be recorded at one second intervals.

During the mission, you can create simple graphs using the Strip Chart Graphing tool. Below is a FLASH presentation of strip charts depicting altitude, velocity, acceleration, roll angle, pitch angle, amps, etc. after a successful launch. Click the arrows to page left and right.

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After a mission is complete, a student can save the entire recorded data into a comma-delimited file for later analysis in other programs. This file saves all the recorded data for import into a spreadsheet.