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Day four was near perfect weather.What a great ‘O’ launch.Many other good flights.My 4″ Thor when up well on a K. But the main did not deploy.Landed well and just a little repair it will be back up and flying.Here…   Read more»

Day two was not to be.Day three started out slow but ended well. Flying startedabout noon. The weater improved every hour.Adrian had a 32000′ flight today.And there was a level 3 by Dave H.Many real good flightday three picshttps://picasaweb.google.com/mshinn2001/NCROktoberfestDay3#Day four…   Read more»

Was a perfect day for flying. Blue skys, calm winds, warmtemps.Here are some pics. Vids will come after Monday.https://picasaweb.google.com/mshinn2001/NCROctoberfestDay1#Most expect Saturday to wet and windy. Most are staying forthe better weather Sunday. And best weather Monday for thosewho…   Read more»

Mike, you seem to have some intimate knowledge of the group:”Six port-a PotsI know there are a few BIG ones planned for the weekeend.”Looking forward to joining you all.

It looks pretty good for most of today. We will be on the fringeof a red flag but the NOAA says…..http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=BOU&issuedby=BOU&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1With that said. We should get a few rockets up today.WOO WOO

This motor case has been recovered.

With this in mind, I’ll probably take highway 85 all the way up. Thanks for the heads-up!

Larry and I will have a mobile house. Look for us there.Steve J.

Yes I DO.And I will not be using it. And I will loan it all weekend.I will have it in my case with the cool tool the guys in our shop put togeather. It has a new nozzle retainer because…   Read more»

Yes I DO.And I will not be using it. And I will loan it all weekend.I will have it in my case with the cool tool the guys in our shop put togeather. It has a new nozzle retainer because…   Read more»

Came back today. More snow as You head north. Pretty wet.Weather slowing down now. Got back at 1:00. Ran toFort Collins then back to Cheyenne. Nasty between FCand Cheyenne.It will be soggy by mid morning. Show up early while theground…   Read more»

Fantastic! I’ll come and join tomorrow.40deg and strong winds in FC this morning.

Yes you can join onsite – see Joe Hinton. You can also cert up to L2 via Joe or if you are cert’d via NAR, then those certs are reciprocal.Snow falling in Lyons, outside temp is 34 degrees. I’m going…   Read more»

I have 1/2 inch of snow here in Highlands Ranch. Looking at the forecast for Carr, it looks like winds are expected 15-30 throughout the day, in addition to the rain. My plan had been to drive out mid-day today,…   Read more»

That’s great!But, one last question: can I join Tripoli at the launch site? Joining online is not going to provide much “evidence” of membership within the next 24 hours.Geof

Dave is most certainly correct. The rules were changed 2 years ago. You don’t need to be certified, you just need to be a Tripoli member. Of course you can only fly to your certification level. non-cert- up to G,…   Read more»

Dave is correct, you must be a L2 or L3 TRA to fly research only. If you are flying commercial motors at a research sanctioned launch you must be a TRA member to fly.

All of the head honchos are out at the launch :-)Normally, when we conduct Tripoli Research launches at Hartsel, we make the same stipulations: Must be a Tripoli member, must be level 2 or 3, and must be 18 or…   Read more»

Can any head honcho clear this up?At the Tripoli site, they say that L2 is required to launch *research* motors, and it seems to imply that non-research motors can be flown by any Tripoli member (except, obviously, the ordinary certification…   Read more»

Not to be divisive, but NAR did everything they could to kill HPR (G & above) before they realized they had to get on board. NOTHING they have ever done since has done anything to advance HPR other than to…   Read more»