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A good rule of thumb is 1.5 x out the predicted altitude. I usually don’t even start really looking until I’ve gotten out that far. For that matter, I’ll wander around for an hour or so and then give up…   Read more»

I always look 1.3 x altitude.I chased my Toothless out about 4500 feet on a 4000 foot flight Saturday just before they began shutting down the range. Ken R. always tells me to look further out than you think it…   Read more»

Thanks Steve, yeah I looked on that line on Sunday, and still did not find it. I was only looking about 1/2 mile (2600 feet) out, as this is what my simulation was saying (3000 feet, assuming about 15mph wind),…   Read more»

I sent up my arrow (as in Pork Arrow) just before you sent up yours or just after — I forgot which — in the same rack.It landed 1.10 miles away and was on a straight line between the windmill…   Read more»

Thanks, Scott. With the club’s shovel I got all of it out. The chute appears to be salvageable

Adrian, I found it, and tried to bring it back. One I figured out that was not possible, I tried to mark it well for you. It was a pretty little black carbon fiber flower sticking up on the prairie.

Sweet, I didn’t think it landed this side of the gully.

Found!This rocket was found just on the near side of the closest gully. Sorry I forgot the name of the rocketeer who found it for me, but the parts that were still buried were nicely marked so that I could…   Read more»

Cool, thanks Mark!

Art, he just recently got the 54mm into production, they are not listed on the website but are available. Shoot him an email, he’ll get back to you pretty quick.

Thanks guys, it was good to be back out again! He doesn’t have a 54mm cone listed, that is kind of a bummer.

And the 38mm is a 7:1 Von Karman, the only one commercially available as far as I know. I happened to buy one last night, as a matter of fact.

Yep, Jeff makes a good cone. I have a 54mm and a 75mm, and they look great. I also like the long aspect ratio of 6:1 that Jeff uses.Good to see you up on the prairie yesterday, amigo.

shameless plug, since you asked: Jeff Lane, Shockwaverocketry.com. Very nice stuff, no gel coat.

Talking of smell, tonight at a rock quarry west of Loveland, our men’s group from church had a shoot-out. We had free food and drink and were shooting bows and arrows, pistols, shotguns, muzzle-loaders and rifles up to 50 cal….   Read more»

Hoppe’s #9… I never would have thought of it thought it makes total sense. The smell alone is nostalgia of going shooting with my dad too.

From the August launch I learned:1. That my home made spring steel engine hook designed to hold a 29 6gXL works, so that is a good thing. I now have another way to secure a motor in a bird, without…   Read more»

Thanks Ken

Indeed, it was foound and returned to the LCO table… about 30 minutes after you left… I have it for safe keeping and will return it to you the next time we see you, probably at August launch.

i think ?? it was found