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I will be there both days, camping in the RV. I will come with both parents and my grandparents on my mom’s side.Hope to do my Jr. L1 cert. with a FG MadCow DX3 on a CTI H133.If that goes…   Read more»

if you need it Mike. I’ll be showing up Saturday hopefully for set up. What’s the trailer’s ETA?Steve

Mike,Currently planning on setting up my camp trailer out there on Friday afternoon. If you run into any snags,,, or just rather not have to drive those extra miles early on Saturday morning, give me a call or text and…   Read more»

If you can get the trailer there for Saturday, I’ll make sure it gets back on Sunday. And I’m sure there will be helpers for the rail loading – excited to see it fly again. FYI, you are allowed to…   Read more»

Or use the complete Altus Metrum set up. Ask Bdale and Keith…To use the TeleGPS with only a hand held, (as I do),, the hand held must be capable of receiving APRS packets.I had an inquiry from someone using it…   Read more»

I was able to easily put the TeleGPS in my eBay of my Blackhawk. I flew it on a 6 grain smokey Sam. It just vanished. It was streamer recovery until the streamer ripped off.Chad M. was able to re-acquire…   Read more»

Hey, Bear….

…and less than depleted uranium.

Depleted by how much? Think I’ll give your nose cones a wide berth from now on…

My solution up till now. “still under construction”Made EB added a Styrofoam tip, (to fill void) glued in place with gorillaglue. Added PL construction adhesive and two, side dowels. The sidefilled with PL is about eight inches. 1/4” dowels thru…   Read more»

I had weight added to a 5.5″ LOC Nosecone – it eventually came out during a hard landing. I used PL Premium and scuffed the plastic. After that I decided to plastic weld a plastic 1/2″ thick bulkhead in that…   Read more»

I have used tungsten fishing weights from Walmart in the past. They are heavier and more dense than lead, the same as gold, and less than depleted uranium. They are also much less expensive and and easier to acquire,also. After…   Read more»

REPOST FROM TRF for those who don’t read that forum.OK, I finally had a chance to investigate WHY my rocket failed to deploy the drogue chute and then shredded the main when it deployed at 700′. The SL100 showed the…   Read more»

Really nice video make up! And excellent music tracks….

Very Cool! At least you got your money’s worth out of it!

Ken,Cool video – don’t know much about what’s ‘normal’, but did you notice on the super slow motion,, for just a fraction of a second (must be milliseconds in real time) at between T 0:28 and 0:29 (the frame in…   Read more»

I’m now convinced that my G3 had what would normally be called a shred, although I don’t know why the airframe failed. Of the two onboard cameras, one was lost and the other wouldn’t turn on. I did recover video…   Read more»

great photos Mike! The Bittersweet records of the last flight of the Phoenix. My 4″ V2 (Contrast) was solid and fun!

Towing and photos! Thanks Mike!Sorry your rocket got prairie rash!Hope to see you at the next launch!Steve

Here are Day two pics.I left early to get home because of weather. Missed thetornado that touched down some place, but not the hail.Was a picture perfect day for launching. Both I launched landedless that 1/4 mile. First one landed…   Read more»

Very nice quality pics. love the clarity.I launched my PUMA on a L800 today. Launched great.Deployed chutes great. I lost sight of it (as usual) around5000 or so. 7900′. Thanks to my dog collar and a usedreceiver, I got it…   Read more»