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Chris, I’m far from knowledgeable about this. I had the question myself a number of years ago and so I asked the venerable Henry Spencer (do a Wiki search on him if you’ve never heard of him…) I can probably…   Read more»

Warren: I’d be curious to see a reference for that (the interference drag). Everything I know about interference drag (which is admittedly not much, but it at least includes the basic mechanism) and boundary layers (about which I know far…   Read more»

Make no mistake, this bird is the shit! Best fillets I’ve ever seen anyone bring me for a layup. (by the way, aerodynamically, 10% of semi-span is a minimum. 20% is closer to ideal in terms of resolving interference drag…   Read more»

Hot, Hot, Hot! Looks real nice, great job! That should be a beast!

JUST 1

Turned out VERY nice Scott. How many coats of epoxy?

Sorry you missed an awesome launch. A tad breezy at times, but gorgeous warm day and everything was coming down north of the pads. The NAR contest folks were out in force, my grandkids and their new friend Ambrose had…   Read more»

I wont be making the launch this weekend because of work. Its no big deal. I was going to use it for the MMM contest, but Ill just use one of my present 38mm rockets for it.Thanks Warren and Ken…   Read more»

I do.

I’ll dig around and see what I can find. Answer is likely I have one and it’ll be with me.

All is set up and ready to go

I’ve really only got one flight planned, and it should go up Saturday morning. Once I’m back from that, I’d be happy to help out in whatever way is needed.

Looks like the volunteer schedule on the site is still the one from last year. I’ll take a shift or two of LCO/RSO/pad manager any time Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning, as needed. Especially if somoene gets stuck and needs…   Read more»

I will volunteer to help out on Sunday morning if needed. I can be there at 8 am. I really do not feel qualified for anything, like LCO or RSO, or pad director. I have not done anything like that…   Read more»

By the way Ed, I have dibs on my normal Saturday AM slot from 8AM until noon as LCO. I might even take the noon to 2PM slot as well depending on the crowd – I don’t have a thing…   Read more»

I’ll be there Friday afternoon thru Monday afternoon and available for fire control, pushing button, pad assistant, etc.Is there a current sign up sheet?

Weather was nice, a bit of a breeze below, but at altitude not much. Pawnee is a bit green, but we could use a major rain before MHM.Thanks to all!

Pad. It took everyone by surprise though, since it did not occur immediately following a launch – it was a couple minutes after one. It must have been smoldering slightly for a while until the wind fanned it just right…   Read more»

at a pad? or a landing?

Yep. Not a large one, fortunately, due in part to luck and in part to the incredibly fast response from everyone when the cry of “FIRE” went out. It was probably 10 by 40 or 50 feet before we got…   Read more»