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I didn’t fly anything because of the icky weather, but I did get to see a lot of very cool flights, make some new friends (and see some friends I hadn’t seen in a while), and have a little too…   Read more»

Wow, great photos Mike – GREAT Weekend!!! I’m sorting the cards – will get to posting sooner rather than later but there’s a pile of ’em. Roughly 70 flights on Friday, twice as many on Saturday and another 70 some…   Read more»

Wow, great photos Mike – GREAT Weekend!!! I’m sorting the cards – will get to posting sooner rather than later but there’s a pile of ’em. Roughly 70 flights on Friday, twice as many on Saturday and another 70 some…   Read more»

Great launch.I was there for the afternoon on Friday, all of Saturday, and most of Sunday.Weather Friday was partly sunny with moderate wind. It shifted almost 180% around 3:00 and a storm blew in. Strong winds until sundown, then thick…   Read more»

Thanks Joe. I ran Rocksim with the Estes ones and it worked fine. I picked 2 of them up at Hobbytown. WIll probably need to buy some igniters for them from you.

The way I understood it, Aerotech was making them for Estes (private label) but I also heard Estes was working on making new Black Powder motors although I’m doubtful F and G’s in BP would work. Not sure how many…   Read more»

Thanks for the Heads Up! Yes, we should be able to coordinate windows for all three days. Exact times I’m not sure about but the way the waiver is written, we should be good to go!

Boy I hope so. That will be way cool.

The main difference between hybrids and solids are:Generally lower average thrust but longer burn time.Motors are longer.Center of gravity is further back.More complicated motor assembly.Lower cost per flight (if using club GSE)Little or no regulation.ALWAYS have to use electronic deployment.Are…   Read more»

Same as between 38mm solids and 54mm solids. More impulse. 38mm goes from H-I (some very low J’s) and 54mm goes from J-K. I do have the full SRS 38 and 54mm set that I loan out.Edward

Any recommendations regarding 38 vs. 54? I’ll be at MHM and I may hunt you down for a chat, if you’re available.Thanks!Steve

RATT Works, Hypertech and Contrail still do. My recommendation would be RATT Works. Simple and easy to work with. Less parts and Dave knows what he is doing. If you can find a set of SRS hardware (29, 38 or…   Read more»

Many of us are interested. It is one of those things on my rocket bucket list.Is anyone commercially offering hybrids anymore?

The track I may have nuked from my Astro. I will check.

My rocket deployed then drifted in the wind .3 miles due east tailing just a bit south.Do you have GPS track of your flight you could share? If so, that and the time of launch would help me put together…   Read more»

If I was betting on it’s landing spot, I’d say it is somewhere close to the word “location” on your map. My rocket deployed then drifted in the wind .3 miles due east tailing just a bit south.

across the main road south east of the entrance to our launch site. It was .5 miles east of the entrance and 60 yards south of the road.It hit 13,000 feet, but weathercocked a bit heading due south from the…   Read more»

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-t9BHkfHHxvUVEwcXhWNV9oZ0k/edit?usp=sharingRed is the rocket’s flight path I got from the TeleMega. Blue are the GPS tracks of me wandering around looking. I had a decent pair of binoculars for the southeast loop track. The found rocket point is where I…   Read more»

Dave,Your bird should show up – glad you found Steve’s – sorry you’ve misplaced yours. With the number of folks expected at MHM, the prairie should yield it up to wandering eyes. This much I can almost certainly guarantee -…   Read more»

I’ve just barely started working on the logs but I know that Steven Brown is missing his Patriot and my extended forward closure within. Contact Steve here: gennadybrown@gmail.com