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I applied also and went to the gathering in Brigthon in October. No word yet. I should re-apply with my new resumes. Will do that tomorrow. The thing about the meeting(s) is that it is for THIS year and beyond….   Read more»

My wife and I applied there and there was nothing for us, but quite exciting what they are doing.W

I have a good friend who just started there a couple months ago. Not many openings there for what I do, but I’d be happy to put resumes in through him. He sits near the HR person. I hear they…   Read more»

Anyone on the forum work at Vestas or know someone there?They are one of the few local companies hiring these days.

I got stuck for 15 minutes yesterday in Ft. Collins. Waitin for T Boone Pickens slow train too the wind farm to get out of the way. Musta been 30-40 blades on that train.Theres your future Greg, You and…   Read more»

I always watch the wind farms hoping to see one of those go flying off the turbine…… 😛 Now THAT would be cool to see. I wonder if they are dual or single deploy.

Great!Now the speculators are gona have a run on Balsa and wind! 🙁

If it’s for a Vestas wind turbine, they make those up in Windsor. They are why the price of balsa is going up! They are opening up a new plant for the nacelle (hub/generator stuff) in Brighton soon. My friend…   Read more»

I love seeing those on the highway loaded up in the trucks…. makes my little saturn sedan seem like a hotwheels

Built in America, for America!

I know, they are huge!Art

Adrian,My thought is why don’t you submit the Parrot to Tripoli as THE official recording altimeter for record flights? Let them test them against calibrated standards and mandate that IT is the “official” altimeter for TRA altitude records?Get in touch…   Read more»

if you are able to change calibration on site, soothing/manipulating data before sending in your data for an altitude record, it is. NO one is doing any of that before they submit their data, only you.I’ll repeat what I said…   Read more»

if you are able to change calibration on site, soothing/manipulating data before sending in your data for an altitude record, it is. NO one is doing any of that before they submit their data, only you. Everyone else turns on…   Read more»

James,Of course the Parrot doesn’t need to be recalibrated. I already said upthread that I rechecked the accuracy after the flight, just to be sure, and the accuracy was damn near perfect. The only reason I proposed bringing my chamber…   Read more»

this is a perfect example for my to point out what point I was trying to make:Why does it need to be re-calibrated? Once you have programed the altimeter and factory calibrated it why would you need to do anything…   Read more»

I always put a sealed bulkhead between the altimeter and the deployment charge. In the case of the booster converted to a single stage that went to 8241 feet, there were actually 3 separate pistons so that it could do…   Read more»

Give an experienced flyer your rocket, the same motor and your electronics and do it again. Or do it yourself with high supervision. Prove that you can do it, or come close. Science can tell you anything, except when the…   Read more»

Actually this was something I had interest in as well. Were I able to put the altimeters in with the laundry, I’d be able to save considerable space. Over in “lost and found” Adrian had commented that he didn’t see…   Read more»

Adrian, In your model rocket configurations, the altimeter is in the same envelope of the airframe so it sees the deployment charge and is directly affected by it. Would the reading be more accurate if it was isolated from the…   Read more»