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Got to say Sponge Bob and his friends could always fly under my name. We all learned alot from Mike – don’t write him off completely. True rocketeers always come back to the launch field eventually. Cheers!!! How much do…   Read more»

Thanks Art…sniff sniff. Hey I won’t be selling the rockets, just the stuff. I may still fly under someone else if I get the itch. I do plan on being around however. The rocketry people at NCR and Tripoli Colorado…   Read more»

Mike, I just got to thinking and realized that you will be the third major flyer that the club has lost in the last 6 months. First Conway, then Justin, now you. I saw Conway today and talked to Justin…   Read more»

Mike, you crack me up. A powered paraglider would be better then a Cessna any day for finding rockets, plus when you are done you probably won’t feel sick like I have the past two times from all the tight…   Read more»

WOW!! ?? 😯 :(I understand.

Dewayne,Here’s my welcome to you as well! The most critical thing is a new exacto blade, like Joe said. Don’t punch through on the first cut but hold the knife still with the tip of the blade touching the line…   Read more»

Dewayne, welcome to to the forum! I to live south of the mall, several of us live in the area. Might need to start a carpool.

Dewayne, you’ve been given the best advice, and welcome! I don’t live that far from you. Maybe some time we can get together and talk rockets. I’ve been cutting tubes since 1965 just the way our club prez (Joe Hinton)…   Read more»

Hey Dewayne welcome to NCR. You are in with a great group of guys and gals with a huge amount of knowledge. Should not have any problem finding info or help here.

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions.Dewayne

For Estes type paper tubes, I use a small miter box and an X-acto razor saw. Need to do a little touch up with 220 sandpaper afterwards and then you’re good to go.Welcome on board.Warren

Welcome!About the only thing I’d add, would be to back up the cut to prevent tearing through the inside of the tube. Keep a stock of dowels and tubing couplers and just slide one in to support the tube while…   Read more»

Greetings and welcome to NCR’s forums. Possibly the easiest way is to wrap the straight edge of a piece of paper around the tube, tape it in place so that it’s even, mark the line with a sharpie or pen…   Read more»

HummmI’ll be down the road a ways this weekend, it may be worth a 30-45 minute drive up there….

Oh yah, I forgot about that.Art

I already cut the CPs off…. I’m going to put them together today if I have time out here.Oh yeah, this charger is basically a computer system. I can do anything I want. It also has a temperature monitor and…   Read more»

Are your cells bare, or do they have cell protection circuitry built in? If they have the protection circuits, you would need to watch out for the protection circuits cutting off the current and starving the Hi-alt’s power supply when…   Read more»

The HA uses a pass through setup that fires the igniter directly from the battery. The RRC uses capacitance IF I remember correctly. But, I’m not using LiPo on the RRC…. In fact, my dual deploy bird will use an…   Read more»

The Parrot uses a single (3.8V) 70 mAhr cell that is semi-permanently affixed to the altimeter. The USB interface for the Parrot charges it whenever it’s plugged in.The deployments require a separate user-supplied battery. For that job I use a…   Read more»

wow, accidents happen. Please, let’s all be very careful out there and keep the pointy end facing up.