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I might have a nose cone… Will look later tonight and post here my results. But I know I dont have any QT tube.Conway

Way to go, Mike! Congrats!

Congratulations Mike!!! Thanks for representing NCR and doing so well. Maybe other members will get the bug again and play for points and prizes next contest year.

Here’s the standings/results from last weekend (June 21-22) NAR competition down at White Sands. From Colorado, Russ Anthony’s family represented CRASH and Becky and I went down representing NCR. Besides the folks listed below from FLARE and SMRA in NM,…   Read more»

I may be there. It’s been a number of years since I last attended this launch.Doug

Well We have a winner on the Kit and Altimeter…. Jeremiah Johnson was first out of the gates to PM/email me… Sorry to all those that shot me a PM or email after his.ConwayPS will have some other stuff soon…   Read more»

too much ignorance involved in this supposedly newsworthy scare

Hey, I resemble that remark! You’re right, just a gut reaction on my part, no brain involved.

As far as im concerned and have been for some time news channels, magazines and newspapers have been the original “reality shows” (read as sarcastic / oxy-moron) of all time with the word of reality or even truth being far…   Read more»

Whoa now – ease on back a touch. Too many speculations and too much ignorance involved in this supposedly newsworthy scare. Ain’t nothing but media spin and boredom that makes this a Code Red. Next we’ll learn the mis-guided flying…   Read more»

Update at the Houston Chronicle:Jenni Etgen, treasurer of the Houston Chapter of Tripoli Rocketry Association, said none of the area rocket clubs had scheduled launches over the holiday weekend.That’s good. This is a more tame article and helps to cut…   Read more»

Whoa now – ease on back a touch. Too many speculations and too much ignorance involved in this supposedly newsworthy scare. Ain’t nothing but media spin and boredom that makes this a Code Red. Next we’ll learn the mis-guided flying…   Read more»

I hope the FBI finds ’em and puts them away. No excuse to shoot rockets off like that. Talk about a stupid spokesman. What’s his name, “Airhead”? We all know it’s against everything we stand for. It just takes one…   Read more»

Alas, it gets even sillier. CNN’s headline is now “Jet dodges rocket-like object in air.” I hope those passengers were belted in for those emergency rocket avoidance maneuvers. Adrian, the pilot used their flares to misguide the rocket so no…   Read more»

Alas, it gets even sillier. CNN’s headline is now “Jet dodges rocket-like object in air.” I hope those passengers were belted in for those emergency rocket avoidance maneuvers.

Everything happens bigger and better in Texas. And there are Morons everywhere. Another “nearly hit” (?) or completely missed incident blown way out of proportion.

Lovely… just f*cking lovely…

it gets worse. Read http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5802729.html That “rocketry spokesman” is either a total nit or he was miserably misquoted.From the article: “Robert Morehead, an engineer who is president of the Amateur Spaceflight Association in Houston, said the FAA would only need…   Read more»

a report from a Continental Airlines pilot who told air-traffic controllers he was startled to see what looked like a model rocket with a flaming tail shoot past his cockpit window…The pilot spotted the object flying at 5,000 feetWow -…   Read more»

If you’re curious enough, do your own test and use a Parrot to measure the drag differences. Since you’re measuring the drag force rather directly, the results won’t get affected my motor impulse variation, weathercocking, etc. I’m planning to do…   Read more»

I want to re-iterate my request for folks to give me some input on fin fillets and fin fillet sizing with respect to interference drag. I received a reply on the arocket list from the inestimable Henry Spencer that quotes…   Read more»