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Have great river trip Warren!Art

IF – they are done by then, hold on to mine and I will get it from you at the launch too. If not, let me know and I will pick it up from you, that will save the shipping……GregO.k.I’ll…   Read more»

IF – they are done by then, hold on to mine and I will get it from you at the launch too. If not, let me know and I will pick it up from you, that will save the shipping……Greg

I definitely will, assuming I get done with them by then and I attend the launch. Still a little too much that could go wrong before then to make a firm promise, though.

Hey Adrian,How much of the Beeline antenna have you cut and how far could you get a good signal? I know you said you have cut half or so off……. But, if I end up milling out the nose cone…   Read more»

I’ll take one Adrian. About time I stop talking about it and fly one in one of my birds. Can you bring one with you to the June launch?Warren

Thanks for your order.My wife tells me that the panel of boards just arrived from the surface-mount assembler, so I have my fingers crossed, too. It will really suck if there is an assembly error or a design problem that…   Read more»

Hey Warren,I’d be up to it for the experience alone….. It would give me something to shoot for. No pun intended… I’ve been lacking on motivation to move rockets back up in pecking order.Adrian,Make sure batch #2 is a good…   Read more»

The av-bay I’m working on fits a Parrot, a Beeline, the Beeline antenna and two batteries (one for the alt, one for deployments + tracker) in a 24mm coupler tube, about 2.4″ long. The boards and batteries weigh 15 grams.Robert…   Read more»

Getting small altitude rockets back is the biggest challenge of all. My optimal mass predictions for F and smaller barely have had room for the traditional altimeters I’ve been using (mostly Perfectflight MAWD’s – about 24gr for board, batteries, ejection…   Read more»

Thanks for the kind words of support.An F32 would do a bit better than an F10, but either one should be able to crush the TRA record, given an optimized rocket flying a Beeline and a Parrot.I’m confident about that…   Read more»

I think the L330’s advantage aside from the diameter is its long burn. Also some of the tweaks you used such as the really teeny tailcone and other innovations to shorten the length of the bird really help as well….   Read more»

Certainly my success has come with smaller diameter motors. I think it is incredible that the TRA record L was attained with a 14% L (114% of the impulse of a full K). That was a indeed because it is…   Read more»

I stand corrected John. I had remembered that K shot as taking place at MHM, but checking my flight log I realized I never flew anything in 07 and that MHM 07 was more or less rained out.John, you reiterate…   Read more»

By the way, there was less than a year of life left on the cert on those F32’s when you gave them to me. I believe you gave them to me last May or June and their cert ran out…   Read more»

TRA has had some discussions in both their forums and their email lists regarding loads that had their certifications expired. The general consensus from TRA was that loads – once no longer certified – could not be flown at a…   Read more»

My point – the one I keep trying to make – is that no 29mm motor exists that can compete with a 24mm motor of equivalent impulse. O.k., then send an F32 above 8422 feet and we’ll talk about how…   Read more»

Was discussed during one of the exec meetings at my house since last O’fest. Since we are adding staged, clusters, complex and EX altitude records, was thought that allowing motors past their cert life to be used as well.By the…   Read more»

I’d have to check around but it seems as if a motor once “certified” that expires for sport flying use can still be flown on Research Days providing the RSO approves. As to records, I’d count it but not sure…   Read more»

another topic (same lines as above) – “modified closures”. I have used them as they were not precluded by the NCR rules. I’m talking about drilling and tapping a fwd closure for retention, tailcones, etc. I would understand if they…   Read more»