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Breathing apparatus necessary above 25,000′ – apply now to the TRA BoD if you’re planning on going over the established waiver limits. Unless you’re like the late Sir Edmund and can rough/tough it out. We’ve got General clearance to 20K….   Read more»

A vacuum chamber? Please, this whole project sucks! Notice the altitudes Joe mentioned… there’s no wonder why this guy gets elected Prez year after year.

Breathing apparatus necessary above 25,000′ – apply now to the TRA BoD if you’re planning on going over the established waiver limits. Unless you’re like the late Sir Edmund and can rough/tough it out. We’ve got General clearance to 20K….   Read more»

Thanks Greg, I hope you have fun with that rocket.Mods’ feel free to delete this thread.Seth

PMd you.

i have seen the guy at the composite store use Cutco scissors (lifetime guarantee) and i have seen him use some ceramic scissors. but the Cutco cut right through Aramid with no problem…. carbon is almost the same as cutting…   Read more»

Carbon is very similar to fiberglass in ease of cutting (kevlar is a pain in the rear), but from my experience it does fray more easily than any glass I’ve worked with. Be careful of the stray fibers, and you…   Read more»

Good advice, Art – I’m going to feel bad if I cover this stuff up with primer 😯 That said, I’m going to go all out for performance here. I’d rather have it go a wee bit higher vs. looking…   Read more»

John, either of the orders in which you decide to lay up your fabric won’t make a real difference as far as structure goes. It would make it a lot easier to finish if you start with the smallest layer…   Read more»

John, you’ve laid up some carbon with me if I recall right – weren’t you there when I laid up the UprOar fins?WarrenI was there to wet the fabric and apply the material, but was not there when it was…   Read more»

I use a pair of “scissors” that will cut pennies… or a pair of garage scissors that are not exactly sharp. Just hold the fiber and cut at 90 degrees, just try not to fray it. No big deal. Warren,…   Read more»

I use a “pizza cutter” for fabric, a steel staightedge, and a cutting mat and get perfect cuts everytime. If you put anything on the cut edge to hold the fabric together like CA or Fray-Check, the epoxy will not…   Read more»

A good sharp pair of scissors will do just fine.Art

I use something similar but they are kitchen shears – heavy duty and they cut through CF with ease.

I use Fiskar’s scissors. I like to seal the edge with CA first but I’ve had no problem cutting it.Doug

I’ve been pretty happy with the http://www.godaddy.com Website tonight product. It has a web page builder and templates in it that are easy to use. I haven’t done any web stuff before and I did get my site up and…   Read more»

Well decided to register our domain name last night.coloradoresearchsupply.comNow I think for starters I would love to find a simple host with simple pages for now. Stuff that we can put up some pictures announcements and info along with contact…   Read more»

If you’re planning an online store, you’ll need a bit more than what you can get for $5.95 a month. A simple presence-site with static content can easily be done that way and that’s probably the way you want to…   Read more»

Thanks for all the suggestions everyone. I will look at them later and see what I would like to do..Hey Mike, Would you do me a favor. I saw an email from you earlier today but some how it got…   Read more»

looking for someone that would have some interest to set up and help mantain a website for CRS. Let me know if you would be interested and what could be done. Please feel free to PM me or email me.Conway,…   Read more»