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Guys, I own a larger version of the bicycle tower. It is 60″ long – designed to fit into the truck I had at the time, which had a 61″ long bed. My hunch is that this sucker could be…   Read more»

This tower will be easy then. I just need to fabricate a triangle of square thin wall tubing to hold the top end rigid and perhaps add some eye bolts there for guy lines and it’s ready to use. Probably…   Read more»

Ya know Warren I forgot all about that tower. I can remember seeing it used by a few folks back in the day of PHITS. I Will have to see if I have an pictures of it from past so…   Read more»

Sorry Conway – you said tower and I immediately thought large rocket needing a rail.The bicycle tower and Bob Messner’s tower aren’t big enough to handle a 4″ bird even though they’d probably adjust that large. At 4′ total guide…   Read more»

Doug, Had a similar Idea. Would love to see more on what you had in mind. I was looking at using something even lighter weight then the rail. Something like lightweight steel tube for the upward beams and they an…   Read more»

Conway,I obtained some aluminum rings I was going to use to build a tower launcher with and even came up with a cool plan. I haven’t built it yet and have lost interest in doing so but I still have…   Read more»

Warren, I knew about all the rails. Did my L3 with Full Throttle on the Swing set. Ive even flown it off of Dougs. But looking at towers like what Joe is listing. No buttons no rail guides no launch…   Read more»

The bicycle rim tower is adjustable to accomodate up to a 4 inch diameter bird, I believe, although it is limited to approximately five feet in length. Contact Bob Messner regarding his beautiful piece of furniture tower as I don’t…   Read more»

The largest tower we have is the Swing Set which sports a 16′ rail. Art launched the Event Horizon from it which had a flight weight of over 300#. I’m not sure what the rail on it is but it’s…   Read more»

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Yes, I do have the case for it. I’m not sure exactly where, but I’ll dig for it before the annual meeting on Saturday.Warren

That’s a great motor – I have one sitting in my buddy’s magazine right now and planning on flying it in a minimum diameter bird either at Mile High Mayhem or in June.WarrenWarrenDo you have a case for that motor….   Read more»

That’s a great motor – I have one sitting in my buddy’s magazine right now and planning on flying it in a minimum diameter bird either at Mile High Mayhem or in June.Warren

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That’s a great motor – I have one sitting in my buddy’s magazine right now and planning on flying it in a minimum diameter bird either at Mile High Mayhem or in June.Warren

What Warren said. Another curious question, what long burn motor are you going to use? Cesaroni moonburner?Actually, wrong Moon Burners (Cesaroni). I looked those up today, 98 mms of WOW! Level 3 stuff out of my League right now, and…   Read more»

Actually our 1010 and 1515 rails are mostly 8′ sections although we do have a couple old Blacksky rails (same as the 1010 for buttons) that are 6′ and a couple sections of 1515 that are only 6′ long. Figure…   Read more»

Ah SherlockA Moon Burner!

What Warren said. Another curious question, what long burn motor are you going to use? Cesaroni moonburner?

Actually our 1010 and 1515 rails are mostly 8′ sections although we do have a couple old Blacksky rails (same as the 1010 for buttons) that are 6′ and a couple sections of 1515 that are only 6′ long. Figure…   Read more»

I have in mind, one long burning motor, I would like to try this spring. It doest pack as much punch up front, but it will take the Rocket a little over mach according to Rocksim(yes I know its not…   Read more»