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Thanks everyone for jumping in and being a part of my project team.Well, before I got back to the computer, I went ahead and used the tools I had, the hor-vert metal cutting bandsaw. See pictures. It has a hydraulic…   Read more»

I use a 10″ chop saw with a cut-off wheel and then dress the cut edge with my benchtop disk sander. After that I go over the cut edge by hand with some 220 wet/dry paper under water. Wear a…   Read more»

I just mark the tube and use an Xacto diamond cutoff wheel (cuts it like butter). I know what you’re asking, Mike. I don’t know of any saw that will do a perfect job without damaging the G10. Not that…   Read more»

I cut it rough (not worrying about being even or square) with a Dremel cutter with a diamond saw and then finish the edge with an edge sander.Doug

8) The folks I know , use a a chopsaw with one of those brown or black cut of wheels. The idea is to grind thru the G10 as it does not cut well. The wheel will leave a nice…   Read more»

I did the Kiss method for my L2 and did motor ejection. used a 38mm J350 and a PML 4″ Endeavor on a motor ejection for a successful L2 flight. Thats been MANY moons ago well before the days of…   Read more»

The fireball has worked well for me (3 out of 4 times, anyway 😕 ) The 4th flight had an early eject and the chute pulled the harness quickly down the side of the airframe before the ball even hit…   Read more»

Scott, it’s just that you need to nail that before you move up to L3. So, it took some time for me to get the hang of it. You’ll have to do it at some point, but not now. Just…   Read more»

BruceThats the second time you have written, saying you wish you would have done duel deploy on your L2 Cert. How come??Me, Im kinda fat (OK a lot fat) and need the exersice myself.Scotte

Fireballs work. I’ve never had a zipper with one. I did my L2 with a single chute and no dual deploy. Wish I’d gone dual deploy, but that’s just me. Currently, you don’t need to use dual deploy for L2.

No pumps to my knowledge. While West is the standard, I like Aeropoxy better. It cures cooler, and there’s no smell to it. I used it the other day to set an All-Thread into a nose cone, and I let…   Read more»

a full scale Mercury Redstone?I’m 5’7″ and 144 lbs. I’ll volunteer as the astronaut! C’mon, who of us hasn’t dreamed of riding on board one of our rockets! Doug’s movies give us a bird’s eye view. I’d like to see…   Read more»

So now what are you going to do – a full scale Mercury Redstone?I haven’t seen the article but I think Art is saving his pennies for flying lessons. Congratulations Art on passing your ground school test. That’s another notch…   Read more»

No, in all seriousness – Nice interview Art. So now what are you going to do – a full scale Mercury Redstone?

Mike, why is that center hole uncovered? Obvious question, but since your two avionics bay rods are on the outisde, why do you have a center hole? I know you know this–and it comes that way, but that will defeat…   Read more»

You better be damn sure know your charge is sized to be absolutely reliable about kicking the laundry out though.Absolutely! Had I not had an extra gram in my redundant charge for my last cert, it would have been bits…   Read more»

Any body have any experiance testing altimeters? The instructions says use a tube on the baro senser and draw a vacume. Joe told me some in the club, have some neet ways of testing them. ??? Food saver? Scott eNot…   Read more»

Never. You will also find folks who use a single charge with dual matches in situations with redundant altimeters. You better damn sure know your charge is sized to be absolutely reliable about kicking the laundry out though.Warren

Good pointsHas anybody had 1 cup set the other cup off???scotte

Scott,I’m too new at this to take anything I say as Gospel, but I started my design with just one cup because of space reasons. The other location held an in-line terminal block.In later discussion with folks it became obvious…   Read more»