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If they are flying Ill be there!I may be sitting in the car but Ill be there!I actually use to work outside in the winter many many moons ago.So as long as the wind aint blowin it wont be bad!!And…   Read more»

Scott, was your meeting with Ken informative? Paint, man, paint! Are you going to attempt your L2 on Saturday? Can’t be there, gonna be warm and watching Tennessee beat LSU. Yeah, right.

Actually if its like today I can hack it.—racing to finish and maybe even have paint by saturday! 🙂

Then how am i gonna get my cookie?

Meeting?

Then how am i gonna get my cookie?

WellThe forecast for Satuday is HIGHS IN THE 30s! (hope it changes)Um–do we worry about Um–O-ring failures? 8ODoes the club have de-icing equipment or is the flyer responsable for his own heating system? Scott eNo you dont have to worry…   Read more»

WellThe forecast for Satuday is HIGHS IN THE 30s! (hope it changes)Um–do we worry about Um–O-ring failures? 8ODoes the club have de-icing equipment or is the flyer responsable for his own heating system? Scott e

Scott, not a PML guy here. They make great rockets though. I just went a different route. I’m one of those main-out-the-nose guys. But it’s so great to have a new member so excited and asking questions. You’ll never find…   Read more»

okso the main will go in the nose.One thing to mention in this rocket, it more like pops the back off (or fin can) than breaks in half. (not much halving there) I did find a place in the instructions…   Read more»

A full-sized Nike-Black Brant comes in hot from 900 miles down to 25000′ AGL before popping the drogue chute which then pulls the 48′ main out directly. The chute pops at Mach 2+. How’s that for a justification of no…   Read more»

A full-sized Nike-Black Brant comes in hot from 900 miles down to 25000′ AGL before popping the drogue chute which then pulls the 48′ main out directly. The chute pops at Mach 2+. How’s that for a justification of no…   Read more»

So, correct me if my thinking is wrong. I dont think they specify in the instructions, or at least I didnt see it. Drogue chute in the top at the nose cone and main at the bottom. My thinking is…   Read more»

I haven’t done anything but zipperless in 3 years…Warren

The method you guys are referring to is what most call zipperless. Its not the”norm” as it may think. I don’t believe there is a normal way to do alot of things in this hobby. But a lot of preferred…   Read more»

There are piston guys in the club (JW, Warren M., Doug Gerrard, etc.), and those who don’t use pistons because they can bind. I’m a *huge* fan of pistons. Much depends on the airframe, but I have used glass airframes…   Read more»

I have yet to do my first DD, but from everything I’ve read, drogue in the lower, main by the nose is the standard method. The shock (even if mild) of the drogue opening would probably shear the pins with…   Read more»

I tend to go the other way – main out the nose, drogue from the middle. This is because the nose cone, being one of the lightest components of the rocket, is less likely to come off in the shock…   Read more»

So, correct me if my thinking is wrong. I dont think they specify in the instructions, or at least I didnt see it. Drogue chute in the top at the nose cone and main at the bottom. My thinking is…   Read more»

Tim is spending thanksgiving week in Seattle with family.