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There is currently a bug in the SSS and SSSS contest code that causes the current standings not to be displayed. I’m working on getting it fixed. I believe we have had 2 flights – one by Ed Dawson was…   Read more»

Warren,Does that mean there is a flight posted above 12k at this point? The standings aren’t showing any numbers for either unless recently updated.Thanks,John

Historically speaking, flights which exceed the waiver must be reported at the waiver minus 5′ so that there is nothing in writing to implicate the flyer or the club in violating an FAA waiver. Therefore, you can’t win the SSSS…   Read more»

What was the altitude on Ed’s? Also wondering if we head SE to Atlas next month–now that I’m moved and back in the building mode, say I break the 12K waiver on my ssss flight by a couple hundred feet,…   Read more»

Well you kicked John’s butt with that altitude… nIndeed he did… that said, as I noted in the forums earlier this year, I wasn’t going for shear altitude — I placed a lot of emphasis on recovery. I remember posting…   Read more»

Yes, I’ve been thinking about that all day. I wish I could have gotten to the site before 1:00. If I had launched earlier in the day then perhaps I could have found it before the waiver closed.Oh well. Another…   Read more»

Well you kicked John’s butt with that altitude… however, the rules are the bird had to be returned by close of waiver on the day the bird is launched so you DQ’d… However, you definitely had the maximum returned altitude….   Read more»

Art, Joe and I spent about an hour looking for rockets this morning. Joe found his and I found my bird just past the gas line to the North-East. No altitude at first, but then left it in the trailer…   Read more»

Man gentalmen this SSS it eating away at our recovery systems!…. Sorry for the loss the best way to find is to do searches going back and forth up and down to find them and dont always look were the…   Read more»

Ed’s is history as well… somewhere out on the prairie.Warren

So you never found yours either…Do you know what happened to Ed’s?I had to leave just before his flew…

Sutter…wood is for BDR’s…BIG DUMB ROCKETS. why do you think Ferrari’s use light strong high quality materials? because they’re sports cars. You’re building a sports car of a rocket, you don’t want to have steel wheels on that beast do…   Read more»

well i layed down some fiber and some 20 min epoxy on the fins that should hold them well. aerosleeving is too much weight we are going for records here lol (my own personal record)i think it will hold G10…   Read more»

Personally I would use G10 for the fin cores and slot them into the airframe, then run 1 or more layers of glass or carbon tip to tip across the entire fin. I’ve done some spectacular shreds on Machbusters I’ve…   Read more»

I’ve got the Skyripper 29 and 38 motors. These are wonderfully simple for my idiodic self to put together and fly. The others that I’ve seen flew equally as well. Much simpler than Hypertec.That being said, I’ve also flown some…   Read more»

Elvis has had his problems w/ HyperTEK, as have others. The stem issue has been a booger. I have heard TCO has had issues as well.Doug Pratt sells igniter grains for the RATTs, which are conveniently just a hair under…   Read more»

I’ve flown my Hypertek without a single problem. Biggest bitch was mounting up the fill stem assembly to the rail I was using and getting it all tweaked in so in moved freely when the tie-downs melted through. Flew the…   Read more»

The RATT is more of a bitch to prep and light, but the Hypertek has more GSE to deal with.WarrenBoy, with all due respect, I have to totally disagree. We’ve had 100% success with lighting the RATT, except once when…   Read more»

We have had great luck w/ RATT and Sky Ripper. I’m very much looking forward to Edward’s system. It is very fair to say that we have had less luck w/ HyperTEKs. It is true that they have flown at…   Read more»

I use the Skyripper system (SRS) 38mm and 29mm engines. I have never used the Hypertek. I think the The Skyripper and Ratt very similar and mechanically are very simple. They both require Pyrotechnic to ignite where as the Hypertek…   Read more»