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Aerotech has several bad batches of G80’s early this year. John Wilke, a club member who was helping out the TARC team had multiple G80 CATOs from a batch in January. Kids were bummed out to say the least watching…   Read more»

Sounds like you had a CATO. File a MESS report and contact Aerotech – they’ll hook you up with a new motor (the MESS report is so that they can keep track of failures).

Just talked to my neighbor… He has a functional rain gauge (I accidentally busted mine. Doh!) Anyway, he tells me that we got 0.75″ of rain! It all fell since pretty late last night. Very nice, very steady. Just right.The…   Read more»

It’s gorgeous outside! – a nice steady rain now here in Longmont for 48 hours+. I’m loving it… reminds me of the East. Nothing like a upslope storm to kill a drought…and a burn ban. If this monsoon keeps up,…   Read more»

It’s rained off and on here, with a steady rain for all of last night :)I should really get out the moccassins, as I have an I315SK left over from LDRS, and want to fly it…

I just checked my WX station here at the house for totals-Friday .05″Sat .09″Today .59″ since midnightI have some wet sanding to do today- maybe i should just go stand outside and do it eh??

It’s gorgeous outside! – a nice steady rain now here in Longmont for 48 hours+. I’m loving it… reminds me of the East. Nothing like a upslope storm to kill a drought…and a burn ban. If this monsoon keeps up,…   Read more»

Its been raining out in the area here up north where I live. (about 20 to 25 min max from the North site) but I can tell you not quite enough. Im hoping we will get some of that beautiful…   Read more»

Let it rain, let it rain! Troy, you got your moccasins out, didn’t ya? 😀

The “Fire Ban” is affecting many. I work weekends and had takenvacation for the Aug. 5 launch at North.I will be comfortable in knowing that it is for the better good,and the continuation of future launches.Please keep in mind that…   Read more»

It has a healthy dose of noseweight :)It needs it anyways for optimum mass.

12″???Wow – mine is a LOT less than that. Looking at between 8.5″ and 10″ for my design. (body tube length – 12″ to 14″ overall with nosecone)You will want to make absolute CERTAIN that your CG/CP is OK. That…   Read more»

12″???Wow – mine is a LOT less than that. Looking at between 8.5″ and 10″ for my design. (body tube length – 12″ to 14″ overall with nosecone)

You can bet I won’t miss the December launch this year…Warren

Agreed. Since there’s no stipulation that the bird must be intact after it lands, a fast drop down is okay, as long as it’s legal. If it doesn’t endanger anyone on the ground, i.e., no chute–you have to have some…   Read more»

now that we are in suspension and need rain to get over it, kind of wishing it wasn’t phenolic based. JPhenolic is WONDERFULLY waterproof! I wet sand it all the time… I’ve seen phenolic rockets that sat in water for…   Read more»

Then basically you gotta hope somone trips over it. Hoping Warren is right and my h1000 bird shows up, now that we are in suspension and need rain to get over it, kind of wishing it wasn’t phenolic based….   Read more»

The nice thing is, if you fly it so as to bring it down like a rock – a streamer, a small chute with a big spill hole, etc., it WILL turn up. Someone will stumble across it – it…   Read more»

I’m all for that. I already spent what the pot is in getting the MAWD and motor… plus the sundries a rocket requires. The thing that keeps killing me… is that we are all striving to go the highest… and…   Read more»

If there is a launch between when I finish the rocket and the end of the year (basically, august or on), I will fly it, assuming the weather at all cooperates. As for loosing it – yeah, that’s my biggest…   Read more»