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It’s going well, everything is on track. I tested the dropping the booster and video taped it but the link doesn’t seem to work. Once it gets repaired I’ll post it here. I nearly finished with the cowling for the…   Read more»

At the beginning of the thread, some projects stand out. One, Doug G.’s Freeze Frame: http://www.rocketryphotography.com/rockets/RocketsFreezeframe.htmlHow's that going, Doug? And Ed Dawson’s 12.5 ” Saturn V. Ed, will it be ready for Oktoberfest? Both of these look really, really good….   Read more»

John,Please don’t take offense or feel singled out here, that wasnt my intention. I just wanted to see the thread get back on track, and like Warren said, I should have probably split the topic into a new thread.Truth be…   Read more»

Now, now boys… I would like folks to stick to forum thread topics and to create new threads if the topic substantively changes… but we don’t have to be topic nazi’s here… Best if our moderators (and we could use…   Read more»

k9,Hey I just said I wanted to shoot for 30K at Balls and if I got the rocket back, fly some big commercial motors at O’fest, and that this was part of a grander plan to hit 100K w/in 10…   Read more»

I couldn’t agree less–if recriminations are made re a builders skill–ie he had several failures before getting it right, andinsodoing, maybe making it sound much more difficult than it is, and therefore potentially discouraging others from trying, I believe setting…   Read more»

I couldn’t agree less–if recriminations are made re a builders skill–ie he had several failures before getting it right, andinsodoing, maybe making it sound much more difficult than it is, and therefore potentially discouraging others from trying, I believe setting…   Read more»

On some of the forums I belong to or admin/moderate this thread would be considered tame, but given that this forum is what it is, I have to say that the back and forth here is getting close to that…   Read more»

Maybe I dont get it or am taking it wrongly But was this nessacary to post? I would appreceate it if this thread was back to the orginal topic as I felt the disscusion of this was done..

I contacted Jim Jarvis re his L3 flight, addressing prior failures and his notions re visibility, his response follows:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxJohn,I’ll try to answer your questions as best I can. If you want to knowanything else, I’m an open book.Here’s a…[Read more]

well then Con, we may be cut from similar cloth after all. I post many provocative messages just to stir things up–get people thinking and examining the assumptions that keep us all locked up to one degree or another. It’s…   Read more»

Very well put Bruce and I agree. Im not really tring to be a a pain but just want to get people to think. Its the thinking about what we do or what is gray that may help us clear…   Read more»

Personally, when the time comes, I want to use the whimpiest M I can find (1297W) for my L3. I’m only comfortable through K’s now, so I’ll have to fly L at least once. I promised Joe H. I’d go…   Read more»

No offence is taken.. Trust me. It takes a fair amount to get under my skin as its plenty thick. Understand for me Its not a matter of seeing more into things then there is As said before I want…   Read more»

Con,I’m sorry if this may seem offensive, but you need to relax. I looked into the airspace cylinder issue and did some research, finally to agree, and defend your position. How high “you” see is not the issue. I’ve seen…   Read more»

Ive had no problems seeing any of my flights to easily 13 K. that was with a rocket that was only 3 inch diameter and 7 ft tall. once again All I try to point out here is interpertations. It…   Read more»

Con.Not sure what you mean by seen. The rocket was seen via smoke trail to apo, and arguably noone sees a rocket directly w/o help above 10K or in the case of my own L3, a humongo 40′ streamer at…   Read more»

Yes we do dissagree with this. BUT once again read what I said it states. Its states That the flight must be seen. Not heard from GPS or anything else. BUT seen to have exhibited the correct mannor for certification….   Read more»

Con,i guess we’ll have to continue to disagree, the GPS locked around apo, and we had reports on the loudspeaker system, 35k…34…33…etc until mains deployed when they were supposed to.There was no chance he had a premature..um..event, and that rocket…   Read more»

As far as tubing goes I agree that FWFG is probably not the most superior ..but its does do a great job. My preference is to Convolute made products like Convolute wound FG tubing or CF tubing. anyhow..A far as…   Read more»