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Check this out. I was kind of amazed that the public opinion was as low as it actually was during the Apollo program. It was never more than 50% except right after the Apollo 11 moon landing, when it peaked…   Read more»

(fixed broken link to rocket picture)My co-worker who is the president of the Southern Arizona Rocketry Association (SARA) has built a couple of unique, transparent rockets. This one is called “Clear As A Bell 2”:The tubing is tenite butyrate, and…   Read more»

Hi everyone,I know I’ve seen this in the forums, but can’t remember for sure.How tight can the two units be to each other? I could put a ferrite barrel on the raven lead, though I’m really not sure it does…   Read more»

Is there a resource or rule of thumb for deciding how many layers are needed on a composite airframe tube. I want to try rolling a 38mm carbon tube, 5.7oz cloth, and trying to keep it light. For this exercise,…   Read more»

Joe, thanks for a fantastic meeting today. And you, Warren, for giving us this fantastic Web site, you deserve a great round of applause. Wish I knew PHP code. And, your wife for once again feeding us SO WELL! My…   Read more»

If anyone has one they can bring to the meeting I would appreciate it. I just bought a new dc20 from ebay and I want to make sure it works properly. Thanks!

8) I will have some 50+ kits with me at the meeting. All are fun, some OOP, some hard to find, no dogs in this bunch! I will sell or trade. Trade up or down, bring your goodies! I am…   Read more»

I have a buddy who is a civil engineer and it occured to me today that we submit our As-Built drawings to the governmental jurisdictions on mylar. So I grabbed partial roll of it from him to try out. Going…   Read more»

There is a fundraiser that I attend every year for the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space museum. This is an organization that I support both personally and through my business because of the awesome work they do for…   Read more»

I’d like to invite you all to this year’s All Colorado Rocketry Dinner and Hero Awards Banquet scheduled Saturday 7p February 26 at Cinzetti’s.Once again let’s shake off the cold of winter, put on our clean and public clothes, grab…   Read more»

I’ve been contacted by a third party who wants to sell a bunch ‘o motors. I will have them with me on Saturday. His prices are very good! Here is a partial list of what he has available:3 ea. G64s…   Read more»

Altitude geeks may remember the Aerotech G55, which was a 24mm single-use motor. It was my distinct understanding that this motor was no longer certified. A friend of mine offered me some, and I told him about the fact that…   Read more»

If I can make it to the meeting, I’ll bring it. It’s an 8′ section of 1″ x 2″ (1020) rail. Make me an offer!-Ken

I’m building up a LOC Ultimate from some leftover parts, but didn’t have enough to make the ebay. Anyone got one of these lying around that they’d like to sell off? I might make it to the meeting on the…   Read more»

Anyone used this? Looks like it would look awesome as a finish layer on a set if fins.http://www.solarcomposites.com/composites/compositefiberglass.html#Blue

Guys, I am probably NOT going to re-stock Madcow cardboard kits because there are just too many to stock and it is no secret that the club is moving towards glass and carbon. That said, Madcow has some wonderful kits…   Read more»

I have some Aeropoxy Light that I have never used. It’s been sitting in my garage for quite a while, so it will be opened and hopefully JW will inspect it (he’s the authority), just to make sure it’s still…   Read more»

Work has finally trickled down a damaged lap top that I was able tofix.Got everything working. Ordered and got an adapter for runningit in the van or portable jumper power.Have 80 GB of free space.For myself I will be keeping…   Read more»

There seem to be alot of types of peel ply. Can someone recommend a vendor and a specific peel ply for glassing tubes. 1″ – 4″ cardboard and phenolic is what I am using now to practice. I also need…   Read more»

Merry Christmas all!!!! 😀