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I was at the ‘North Site’ today and it looks fantastic.Very lush and green.http://picasaweb.google.com/mshinn2001/June232010#I did find a small nose cone. I will post a pic. later.The gate issue is corrected. A jobe well done.

Hi AllI am looking for a Classic AMW 75/3500 Nozzle for loan or sale.I have a AMW L777 Blue Baboon that wants to go in July :PThere should be more AMW classic hardware out there than the reloads.Not sure if…   Read more»

I’m thinking about selling my Dr Rockets 75/6400 motor casing (used once) and closures (never used). I couldn’t take less than $300, any takers?

This is a picture that I got of the flight line at MHM, good crowd!

Join us at the Tripoli-Colorado Spring Fling launch this weekend, June 26 and 27. Saturday will be commercially-certified motors only, and COSROCS will join us for a joint NAR-TRA launch, lending us the use of their low- and medium-power equipment….   Read more»

I’ve installed them in the past. Digging and some cement work is needed. If anyone has a back hoe (and knows how to use it) it’s a piece of cake.Wonder if they’re any second hand ones around? Does the forest…   Read more»

I have a complete, never flown, Garmin Astro setup with the DC-20 collar unit. Bought it after losing my first L3 airframe “YikStik” and before TeleMetrum gained GPS functionality. Now that I’m making boards with GPS on them, I really…   Read more»

Thanks to this wonderful economy, I’m back with the (many) unemployed again.I was told that the company I was with was very stable, no layoffs, good long term outlook. Well, that changed this year and they had their first major…   Read more»

July 5th. 2010

Nice write up on LDRS Day 5 and kudos to team Odyssey. Art texted me this morning “Perfect Flight, 16K… not a single bug.” I’ve come to realize that this little rocket club we belong to has some really sharp…   Read more»

Ive got this idea of having a massive little nuke drag race for OF.It seems many people have these and would be alot of fun.My only question is how many 1/4 rods do we have and who would be interested?Im…   Read more»

look at this page at the bottom. under ‘BONUS PICTURES’http://www.rocketryplanet.com/content/view/3324/29/His AMRAAM picture.WOO WOO Chris

My Accelerated Motion seperated after a few seconds ofa late apogee deployment.My shock cords were nylon and well used. They had beensinged a few times and were brittle.When the late apogee charge (that was too large) activatedit tore the cords…   Read more»

Jennifer called from the Rocky Mountain Elementary School in Longmont – 800 E. 5th Ave – and she’s looking for help/assistants for a school yard launch on Friday, June 11th, from 12:30 to 4:30 PM. Her students have built Estes…   Read more»

NASA if offering to send you to space. Well sort of.http://faceinspace.nasa.gov/

Just ordered A DC-30.I hope the half dozen or so people that offeredto loan the Astro and training for a couple short uses,during this years flight season, are still willing.thanks MikeS

Looks a bit lighter than fiberglass and interesting. http://www.apogeerockets.com/blue_tubes.aspOn the other hand, it’s not that much cheaper or massively lighter. Looks more durable than paper and unlike PML’s Quantum Water Pipe, is mach friendly (or so they say).Anyone use it…   Read more»

Wondering if anyone knows what the wind direction was sunday at MHM from 10:00 to 11:00 from 10,000 feet AGL to 20,000 AGL. I lost GPS tracking of my rocket at about 21,000 feet AGL and have no idea which…   Read more»

Robert lost a LOC 38mm plastic nose cone from his Legacy that floated fairly far south, painted blue.I lost the fin can from my RG-2, it’s 38mm phenolic with 1/8″ ply fins in a zipperless configuration around a 29mm motor…   Read more»

Anyone watch the Falcon 9 launch today.It was awesome – the second stage vacuum engine is really cool.http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/04/spacex.rocket.test/index.html