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For anything beyond my Estes motors, I’ve always gone 100% through Tim, as I feel we NEED to support our onsite vendors.Unfortunately, now AMW is stinging their distribution network with fire-sale pricing to get everyone hooked on AMW-ProX.Trouble is, I…   Read more»

Here is a little look of what I’ve been working on. This was as far on the edge as I’ve been in terms of real research motors. Kyle and Eric got a nice sneak peek also.http://alphahybrids.blogspot.com/Edward

This will be interesting http://www.pro38.com/products/pro54/motor.phpCheck out the thrust curve. I’ve certainly never seen anything like THAT.This is pretty much a full K. I wonder how it will do in a smallish rocket? 300# of thrust in a heartbeat, tailing off…   Read more»

Well, it’s coming up real soon…..I’m looking at dates for the club equipment clean up day. Would Sunday 9/21 work? If so, is morning better or afternoon?Any votes?

I know this question has probably been discussed over a MHM or Octoberfest campfire but I’ll ask anyway. Why don’t most heavy lift launch vehicles, Delta 4, Atlas 5, Ariane 5 etc have fins? I understand CP and CG but…   Read more»

I was in buying the kids school supplies and what did I find in the clearance isle but Estes A, B, and C motors for $4.00 dollars a pack. I know it’s not like it’s $1.00 a pack but hey…   Read more»

Tim,With all the AMW/Cesaroni Pro-X sale and ensuing confusion, will you have Pro38 loads for sale at Oktoberfest? Granted the sale prices are great, but I’d rather keep you in business. Since I don’t have a LEUP, I can’t order…   Read more»

Anybody else get disc full meassages when Rock sim is running a calc?

The survey shows 63 people are going to LDRS and 46 would like to go but not sure. Who is going and were are you staying? Are we really going to have that strong of a presence this year? maybe…   Read more»

To the first comer with $250… Bill Heath, longtime and founding member of NCR, is selling out a bunch of rocketry stuff. As many of you know, Bill moved back to California a while back and since he’s been there,…   Read more»

We got new street pavement on our street. WEEEee :DWhen they filled the steam roller, They shut the hydrant downtoo quick. It caused a, “pressure hammer” in the water pipesand popped My pressure protection valve on My hot waterheater.My house…   Read more»

Im lookin at the Cesaroni pro98 case diagram. Does anybody have a picture of how the male threads mount into a rocket to screw the case onto? Is there a part Tim sells?And what if you wanted to use a…   Read more»

AMW Pro-X hardware and SaleI was thinking now might be a good time for me to get some casings cheap, I really like the CTI design, clean up and ease of use from what I’ve seen.Here’s what I was thinking:Pro-X…   Read more»

Last fall, Chris LaPanse gave me his last G25 in the hope of helping to set a G world record before the motor contest cert expired. Well, I was too busy crashing and losing F10 rockets to make a rocket…   Read more»

I posted a few shots in the photo album from the pad cameras from last months launch. They are photographs of Freeze Frame and Art’s The Dream Is Alive.Doug

http://s46.photobucket.com/albums/f131/mshinn2001/?action=view&current=IMG_1223.jpghttp://s46.photobucket.com/albums/f131/mshinn2001/?action=view&current=IMG_1225.jpghttp://s46.photobucket.com/albums/f131/mshinn2001/?action=view&current=ThorX080508a.jpg95% ready. Need to wire in the on/off switch for the EB.And paint NCR on it and I’ll be done.

Just as the title says, flown 6-7 times, includes transfer kit, manuals and 2 extra (new) batteries. Perfect condition.$100 for the lot.Murdock

Last night and this morning I laid up my own fin stock(4 sqr ft.) 5 layers of kevlar and 6 layers of CF. Probly $250 worth of material. It came out about .160 thick. I kept it under compression between…   Read more»

Estas use to have a rocket 30 yrs ago that had a delta like glider on its back. Does any one remember the name of that?

I am looking at the vinyl graphics that came with MyThor-X. All seems pretty easy.The issue I think I am going to have is. (This is the firsttime applying vinyl) Two parts, one gold and one black. Theygo all the…   Read more»