Dont take any chances Tim, not worth it.

Well Bruce you still have that J350 and a case?
I dont know, if I dont get that altimeter and 9volt to fit in that small CPR3000 hole I wont be flying anyway. 🙁

Scotte

Scott,

I have a J350 and case available if you need one, but I will not be at the launch tomorrow. I'd need to get it to you this afternoon.

Scott, if all you need for your altimeter is apogee deploy, I can provide a Parrot altimeter and battery which can fit anywhere. And you would get cool 200 Hz 2-axis accel data for your flight as a bonus. 😀

I'm about 80% sure I'm going tomorrow, depending on some family member illesses.

Scott, if all you need for your altimeter is apogee deploy, I can provide a Parrot altimeter and battery which can fit anywhere. And you would get cool 200 Hz 2-axis accel data for your flight as a bonus. 😀

I'm about 80% sure I'm going tomorrow, depending on some family member illesses.

Thanks
We will see what happens with this thing. Still working on it.

Scott, I'm not going to get there. Did you borrow one from Ed? I'm so sorry. But listen, if things don't work out, there's January.

I got 1 from ed

Thanks

I got 1 from ed

Fantastic! Good luck tomorrow!

Thanks for the heads up Tim. I'm out of HPR motors so it would have been a bummer to go up and have you not be there. I'll just take the $50 of gas I would have used and put it in my "Vertical Assault Fund". 😀

Maybe it's time for me to start thinking about an LEUP 😡

Bret, a LEUP with storage. 🙄

Tim, been checking out the weather. You made the right choice.

I'll be there tomorrow, and I'll bring some Parrots.

A delayed Tim is better than no Tim. Light a fire and make some hot chocolate to enjoy the day!

We'll get ya soon enough...

A delayed Tim is better than no Tim. Light a fire and make some hot chocolate to enjoy the day!

I should have listened to Dave2, also.

You know it's going to be a bad day of rocketry when:
You go to look up directions to the launch site and NCR is mysteriously down.
There are 10 cars in the ditch in the first 5 miles of CO-14, including a couple of nasty roll-overs.
You get out of the car to open the gate and the 0 mph winds predicted have turned into 15 mph of high-humidity, nut-freezing wind.
At the pad, you turn on the transmitter and after it's beeping awhile, there's a dropout you can't explain, and then it comes back again (this one I really should have paid attention to)
You get everything ready, load a Copperhead, and it shorts out along its edge.
You load another one, and it pops out.
You load a Copperhead alternative that Joe was nice enough loan, and it pops out.
Fourth try's the charm right?

Not really. It launched, but the rocket had an altitude-eating corkscrew, and then, worst of all, the signal went away around apogee, and never came back. Nor did the rocket, the altimeter, or the Beeline, which in hindsight may have had a short with the aluminum tape I was using for shielding.
Hmm. Maybe it's time for a little break from F record attempts.

If it is any consolation, the weather is worse here :-O Sorry you had a tough day, Adrian. No rockets launched anywhere near here today 🙁 My wife has a whole new appreciation for Colorado winters now that she has experienced her first Iowa ice storm. Good day for chili!

JW

8) Any day is a good day for JW's ELK Chili 😀