You know Mike, if you wern't always carrying your "Big Rockets" around, you might not have those back problems! 😉 :
Correct, I'm looking at lighter slimer rockets now. No real big ones for me. I'm really thankful for some of the younger members of the club that helped pitch in to help setup the launchers and carry my birds.
The multi-stage Estas Rocket I'm launching next month, well I dont really expect to get all the pieces back. So the workmanship (Fillets, Fins, Paint, and well, every thing Else) isnt up to my usuall stardards, which isnt very high anyway. 😉 Can I still have your respect tooooo?? 🙂 😉
But, of course my friend. I love to watch multi stage rockets. I'm planning on a couple myself.
The following graphic is what was displayed on my GPS handheld for the track of Slipstick II and III from the truck-pad-apogee-deployment-recovery-truck. I added notes to it after I downloaded it to my computer"
Here's the components with charger:
Heres what the handheld display looks like (not saturday's data):
Damn Mike - that second shot was damn near straight to apogee - looks barely 100' away from the pad when apogee deployment occured.
Hate to say it, but can you start a new thread to continue this? Jeremiah has been a bit busy lately and we haven't upgraded the forums and site backend yet so I'm still concerned about potential database corruption.
Warren
I just got Slipstick III out of the paint shop, so here's a little collage of what it looks like. I would appreciate it if anyone has a good digital camera that can make a video of the launch and recovery to help me document my L3 Cert flight on April 5th at the North Pawnee site. Its a special time for me.
More Pictures at: http://telerover.com FYI, Painting was sponsored by Pete Fitzsimmons of Fitz Graphics (303-817-0774) in Broomfield. Pete used to paint my race bikes when I was on the national circuit. He built a special fixture to allow him to rotate rockets in one piece. So if you want a cool look, he is able and willing.
(Note: I know this thread has gone on a bit, but its close to being finished, so I think it would be nice for everyone to see the progress in the order it happened.)
8) BAD TO THE BONE!!!!!!! 8)
wonderful
Too pretty to fly! Is Art involved? Goodness.......... I see stuff like that and I feel like a hack 😯 IN all sincerity, that is gorgeous. Scott Harless does awesome work like that as well. VERY nice!
Impressive Mike - very nice. You have my best wishes for a flawless flight and recovery.
Warren
Congratulations, Mike! I'm so sorry I couldn't be there!
Level 3 Completed!
MY heartfelt thanks to everyone who helped me in my quest and offered encouragement. I had a few hiccups so I can't wait to send Slipstick III up again to do it better.
The above sequence of pictures (a bit small) were sent to me by Don Schulman, a friend of Greg Ahrend. I need more if you got 'em! Thanks
great flight Mike, keep flying and keep learning. We all should lean something from every flight, even if it is the most miner things. I think you leaned several things from this last flight, hopefully it will help you be successful with you next flights.
Yes indeed Mike. Great Job!!! Nice flight. As James mentions learning is key. Its what has motivated me and many others in their pursuit in this hobby and others. Its what keeps us on our toes and makes it fun. I was glad I got to be a part of your process and see you succeed. Keep em pointy side up and fiery side down and have fun.
Conway
Well-said, guys! 8) As a wise man said, when you stop learning, it's time to move on.
Great job and great pictures. All is well in the world.
Congrats Mike. Beautiful boost and a relatively easy recover with that GPS. Excellent.
W
Again I'd like to thank everyone who pitched in. From the following pictures you'd think I had a world class engineering staff with everyone helping. Art was great (as usual) in getting the large launch rail set up. Conway, easily hefted Slipstick III and carried it to the launch site. My back was killing me, so the contributions of the young bucks are very much appreciated. James kept us on track, and helped to minimize the errors in the confusion (and excitement) of the moment and helped carry back the rocket with Ed Dawson. The ATV riders saved us 500 yards of walking (but made for a very dusty rocket). Tim Thomas is a blessing and makes being able to get product easily and possible. Chris and Steve (the CU contingent) are great fun to be around and helps keep me thinking young and optimistic about the future. Warren was an encouragement along with Eric, Greg and so many others, and Joe Hinton is becoming a very close friend. My fellow Corvette buddy, John Nelson was a very handy person to have around when we was setting up the skakedown flight(s)., especially when the launch equipment went awry. I wish Bruce could have been there as he has been an on-going support member and John Wilkes has been sending positive vibes from afar. Curtis Turner of Performance Rocketry and Neil McGilvery has been very cooperative with all my change requests to his kits, and Jim Amos has been helpful in debugging some issues. Most of all, thanks to my patient wife Becky, as she endures yet another expensive activity to feed my passion for new life experiences.
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