Mike,

I'm truly sorry you won’t be that active mentor to many of us. Your info and website have been great info and inspiration.

I checked out the link to Fresh-Breeze. That’s a really slick drop away system. But here’s a better idea than selling off all your rocketry stuff…. How about you just circle the launch site after the launches and charge $10 for every found rocket. You’d pay for that funny looking parachute in no time….

See you on the range – one way or another.

Ed

AWWW MAN, you had to go and post the video. But, I think it will have to wait for me to watch more than a second or to of it...... I have 3 vehicles to build still.

PMd you on some things. Talk to you later.

Mike,

I'm truly sorry you won’t be that active mentor to many of us. Your info and website have been great info and inspiration.

I checked out the link to Fresh-Breeze. That’s a really slick drop away system. But here’s a better idea than selling off all your rocketry stuff…. How about you just circle the launch site after the launches and charge $10 for every found rocket. You’d pay for that funny looking parachute in no time….

See you on the range – one way or another.

Ed

Hehehehe. Thanks Ed. Like I said I will just ask for a couple of dollars for gas. Course this time next week that may be $20 for a gallon of gas.

Just remember I am keeping my rockets except Courage. I sure I have someone build me a motor and flt it for me...Right EX Ed?

AWWW MAN, you had to go and post the video. But, I think it will have to wait for me to watch more than a second or to of it...... I have 3 vehicles to build still.

PMd you on some things. Talk to you later.

Don't watch the video, stay away from the video.

BTY Greg thanks for being the biggest spender and buying most of the ex stuff I had left. You paid for a good portion of my new hobby. I will find your rockets and if small enough bring them back for free.

Again what a great club. I want to personal thank everyone who purchased stuff to help me out. I still have a few items left but 80% of the items I had to sell are gone in less than two days. I have not told anyone outside the two Colorado clubs yet so another testament to the wonderful local people in this hobby. There are still a few more items to post and I should get those up tonight. Hopefully someone will want those items too. A very Big THANKS to everyone who participated.

Weird how the whole "pay it forward" system seems to work. Thanks go to you Mike for reasonable and fair opportunities to assist the pursuit of hobbies and safe fun.

Weird how the whole "pay it forward" system seems to work. Thanks go to you Mike for reasonable and fair opportunities to assist the pursuit of hobbies and safe fun.

Dude I so love your avatar. Reminds me of the Gong Shows Unknown Comic. I snicker every time I see that.

Art does a great job looking for rockets flying around but he has a few disadvantages that I would not. He has to wait a day or two after the launch to fly in the area. I would be on-site to fly right after the waiver closes or before it opens. He flies in a plane that has to be at least moving 50 MPH and technically over 500 feet AGL, I can fly 5 to 25 mph and fly one foot off the ground not to mention that I could land and take off to pick up a rocket if the area was ok to land in and the rocket was small enough to carry back. I could also use a GPS and just click off waypoints and radio back info to the flight table.

50 MPH at 500 feet! 😯 Thats Stall speed of a 172-Flaps Down. Maybe Stall Spin Speed! Might end up on AOPAs Accident Database. 🙁
Had a guy do that from our Eaa Club up in Greeley last year. Right about 500 feet. Not here anymore. He is on the Database. 🙁
Scotte

Art does a great job looking for rockets flying around but he has a few disadvantages that I would not. He has to wait a day or two after the launch to fly in the area. I would be on-site to fly right after the waiver closes or before it opens. He flies in a plane that has to be at least moving 50 MPH and technically over 500 feet AGL, I can fly 5 to 25 mph and fly one foot off the ground not to mention that I could land and take off to pick up a rocket if the area was ok to land in and the rocket was small enough to carry back. I could also use a GPS and just click off waypoints and radio back info to the flight table.

50 MPH at 500 feet! 😯 Thats Stall speed of a 172-Flaps Down. Maybe Stall Spin Speed! Might end up on AOPAs Accident Database. 🙁
Had a guy do that from our Eaa Club up in Greeley last year. Right about 500 feet. Not here anymore. He is on the Database. 🙁
Scotte

Yeah , yeah, Hey I did not know what Art was flying. It could have been a Cub.

Art does a great job looking for rockets flying around but he has a few disadvantages that I would not. He has to wait a day or two after the launch to fly in the area. I would be on-site to fly right after the waiver closes or before it opens. He flies in a plane that has to be at least moving 50 MPH and technically over 500 feet AGL, I can fly 5 to 25 mph and fly one foot off the ground not to mention that I could land and take off to pick up a rocket if the area was ok to land in and the rocket was small enough to carry back. I could also use a GPS and just click off waypoints and radio back info to the flight table.

50 MPH at 500 feet! 😯 Thats Stall speed of a 172-Flaps Down. Maybe Stall Spin Speed! Might end up on AOPAs Accident Database. 🙁
Had a guy do that from our Eaa Club up in Greeley last year. Right about 500 feet. Not here anymore. He is on the Database. 🙁
Scotte

Yeah , yeah, Hey I did not know what Art was flying. It could have been a Cub.

Could of been PZL 1O1 or a Storch or a Twin Otter, Probably not.
Bet he will say its 172. 🙂 wana bet? 🙂

Oh am i sure he is in a 172. The speed posting was more for just showing the slowest speed a plane could potentially fly. But yes you are correct the slowest speed of a 172 is around 65, but I know my dad while playing around has flown close to 50 without stalling. He used to love having the stall horn come on and drive my mom nuts. Can't you tell I come from a family of pilots.

Remember those are just safe book specs.

Oh am i sure he is in a 172. The speed posting was more for just showing the slowest speed a plane could potentially fly. But yes you are correct the slowest speed of a 172 is around 65, but I know my dad while playing around has flown close to 50 without stalling. He used to love having the stall horn come on and drive my mom nuts. Can't you tell I come from a family of pilots.

Remember those are just safe book specs.

Its not so much the book. A good pilot, maybe better than me 😉
could do it or recover from it, even at 500 feet. But your options become more limited if the engine coffs or quits low and slow.
I had one instructor with me flying at 100ft at 100-110 knots up north across the flat grass lands. Kinda fun! His coment was you gotta know theres no power lines or obstructions in front of you and you gota be fast, so you can pop up and look around if the engine fails. He was one of my younger instructors. The oldest, and favorite instructor (he quit counting at 8000 hrs) would not do either of what we have been digressing about. 🙂 With 7 engine failures under his belt you dont really wonder why. 😉

You may know, most stall training is done at 2000 AGL. My limited amount of spin training started at 3500 AGL. Old guy musta had a reason. 8)

"I read some where 40% of all accidents were "impacted terrane while manuvering" They were to low. Another 30-40% were weather related.
Kinda gota wonder if some private pilots are not very smart.

Ill save the rest for the Pilot Forum. 🙂

Has to be a 152...... Cheaper to fly isn't it????

No, I don't have a license, but I have several hours at the controls of a 182 and a couple 310s, 421, P-Navajo...... Dad's a pilot and I use to co-pilot for him when he took naps or he got a wild hair. I may get my license later this year though. Who knows....

I had one instructor with me flying at 100ft at 100-110 knots up north across the flat grass lands. Kinda fun! His coment was you gotta know theres no power lines or obstructions in front of you and you gota be fast, so you can pop up and look around if the engine fails. He was one of my younger instructors. The oldest, and favorite instructor (he quit counting at 8000 hrs) would not do either of what we have been digressing about. 🙂 With 7 engine failures under his belt you dont really wonder why. 😉
I'll save the rest for the Pilot Forum. 🙂

That wasn't Rick B. was it???? He's our family's instructor. We have his extra Sukoi (maybe and Extra) engine in our hanger..... He was my body building coach/helper years ago.

Sounds like we need to sit around and talk/tell some flying stories. Heck that is why I am selling my rocket stuff so I can go fly. Just PPG is cheaper but it is still real flying...right?