All My stuff is done. (Taxes, House Insurance,Truck Plates, Wifes New
Camera,Dogs Nails,Misc Other Stuff) I'm ready to fly.
I hope the papers get signed for the 6th.
The weater (as We know can change in a heart beat) shows
pretty good. Saturday... Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s
I plan on a J or two and some Gssss. I will also PU My new
Pro75 4G-HS and a L1115-P from Joe.
I learn something all the time in this sport. Joe told Me about
a spacer for the CTI cases. Pretty cool. You can use more
reloads in a case (3 grain reloads in a 4 grain case). I hope to
see one. It sure opens the door for more flying.
Also. Since My wife got a new camera. I get her old one. A little
better than the one I have been using. So the pictures will be
a little better quality. That is always good.
In the works: I have My Mad Dog mostly done. I will be re-painting
My Accelerated Motion to look like a Thor-x, that was the original plan.
I have a Bomarc to build. A three inch and a four inch scratch to
build, not sure what they will be.
I will also be getting the Accelerated Motion ready for the L1115.
Adjusring weight and getting My couplers fitting tighter. My first
flight ejected everything at epogee. Caused tangle. Glad I had
the chute I did. Still came down OK.
Here is a video I found. (Thanks to Whom Ever)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nRaDkR4nuE
Hope to See All this year.
The spacers are really nice, if you don't mind carrying the extra weight all you have to buy is the 6 grain case and the 3 grain case, + 1 and 2 sized spacers and you can fly all the loads except the 6GXL.
Edward
CTI just announced 29 spacers too......
Can't wait for the launch too... I hope those papers get signed.
I have a K and some Js to fly.
Government only works fast when someone has to go to jail, a point has to be made or they want to spend my money, otherwise the gears turn slowly.
Edward
Gov't works pretty fast when it is in their favor... I had a shipment that was a few cents short of postage and I had a chance to go back to the post office again 😯
I do hope we get the permit all finished. If we do, I'll see you all on the range. I may even try to get started on the alphabet....
This weekend I'm trying to finish up my Half-Fast rocket. It's a testbed for airstarts and unusual recovery systems. It's a BT80-based rocket with a central 24mm and 4 18mm motors. It also has a nosecone mounted, 24mm motor tube that can be for retro-rocket deceleration or another piston-ejected chute. One flight profile that I might try starts with an F39, airstarts 2 D10s, then airstarts 2 D20s. It will start descending ballistically, then when it gets down to 700 feet it will fire an E30 or F32 retro rocket to stop in midair, then pop the main chute. 8)
Adrian, that is co cool!
and am set with two rockets, one repaired one new, to try again.
I was all prepped before the unfortunate incident in November and am looking extremely forward to trying again with my Giant Leap Liberty, which now has shear pins and an increased powder charge (thanks for the suggestions from John Wilke). I have a PML Tethys ready to go too.
Hope the wind is low as both kits are single deploy with anticipated altitudes of 4,500 ft. +/- 500. They could be long walk events!
I've got two other high power rockets in progress, performance Little Dog DD and a PML Sudden Rush. They both will be my initial attempt using dual deploy.
I've a Performance Competitor 4 with a 75mm MT in the wings. Looking forward to this year.
First, I've got to get the Level 2 Cert completed...
Meeting scheduled for Thursday to sign official paperwork enabling NCR to resume flight operations. Details to follow but anticipate a great day at the Atlas site. Really looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones.
Adrian, that is co cool!
Thanks. The build thread is below if you're interested in pictures and more info:
http://www.rocketryplanet.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5369
Good news, Joe!
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