Adrian

For what it’s worth, the updated forecast this morning calls for moderate Westerly winds of 7 mph until noon. Fingers crossed.

I’m going to be prepping today and tomorrow, also. Not sure how far I’ll get, but I have a plan now for connecting a Featherweight av-bay to a dual-deploy chute holder that I can use for all of my 38mm…   Read more»

Wow, that sounds like fun. How many are there?I almost hate to ask this, but can anyone explain concisely the rules regarding expired cert motors?Can they be flown on commercial launch days, or just on research days?Could they qualify for…   Read more»

Congratulation on getting to production. Do you have a price yet?

Hey Guys,Here is a google earth comparsion, 2 tracks, lower track=7,401′. High track= 10,868′. Altitudes are from Raven, GPS on this last flight was 400 feet higher. Wish I could share some of the graphs from the Raven with you…   Read more»

I can’t wait to see some of these thrust curves!

For 2 ??What size powder charge you using. I will give you a dollar if you do the ground test. I thought I would use 3 pins.When you use small altimeters and batteries, you might be surprised how much…   Read more»

Thanks. You can also use a single Raven, with its four default output settings, to do both primary deployments and both backups with one altimeter. The default apogee output is accelerometer-based, and the default 3rd output is set up to…   Read more»

I don’t think that electrical interference will be a problem. I haven’t found a case yet in which there is any discernible effect on the Raven from a transmitter or other electronics. Having a beeline transmitter in close proximity to…   Read more»

Good call, John. I thought you were talking about the first landing opportunity. Hopefully we will get a similar overhead trajectory tomorrow, too.

8:30 Eastern (6:30 Mountain…Right now!)

Thanks for the info Adrian, I may head back out there again this week if I get a chance. I have a friend with a plane too so I may do your approach to trying to find it. How long…   Read more»

The upper level winds were heading almost straight West to East, unlike the lower-level winds. We found John Wilke’s rocket (14k+ and a new I record, congrats!) about 1.75 miles 20 degrees N of E from from the pads.

The guy wasn’t even wearing a helmet 😯

I’m not sure a helmet would be enough to make much of a difference if something went wrong.8O

Not for the announcer, certainly.

The guy wasn’t even wearing a helmet 😯

Wow, great pictures, Ray!

Congrats, David!

Yeah, with the weak signal from the bluff, we figured it was out by the windmill a mile away. Turned out that the signal was weak because the tracker was mostly subterranean. 😀

Though the flight part of the flight test wasn’t successful, the av-bay was.After what looked like a clean boost at first, the nosecone came off during the coast phase, right when it was transitioning back from supersonic to subsonic flight….   Read more»

Thanks, guys. See you tomorrow, though I may be a little late.-Adrian