Adrian

Here is Ian Frechette flying his Wizard (a carbon fiber sailplane worth 2 or 3 grand) over 300 mph on Jones Pass (WSW of Berthod Pass) this past weekend. The radar gun they have only goes up to 308 mph,…   Read more»

I need your mailing address.Thanks.-Adrian

Normally when I got to O-fest or Mayhem I pay on-site when I arrive. On Sunday morning, due to the rain and generally miserable conditions, the registration table wasn’t set up. I meant to check back later, but I forgot…   Read more»

Does anyone have a CTI 75mm 4-grain case for loan or for sale? Joe is out and I need one for the only flight I’m planning at Oktoberfest.Thanks-Adrian

On Sunday I did a staging test with a 38mm booster and a 29mm sustainer. The separation went fine, but the sustainer lawn darted. The booster was recovered but the sustainer was eaten by the prairie. The people who saw…   Read more»

Looking forward to the July 8 launch. Saturday only, but with a big waiver? I don’t have any other obligations that weekend, so I’m good to go. I’ll have a 2-stage ready to try out as a dry run for…   Read more»

It was half buried in the dirt, looks like it’s from last year. 54mm OD, but slightly smaller than 38mm ID.

I’ve had trouble making fiberglass molds of my 29mm nosecone plug. They’re not terrible, but it took a couple of tries to get usable ones, and they have quite a few flaws from bubbles and a ragged partline. So I’m…   Read more»

Who all is going to LDRS this year (Labor day weekend in Kansas?)When I learned that they arranged for a 50kft waiver, that tipped the balance for me.To help encourage people to take advantage of the waiver, I’m sponsoring a…   Read more»

Does someone have his email address or know his log-in name?Thanks.-Adrian

Check this out. I was kind of amazed that the public opinion was as low as it actually was during the Apollo program. It was never more than 50% except right after the Apollo 11 moon landing, when it peaked…   Read more»

Jack ate some Dragon’s Breath at BALLS.

The weather near the ground looks marginal, with cool temperatures, 50% cloud cover, and winds around 13-15 mph. But the upper level winds are good, with very low wind speeds//squall.sfsu.edu/gif/jetstream_h48_00.gif

I still have some testing and production assembly still to go (with flight testing tomorrow, woo hoo!), but here’s a sneak peak at the new 38mm Featherweight Av-bay:It’s 2″ long (with 2.5″ long aluminum threaded rods), and has a Raven,…   Read more»

This contest (D, E and F altitude on one rocket) presents an interesting choice on the rocket diameter. 24mm would appear to be the natural choice, but the available 24mm Fs aren’t full-impulse. It will be interesting to see what…   Read more»

Now scheduled for September 24, 25, and 26, 2010.Who’s going?Other Black Rock alternatives include Mudrock, probably in mid-June, Aeronaut, probably in late July/early Aug, and XPRS, in September before BALLS. All of these are just based on last year’s scheduling;…   Read more»

Interesting news item//www.rocketryonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=393Assuming this is true…Thanks, Tim for your fine work and great customer support, and thanks Joe for taking on the job. Big shoes to fill.

…is now available.After months of alpha testing and a successful round 1 of beta testing, I have the first production batch of Ravens just about done. Since the first round of beta testing, I have added a lot of features,…   Read more»

I know that most everyone would rather just fly rockets, have altimeters that tell us how high the rockets went, without having to talk about or know about how altimeters work or whether they’re accurate or not.Me too.But the subject…   Read more»

Has anyone else flown an I600 this year? I didn’t see any in the launch logs. Mine didn’t qualify as successful, so the prize (at least the $20 I owe to it) may go unclaimed unless somebody puts up a…   Read more»