Adrian

As I usually fly minimum diameter, I always orient the core between fins and I like to use carbon airframes on moonburner shots, as I know carbon is a better insulator than glass. Thoughts? Actually, ...

Thanks for the useful info, Ed. -Adrian

There's something called the L3 Syndrome, which is when once you've achieved it, you either drop out (bad thing), or find another direction (good thing). I'm looking for a new direction. JW is our alt...

Awesome. Thanks for the link, John.

For the SSSS, the new CTI I216 is specifically designed for taking the I altitude record. It should do better than the I600, and still fits in the North site standard waiver. And it would good to sup...

Interesting news item: Assuming 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.

SOOOOO.................The ssss now has a 12000 foot cieling next month heh!!!??>?? 😉I guess we just put em up and see what happens!Adrians birds will bounce of that glass up there. 😉 Crap, I don't...

I was in Jax Farm & Ranch and saw those - they look very nice...add some fire retardant to the water and think they'd work great. 5 gallons * 8.4 pounds/gallon = 42 pounds - we might have to start...

The fire brooms work very well, until they loose their bristles. A friend who is a professional firefighter showed me a couple brooms today that have mechanically held bristles that are replaceable. ...

Here's an idea of the size of the burn area, for those who weren't there:

I was surprised to find that the most effective tool was the broom. That knocked the fire front right out along the edges of the burn. Toward the end someone was using water from one of the extingui...

Thanks to John Wilke's helpful redlines, I updated the Raven's user manual. It's available here: Raven link:

Thanks for the info. Do you have the forecast like this for Sunday?

Can't wait for Saturday..... E-bay is sitting waiting for it to arrive.... I'll have a bunch of Ravens with me all boxed up and ready to go. Now will I have my BALLS sustainer fixed up for an altitu...

4 grain is the standard Shuttle load - the full load for Ares will be a 5 grain. Here's a video of a static test of the 5 grain: And some high-speed video up the core showing the igniter firing: Wow!...