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Lost Little John at Rocktoberfest 4" Madcow kit. Olive drab with "US ARMY" decal. Straight launch until about 4000', then heeled over into the wind (from the SSE) and disappeared. Should have gone to ~ 5500'. Walked the areas Nort... |
In forum Lost and Found |
7 years ago |
RE: Lost Kestral This bird was found last month in just about the exact location I thought it should be, which I had scoured in June. Amazing how easy it is to find a lost rocket when the grass has dried up and been ... |
In forum Lost and Found |
7 years ago |
Lost Kestral At MHM last month, I believe the air frame did not separate at apogee, and the bird came in hot. Main deployed at ~ 800' and the harness failed. I found the nosecone and main chute about 600 yards S... |
In forum Lost and Found |
7 years ago |
Scott Corliss I believe we lost Scott Corliss in a fall on Longs Peak this past weekend ... |
In forum Archives 2016 |
9 years ago |
Lost Mini-Tomach 6/4/2016, Pawnee North site, South side of the launch area, ~ 1/2 way to the road. It is a 38mm bird, 42.5" long, painted White. 24" Red Chute. RRC3 Flight Controller on a custom 3D printed sled. ... |
In forum Lost and Found |
9 years ago |
Flight Simulation I've been building a rocket simulation "package" from scratch (1st principles), and would like to ask for some volunteers to provide me with rocket design specifics so that I can run some sims an... |
In forum Construction Help |
9 years ago |
Fractional 1010 rail (a.k.a.: 1050 rail) Do we have any fractional 1010 rails, i.e.: with one T-slot and a 1" x1/2" profile? Thx! |
In forum Club Launch Equipment |
10 years ago |
RE: Fractional 1010 rail (a.k.a.: 1050 rail) Well, now we have an 8' length of 1050 🙂 |
In forum Club Launch Equipment |
10 years ago |
RE: vent hole Are you using shear pins? What is your expected maximum altitude with this bird? Supersonic flight? Any other significant mass objects in the nose? I've not often vented payload bays, as I do u... |
In forum Construction Help |
10 years ago |
Right angle lens Any design ideas for how to best mount a GoPro in an avy bay, pointing directly out through the airframe wall, with a mirror or mirrored prism to direct the field of view earthward? I am really lookin... |
In forum Knowledge Base |
10 years ago |
RE: Right angle lens The HTC RE camera looks like an interesting device .... |
In forum Knowledge Base |
10 years ago |
RE: Right angle lens Very nice Doug. Thank you for all the photos! I recently was introduced to a ~$100 camera that looks like a periscope. It's small, high video rate, remotely managed via cell phone, and looks like it... |
In forum Knowledge Base |
10 years ago |
Shear Modulus Ay opinions on the correct value to use for G10 shear modulus in fin flutter equations? I note some decent discrepancies between values used by Zachary Howard (c/o Apogee and their article on fin flut... |
In forum Knowledge Base |
10 years ago |
RE: Right angle lens The video is nice. The link to the image you note in your first response is bustified. Would you please re-post? Are you mounting the cowl to a GoPro camera body, or to a housing (to avail yourself ... |
In forum Knowledge Base |
10 years ago |
Article on Frank Malina in IEEE Spectrum this month Arguably, THE pioneer of American Rocketry: |
In forum Archives 2014 |
11 years ago |