Brad Morse

I want to say THANKS to a lot of folks for my M boost.Skuba helped me prep and track. Art’s services were absolutely invaluable in the motor assembly, as the liner was a bit short which made the upper closure…   Read more»

Warren, that is WAY cool, thanks! I got my NAR L1 there in April of 1999, on a LOC Vulcanite and an H123….

Doug, I know Jim will be there, he has a nice boost planned. I have not flown a MW “Mini” or I’d surely help you. For my shot, I’m using a tried-and-true HA45 from PerfectFlite.Should be a great weekend!J

Most altimeter manufacturers suggest having mach delay employed until your velocity drops below 0.8 mach. For my M900 boosts in SkyScraper, I had the choice of 15 or 25 seconds. I had to go with the latter, as it was…   Read more»

Mule, I just sent you a private message…

I assume you have tried Performance? He may have some on the shelf… They can be tough to find. I’ll look later – I may have one or two 38mm? They’d be 5:1 conical….

some clarifications… the ebay was plain, unpainted filabment-wound glass and the airframe was the same material, only that was primed with Kilz primer. The unpainted ebay was half-in / half-out of the primed airframe. I can’t recall exactly where the…   Read more»

Ed, that looks GLORIOUS and I know how much work you have in yours. Should be epic!Leaving Iowa soon. See y’all tomorrow…

Jet stream looking favorably placed – over Montana 😀 Temps looking favorable. Surface winds tolerable. High altitude window in place. Forecasting blue skies with unlimited visibility.Now if I just didn’t have to drive 700 miles after 4pm tonight 😯 I’ll…   Read more»

As I understood it from last ex-launch you could be sponsored by a level 2and fly??????? But not to cert L1 😯 The problem is your guest — if he has someone else sponsor his flight — didn’t really fly…   Read more»

Anyone who wants to try besting 20K this weekend should watch this spot http://www.weatherimages.org/data/imag192.htmlI have my fingers / toes crossed :DJW

I’ll be there both days. Leaving Iowa at 5PM CST Friday night and driving straight through. Probably show up about 2AM Mountain time. I *might* stay in Cheyenne or Sidney, but will probably drive straight through.JW

Could someone provide the “Reader’s Digest” version of what a “Research Launch” is again? IIRC flyers must be L2 or up, but any size motor can be flown?

Good to see you Bill, thanks for coming up.Regarding the J160… that was a very old post, I figured I’d eventually get a response 8) I have a few K240s I’ll be flying sometime this summer. That has been a…   Read more»

Ray I know I speak for so many when I say your work is AWESOME and appreciated. You spoil us!JW

Warren, there are some TERRIFIC AMW motors in the 75mm/3500NS casing. The casing is 19.60″ long and they have all six propellants for that casing….

Make mine an L1115 8) http://www.pro38.com/motor/L1115.html A few more newts and over twice the burn time. Same casing, if I am not mistaken. The link above shows the certification has expired, might be worth checking on that?JW

Bruce, I don’t know that motor – is it 75mm?

I felt really bad for Jim W a few years ago. He apparently had his altimeter checked in an FAA certified chamber, and he had a gorgeous boost. It was the same day as Gene N’s 90K+ boost, IIRC. It…   Read more»

It’s a tough call, but Curt goofed. Now if he brought calibration data that showed that particular baro altimeter has good data at those altitudes and I were Tripoli’s contest director, I would accept it. I was told that Jim…   Read more»