Brad Morse

At the altitude of the North Site, What is Mach 1 Speed?My ‘Plan B’ on a Pro38 J285, using an altitude predictor simsat 636.6 MPH. / 2779 ft.It is a strong Bird.Should a vent hole be drilled?Should the vent hole…   Read more»

So I take it no one grabbed some really low-hanging SSS fruit this weekend? Geesh, given the big $$ in the kittty, I can’t believe someone hasn’t flown a 4# rocket to 300′ to win it all!

Several folks have said that the lack of tracking basically leaves them cold and that is one of the reasons they never flew. They don’t like the idea of losing a rocket.WarrenI could sure go either way. It does add…   Read more»

Actually, the no tracking rule was designed to ADD participation. It was an attempt to level the playing field and bring more folks in. There are a lot of flyers w/o tracking and they wouldn’t / couldn’t play, because someone…   Read more»

John now that you live so far away, how likely are you to enter the contest when you might have only one or two opportunities to fly? To be perfectly honest with you, I’d probably enter and fly again. I’ve…   Read more»

Really?I know that they are much harder to build than say the pro38 is when used with AT hardware, but the ones I’ve seen (admittedly a sample size of 2) were still just as easy to clean, leaving almost no…   Read more»

Art, the CTI load will light cleaner and if nothing else, it will be easier to clean the casing. Loading it will also be a *lot* faster.I personally make every effort to fly loads other than AT for reasons that…   Read more»

I’ve given some casual thought about putting that L1400 in a minimum diameter rocket. Can’t be any worse than a J570 in a 28oz. 38mm rocket? I should simulate that… I think the challenge would be getting it up to…   Read more»

Today was quite a bust for me on that front, though. Using the same design techniques, and the same stability margin (0.8-1.0 caliber, RockSim) as I had on that nice, straight E shot last month, two rockets I was trying…   Read more»

This guy is from Iowa http://www.thefintels.com/aer/hab1.htm I’ve heard he has an awesome waiver. I need to look him up.

NICE!!!! I’ve been to Orangeburg, they run a very, very nice launch. LDRS was there ~5 years back. Those folks fly from a sod farm. It was perhaps the most organized launch I’ve ever been to.Good luck with that gorgeous…   Read more»

Warren, how long will you be in the ‘hood? I’m visiting my Dad, will be back in Ames on Sunday PM… Now you know why I was whining about the rain. YIPES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let me know if you will be passing…   Read more»

There are days we get 4″ before noon //www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20404925I never owned a rain gauge before moving here. Now I have to make sure I dump it every morning. Ames isn’t near as wet as Fort Dodge, etc. Of course these…   Read more»

I am in a bit of a tight spot in that I have three rooms reserved at Bruno’s for Thur / Fri / Sat, September 27-29. Problem is that Bruno’s does not have the most elaborate reservations system, and I’m…   Read more»

Sounds exciting. I’m glad there is some enthusiasm about altitude again. That was a tremendous boost, Adrian — well done.One thing I would say is that both my F and G rockets were under optimal mass. I dumped a *significant*…   Read more»

I typically drill a 1/16″ or 3/32″ hole in each section that will be pressurized. Make sure this hole is not subject to blockage by anything — say a piston or a parachute that shifts.For my part, I use pistons,…   Read more»

Bill, great to hear from you — I’m not going to be there, but wanted to extend a big howdy! How is life?You can get me at john.wilke (at) beckerunderwood.com Take care!J

I use a nomex square for my chute protection.When converting my 5.5″ rocket to duel deploy, I see the weightof the 78″ cute settles down onto the charge holder.I am a HUGE fan of pistons for just this reason. Plus,…   Read more»

You need about 9″ or a snitch more. Bring a dowel that is ~0.125″ or so…

Chris, we’ll see how it goes… I’m going to try to lob three flights up that all require tracking, so I’ll be bizzy swapping from one to another to another. If I can crack off all three flights, I’ll sure…   Read more»