Brad Morse

Anyone who wants to use my wooden tower is welcome to it. It is a big, wooden beast that was constructed using something like 24,672 board feet of lumber 😯 It is a wonderful tower that has served me well….   Read more»

I inquired on that tower years ago. IIRC it was $1800 back then. Really. Zowie.

The sad thing is that I very nearly used this tower for firewood a few years ago. It weighs something like 3 metric tons, is too long for the truck bed, and until you doused it with a gallon of…   Read more»

The “wooden beast” of a tower that I use has no special prep whatsoever…. other than a millenia of charring, it is just wood.JW

Ah, shucks, NOBODY owes ME an apology for anything. No worries.Also, Warren, have a good time on the river. Can I have your big monitor just in case you…. ah, nevermind 😉

I’m ready to fly by the way.Warren

I haven’t started mine yet :-O

I’ll send you the 2005 and 2006 rules offline. I don’t know how to attach them here (or if attachments can even be done here?).It has always been my understanding — and if I may be so bold as to…   Read more»

I want to reiterate what Warren has said– that the rules are essentially the same as last year (must find rocket same day, only commercial altimeters, must be at an NCR launch, etc.) The only changes that come to mind…   Read more»

First of all, with regard to CATOs… last year, anyway, we specifically said that if there were a CATO in your SSS you were outta luck.Regarding this year’s CATOs. I decline to disclose, it is a trade secret.KIDDING!!! Had ‘ya…   Read more»

Indeed, contact Aerotech. THey are slow, but they will replace.I believe the bad G80s are MUCH more widespread than AT will admit….

Just talked to my neighbor… He has a functional rain gauge (I accidentally busted mine. Doh!) Anyway, he tells me that we got 0.75″ of rain! It all fell since pretty late last night. Very nice, very steady. Just right.The…   Read more»

It’s gorgeous outside! – a nice steady rain now here in Longmont for 48 hours+. I’m loving it… reminds me of the East. Nothing like a upslope storm to kill a drought…and a burn ban. If this monsoon keeps up,…   Read more»

12″???Wow – mine is a LOT less than that. Looking at between 8.5″ and 10″ for my design. (body tube length – 12″ to 14″ overall with nosecone)You will want to make absolute CERTAIN that your CG/CP is OK. That…   Read more»

now that we are in suspension and need rain to get over it, kind of wishing it wasn’t phenolic based. JPhenolic is WONDERFULLY waterproof! I wet sand it all the time… I’ve seen phenolic rockets that sat in water for…   Read more»

It was my very clear understanding that SSS and SSSS shots *must* be flown at an NCR event. That was the way it was set up last year. In changing over the website, I don’t see that now. If that…   Read more»

Go to an art store… they use mat board for framing pictures. I grab scraps. It is very rigid, and it cuts like a dream with a straightedge. I also keep all my old ones, so I rarely have to…   Read more»

I actually use Rocksim V4.0, which is ancient. “Dance with who brung ‘ya”, as the old adage goes. V4.0 is the first/last version I’ve ever used….

To clarify — I think Rocksim is dead on (in genera)l. That said, I think the G80 file, at least the OLD G80, is way, way, way, way off. The new one seems to be potentially even worse, and in…   Read more»

Cross section, i.e. diameter is very important — smaller is better (duh). That said, optimal mass is extremely important as well. I’ve been profoundly amazed at Rocksim and it’s ability to predict optimal mass — at least with White Lightning,…   Read more»

So… did we have ANY SSS or SSSS flights yesterday? I was out trying to recover Stratagem2, which was totally destroyed. Rats.JW