Brad Morse

We have gotten some pretty substantial rain on / near the launch sites. Strange year. I actally ran my furnace for a few minutes this AM 8OThere was an article in the paper about the banner year the Prairie Primrose…   Read more»

Warren, I know you are pinned down with the house rehab. I was curious if there was anywhere we could go to:a.) determine how many players and their respective standings for the alphabet contest?b.) confirm motors for SSS and SSSS?c.)…   Read more»

I see the bots are now successful at making posts. Warren, is there any way to nuke ‘phottoshop’, as he/she/it has made a couple of spammy posts? Is this a sign of what is coming?If I ever caught someone who…   Read more»

The phone number for Curtiss / Performance Rockety is now disconnected. I hadn’t logged in to http://www.rocketryplanet.com for perhaps six months… I did take a cursory look over there and I didn’t see any chatter about PR going away.Has anyone…   Read more»

For MHM, do we have the extended altitude window all days? just particular days? is it still 35K? Some of us were thinking of flying the RATT M900 and we might need just a wee bit more than 20K…Still unpacking…   Read more»

So… what will everyone be flying at OF? I’ll be out of the country that weekend. I’d like to know what I am missing?!?JW

This will be interesting http://www.pro38.com/products/pro54/motor.phpCheck out the thrust curve. I’ve certainly never seen anything like THAT.This is pretty much a full K. I wonder how it will do in a smallish rocket? 300# of thrust in a heartbeat, tailing off…   Read more»

The thread on “Velocity records” got me to thinking about gees and velocity. I’ve never been afraid of gees… I’ve flown I600s in minimum diameter rockets that weighed less than a pound. I’ve flown J570s in mimum diameter rockets that…   Read more»

I was saddened to learn that Kent Burnett’s mother passed away earlier today. Many of us in NCR know Kent Burnett (of Giant Leap Rocketry) quite well; Kent has flown with us a time or two. If you never met…   Read more»

Not quite rocketry, but my hunch is this will strike a chord with many folks visiting this forum. Very powerful.http://www.grayeagles.org:80/video.htm

OK, I realize that “site suggestion box” may not be quite the right forum, but I thought I’d start here. For a couple of days I have noticed that new posts (with the yellow flagging) are not showing up on…   Read more»

Has anyone flown the RATT Hybrids J160?

I’m wondering if anyone has ever flown a fairly high gee flight with a 9v battery either on edge or laying flat? The boost I have in mind is a relatively modest 35 gees, so it isn’t too terribly aggressive….   Read more»

Interesting…. http://www.rocketryplanet.com/content/view/2455/28/

http://wbztv.com/national/Continental.flight.rocket.2.733556.htmlHopefully this is not true… I have a bit of a hard time believing this. The rocketry spokesman was either misquoted, or at the very least he might have made slightly “less lofty” comments.This, by the way, is all over…   Read more»

GREAT animation of the Phoenix lander’s hoped-for landing sequence at http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080525m.htmlWe'll know later today if it all worked out. First powered landing attempted in a long, long time.

Does anyone have the Loki K350 hardware? The case is about 28.25″ long. I may have an angle on a casing, though I’d still need to rent or borrrow the nozzle and fwd closure.Thanks,JW

AT makes two loads for the 29/360 case – the I200 and the H268. In the past, these loads used a very different aft closure vs. the other 29mm loads, as the nozzle these two loads used was HUGE. I…   Read more»

I have a friend back this way who has a RATT K240 motor, complete with closures + injector + one reload + 75mm adapter, all for $200.This motor has been fired once, and it is in pristine condition. I’d buy…   Read more»

Guys, I was wondering if someone with a set of calipers could pull a thrust ring off a 75mm AMW case and give me and OD and an ID of the thrust ring? Additionally, I need the specs on the…   Read more»