Chris LaPanse

Mine (Cirrus) was on a 24″ chute, with a measured descent rate of 25 feet per second, and a descent time of around 500 seconds. If I were to try it again, I’d probably go a bit smaller, more around…   Read more»

It’s the standard one with most any newer 29mm set.

Sure, I would do it 🙂

What kind of temperatures have they been in?If it is anything <70ish, I would keep them in a 70-85 degree area for another day or 2 and see if they harden up. If they don't, then I would go with…   Read more»

Carbon is very similar to fiberglass in ease of cutting (kevlar is a pain in the rear), but from my experience it does fray more easily than any glass I’ve worked with. Be careful of the stray fibers, and you…   Read more»

I would’ve bet my lunch regular phenolic would have shred. I’m quite impressed / surprised that it did not. Seems like years ago I read in PML’s FAQ that 38mm and 29mm would survive pretty much anything, but you should…   Read more»

Chris, that was an extraordinary blast. I always thought my “I” record was the safest one I had, thanks for the wakeup call ;-)15 oz. is very light. When you say “stock finish” does that mean you did not glass…   Read more»

Yep – 11,950. It was an absolutely gorgeous flight, and the flame out of the I600 was probably as long as the rocket. I also got incredibly lucky with the wind – it would have been incredibly easy for that…   Read more»

Ha! Scott, young man, my friend, yes, Calculus is math. MathCAD is good software to use. An English major always reads math text for fun! As well as microbiology, chemistry, geology, physics, trig, etc. 8)I prefer Matlab or Excel, depending…   Read more»

I am planning on talking to them, and I will see about any potential rescheduling, but I’m not tremendously optimistic. It’s possible that it may change, but I wouldn’t consider it likely.

Mile Hi Mayhem is, with one exception, ALWAYS the first weekend in May and Oktoberfest the first weekend in October. Keep that in mind always and you’ll never miss it in the future.WarrenI thought that was the case, but I…   Read more»

Crud.Well, looks like it’ll be the first large launch since I joined the club that I’ll miss :(I might make Sunday, but this sucks 🙁

VERY nice :DThis is awesome – I’ll definitely be grabbing some from you 🙂

I wish there was a spellcheck somewhere….The only person I really know that has the patience and makes his own ematches is Brad McGarvey. Of course he makes his own motors and altimeters too.Firefox 2 has a built in spellchecker…

This is a great site, Warren, and I’m glad you’re putting in so much effort to keep it up and improve it.And of course, we’re never chatty… Chatty?Why would we ever be chatty?(hides post count with hands as best he…   Read more»

That’s very strange descent data – I have data from my Deuce (which weighs ~25-27lbs descent mass) that shows a descent rate of 18 fps from the North site (RRQS50).

“I personally love the Rocket Rage chutes as they are (((small packing))), higher performance chutes that are tough and will get your bird back home nice and soft.”So Conway I think these will be in the next one!Scott eGood choice…   Read more»

I tend to go the other way – main out the nose, drogue from the middle. This is because the nose cone, being one of the lightest components of the rocket, is less likely to come off in the shock…   Read more»

With regards to the strange pressure effects on boost, where was/were your vent(s)? That could have a huge effect on the pressure readings…

Very interesting :)I notice that you got better data at low speed than I did with my Cirrus – likely due to the lighter rocket and lower altitude. Very nice cd though – 0.3 is quite impressive. I hope you…   Read more»