Chris LaPanse

Hmm - the I600 has some potential. Then again, so does the Loki I110... There is also news of a new J825R for the 38/1080 case coming out soon - perhaps use that for a little more extreme flight? 😯 ...

Heh... I'm not saying that has anything to do with it - I'm saying there will be some natural variations because NOTHING in nature comes out identical every time. Some eggs will have larger yolks, som...

By pure luck, I mean that some egg yolks are bound to be stronger than others, and that there is no real way to test whether any particular egg will stand up to it.

The problem is that the bonus applied there is pure luck. I think it should be simply that the egg is intact (and as far as astronauts go, that's the problem with extreme g-forces. In fluid suspension...

With rail buttons, I simply screw them in (using threaded inserts), with no glue required. That makes them easy to remove and replace if necessary, and I have had no trouble at all with using this met...

What I'm arguing is not analogous to any of those situations. What I'm saying is that if you had a ball with a fluid of exactly identical density to an egg, with an egg suspended in the middle, if you...

I maintain that the egg would not sink if it began floating. On the other hand, if an oil could be found where the egg was basically neutrally buoyant, the force would be spread over the entirety of t...

Heh... Well, every motor case known to man that is 38mm and down other than CTI... As for those cases, I love my 1 grain 29. The F37 is an amazing motor 😉 If you need a case, just ask me, and I should...

That was kind of the idea behind suggesting it actually - make it a bit more extreme, and also perhaps spur someone into making a new J altitude record 🙂 The J350 is definitely already difficult, thou...

That could end up interesting as well, although that would probably give an advantage to the multi-staged stuff which involves MUCH more complexity and effort... I think that next year, the contest of...

I would love to see the SSSS again as well, although perhaps spice it up next year and make the J570 the motor of choice? If the SSS is repeated without tracking, I may just enter the SSSS instead. I ...

Well, I can't speak for anyone else, but I would have used tracking in a heartbeat. Looking at some data, I could have probably fit a tracker into my airframe relatively easily (perhaps a slight exten...

Well, I would prefer to have tracking allowed. My dad and I searched for my rocket for more than 6 hours total, and honestly, having a tracker would eliminate much of the luck, making it much more of ...

So you never found yours either... Do you know what happened to Ed's? I had to leave just before his flew...

Well, unsurprisingly, my SSS rocket vanished without a trace today. Last seen at the north site, with a decent wind east. Probably somewhere southeast of the launch site. $20 reward if found. It need ...