Chris LaPanse

I'd tend to go with 3 wraps as well. Most commercial composite tubes are thicker than 3 wraps, but honestly, 3 wraps should be more than enough, and it should give you a good, strong, durable tube wit...

I'll take the H180 and an I284.

People don't use much kevlar for a few reasons: 1) It's very difficult to cut.2) It soaks up epoxy like it's going out of style3) It tends to end up very heavy for a given quantity of fabric (this is ...

Wow - impressive build, and I hadn't realized that you had that much fabric on the fins. I should drag race you sometime 😀

PS: Didn't mean to single you out here Batman... No worries Warren, I actually thought about editing out the political parts, but then I thought that that would actually be imposing my own views as fa...

Check with whomever will be certifying you. You have to land within an area cylinder to cert successfully, for some, or most, or all. I don't remember. I think it may depend on whether you're going NA...

😯 now if there was a Pro 120 full 'N' motor around, things might be interesting! 😆 Pro120? Why bother when there's a perfectly good full N in pro98? (I have one in my basement 😯 😀 😈 )

With that particular rocket, I would personally use 1.5-2g, and I would tend to ground test. It will almost definitely separate with less, but I like to be sure. On a paper or phenolic rocket, I would...

If Art wants to retain his "biggest motor" title, he'd better get to work!!! 😛 I thought I already took that one from Art this summer... (That's only an S to an S though, so the minuteman definite...

FYI - I moved this topic to a more appropriate forum. I'll be flying my L3 bird (still not painted yet) on an M795 - expecting 22K+. Also probably flying my L2 bird on an L1300BB and possibly also on ...

I have one you can borrow, so long as I can get it back for use at Oktoberfest. I have an N5800 that should go up on Saturday, so I will need it then. Do you need the closures as well?

John: are you sure the DarkStars are filament? I thought all the Wildman kits were convolute, basically identical to PR tubing. I can't remember for sure though - I'll have to check my Wildman Jr toni...

Yep, although you don't need anywhere near that level of vacuum to get decent compression. Even if you're left with a couple of PSI on the vacuum side, you'll still get quite a nice result. (Oh, and i...

I've had decent luck cutting G10 and CF with a jigsaw and a tungsten carbide blade. A dremel with a diamond cutoff wheel works too, but it's a lot harder to hold a straight edge with a dremel than it ...

That looks awesome Mike 😀 I can't wait to see it in person, and it should look great on the green motor.