Doug Gerrard

I’ll do the camera payloads. Who’s doing the motor? Worse yet, whose doing the paperwork!Doug

That looks absolutely fantastic! Ed, Joe, you HAVE to fly the Saturn V again at Oktoberfest, please.Doug

You ever going to get back out this way to fly with us again?

Great idea Warren! Steve will I see you at Oktoberfest? Nice job on the Dragon. Are you going to cluster it?Doug

Mike, I saw the picture of your rocket posted elsewhere. Good luck! Please post the descent rate here after you fly it. Maybe we should start a pool to guess the descent rate? Again, Good luck on your level 2!Doug

I went back to the altimeter data from my “Just Do It” flight.The descent rate under the RRQS70 main was right at 20fps for a rocket that would have weighed 38 lbs 6ounces after propellant burnout. Ed, that matches my…   Read more»

With 9lbs?The 15 would be fine- it would come in at 10-12 fps.Chris, how many times you’ve used Rocket Rage Chutes? Did you measure the descent rate using them? I have used them and I can tell you it won’t…   Read more»

A Rocket Rage RRQS15 would be idealMike, you should greatly oversize your Rocket Rage chute if you like your rocket to land softly. The RRQS15 will bring it down but more on the 25 fps rate. I have a RRQS30…   Read more»

The easiest solution is to make a hole for the existing light. Depending on the manufacture of the electronics they may have remote indicator built in. You CAN transpose the existing LED but I do NOT recommend it. You’re asking…   Read more»

The reducer I had from LOC also fit very loose and it was molded from plastic. I cut off the ends allowing the ejection charge to blow through it and permanently glued it into place. Of course your parachute compartment…   Read more»

I throw out some ideas for you to consider. I have bought full length coupler tubes from Hawk Mountain for their standard size tubes. So if you want extra length couplers you can make them any size you need. I…   Read more»

You may also want to consider West Systems 410 Microlight filler. You can add it to any brand epoxy and depending on how much you add you can get any consistency you want from syrup to peanut butter.If I am…   Read more»

I have not used AeroPoxy Light but based on it’s description it seems similar to something I have used called SuperFil. Have you tried it? It is a two part epoxy based set-up with lots of filler. It’s ratio is…   Read more»

I like the PET2 but as an alternative you may wish to consider Xavienhttp://www.xavien.com/Doug

http://www.scotglas.com/index.htmlThey make a 3″ nose cone.Doug

I am mostly horrified of accelerometers, and have seen them kill many more rockets than all baro units combined (editorial comment, but based on many observations).My observations have been just the opposite. I have seen many more baro based altimeters…   Read more»

but i really want complete flight logging so i can download the data into a spreadsheet and generate all kinds of interesting, and worthless, charts.The G-Wiz MC2 provides for exporting data into a spread sheet. But for general data logging…   Read more»

Was wondering if anyone would be for Hire for a Tracking bit on Sunday. Or have a Tracking device as a Loaner. Big thing there is lack of experince as compared to others that own them thus the request for…   Read more»

It should be worth it, you won’t even need a neck brace. It should be slow enough they might even collide. That would make for some great footage. To get the decoder ring you need to get the special box…   Read more»

I made up the part about the decoder ring….You mean I’ve been bringing mine out all these years for nothing!The lack of response tells me that either1) Nobody is planning on flying anything significant on Sunday-or-2) It’s a Big, Big,…   Read more»

I have the RRQS30 I could bring to the June launch for you to use. Fly it and measure the descent rate and see if it is what you like.Doug