Doug Gerrard

OK fess up… Who launched the windmill and what motor did you use?

As much as I regret it, as I want to see John Wilkes’ bird flySorry I won’t get to meet you Mike. It looks like it is going to be one spectacular launch! Good luck getting your points.Jul 19 TomorrowMainly…   Read more»

FYI I plan on attending on Saturday to do photos, so I will see you all up there.MurdockMurdock, I sent you a PM. You may wish to camp out, or at least stay lat Saturday night if you want to…   Read more»

I just talked to Joe H and confirmed both days are TRA research days.Doug

I know both days are research days and I expect they would be covered under TRA research rules. If you need motors on Saturday, I may be able to cover you until Tim arrives on Sunday. What do you need?Doug

And Aerotech’s 75mm 3840 case is 20.39 inches overall length and holds the L850W (3840 NS) or L1150R (3560NS).Doug

Have you thought about a layer or two of Kevlar at the ends of the upper airframe?No, not really. I had the chance to visit the place where Art works and it is really amazing. They have the tools to…   Read more»

When are you planning on flying it?Sunday of Oktoberfest, October 5th. Sorry for rubbing it in Warren but its on the web site http://www.odyssey.us.com/Flights/Flightsflight1.htmlActually I’m in the process of updating the web page. Not much change in appearance but a…   Read more»

Always good to check the CP/CG with a mod like that. Mine was not minimum diameter and had over sized fins. I would like to hear the story about Wayne. John, are you going to be in CO for NCR’s…   Read more»

All I can do is hang the motor out the aft end – which is exactly what I plan to do. It seems like a cheesy way to go, thoughHey! BDCR flew a number of times that way. It was…   Read more»

I plan on coming up the following weekend and I’ll try again at flying Freeze Frame on the N2800 but this time with two K700 strap on boosters. Nothing like the altitude attempts being flown but should hit about 12k.Doug

I may be there. It’s been a number of years since I last attended this launch.Doug

drew things up in either Solidworks or Pro/Engineer and had the software figure out the intersection shapes and possibly even make cutting templates or exported it to an NC tooling package like MasterCAM to cut the partsActually don’t use nearly…   Read more»

BTW, this project is called Double Feature named by John Wilke.Here is looking up the old wazoo. There are spars that run from the center motor mount tube to the outboards.A shot of the motor mount tubes without the skin…   Read more»

a.) how did you discern the pattern for cutting the tapered holes into the bigger tube? I assume this mathmatically derived… I’m just curious how you even begin to derive the pattern for where to make the cuts?Technically an ellipse…   Read more»

It look’s like a slight canter to the outboards. Is that the case or just the angle of the photo? Are you going to light them all off at once?Yes the outboards are angled at just over 3 degrees so…   Read more»

Here is a new project I’m working on, a 54 mm surrounded by eight 38 mm motors in a 6 inch body tube.Doug

I’m looking forward to the Saturn footage if any was taken.Unfortunately, that was some of the footage that I wanted transferred but it didn’t get included with this batch. It will be the first clips that I transfer if I…   Read more»

I was happy to provide it. I just wish other more notable flights were also transferred.Doug

Dave, you already have my order. Can’t wait to see it.Doug