Jack Matthews

Foolin' around with a Garmin VIRB camera and editing program. In addition to my Ugly Miranda, also stars Steve, Vic, Larry, and Myriah (hope I got that name right, Larry).  https://youtu.be/R8G4sox-Zn8Jack  

All ready for my first dual deploy at the next opportunity. Ground tested the charges, etc. I have a Missle Works RRC3 and have been playing around with it on the computer. The default setting for main chute deploy is…   Read more»

I'm just finishing up a scratch-build, 38 mm, dual-deploy (my first DD). Not an elegant design, but it's nearly finished so I don't want to get into any massive re-designs or modifications. Problem is that the forward end of the…   Read more»

I can tow both ways this weekend. I'll be out there Friday mid-afternoon with my little trailer. I'll go get the rocket trailer and have it out on site later on Friday afternoon (5-ish). We can start setting up on…   Read more»

I can tow on Saturday – to and fro – if the weather holds, see y’all there.

Just FYI – won’t be able to tow this time. Out-of-town family visiting (arriving late Friday) and I might talk them into coming out for a few hours on Sunday the boss-lady demands I be ‘present and accounted for’ during…   Read more»

Great time @ MHM – weather a little sketchy. On Sunday, I had a rocket prepped and on the pad (Cesaroni I170, 54 mm / 3gr) when the LCO got a tornado alert. Tried pushing the button, but popped the…   Read more»

I know the odds are low,,, but hearing that Joe won’t be at tomorrow’s launch made me soooo sad :(I had planned on scrounging Joe’s inventory for a Cesaroni motor – either a 1g / 38mm G185 or a 2…   Read more»

I’ll be there on Saturday, so I can tow to the site,,, but again, not planning to be there on Sunday (still haven’t trained the wife to burn a whole weekend burning AP, unless it’s MHM). So someone will have…   Read more»

I can tow the trailer out on Saturday morning, April 5, but not currently planning on being there on Sunday the 6th…

Third time’s a charm??? I can tow both directions on Saturday, if it be in the cards. I’ll be there by 8:30 AM,,, for those who can come a few minutes early to help with set up.

Since I didn’t get the opportunity in January, I’m up for towing on Saturday – both ways… let’s hope that little flurry on Friday flurries right along and clears by Saturday.

I can do the towing on Saturday… see all y’all out there.

OK,,, I put my foot in it now. One of the guys I know at the gym happens to be the principal at Beattie Elementary here in Fort Collins. Several months ago I mentioned our club and rocketry in general,,,…   Read more»

I’m available to tow this coming weekend (both ways),,, but also need a ‘second’ for my potential L2 cert. attempt — I think Joe has my motor, I have the paperwork, still need to pass the written (Saturday AM).God willing,…   Read more»

Plan A – Ambitious plan to build a dual-deploy bird specifically for certifying L2 (kit build, PML Eclipse). Gathered all the parts and pieces,, started asking questions, reading, scanning the forums, putting together a construction plan — Holy Crapoli –…   Read more»

Thanks to Bear’s most excellent instructions (and Google Maps/Earth) – I’m confident I can get the trailer out to the site on Saturday (8 AM early enough?). Depending on my stamina (and wifey’s patience), I may or may not be…   Read more»

Rookie question – in the planning stages of a new project. PML has an ‘Intellicone’ – plastic nose cone with a built-in payload bay. I’m looking at a 4-inch cone with a 54-mm payload for a dog collar tracker. For…   Read more»

Got a PML Miranda (2.27 kg with motor loaded) that I launched in early May on a Cesaroni I212 Smoky Sam – looked straight and true. Thrust curve on the I212 is pretty square,,, very little difference between average and…   Read more»

Relatively new here,, so don’t know if this is the appropriate forum or not…Nearing completion on my first L1 capable (theoretically) bird – an LOC Nuke Pro Maxx – with a couple of minor mods – beefed up the shock…   Read more»