Jeffrey Joe Hinton

Back on topic – great to see so many and meet a few new friends at the Atlas Site. We’ll be back out there for New Year’s Day, weather pending, starting a little later, quitting a little ealier but starting…   Read more»

I’ll get the logs posted here shortly. Officially, 27 different flyers put up 64 flights, 42 Class One (A thru G) and 22 Class Two (H and above). Two successful L1 certs. Clear to partly cloudy, calm above and below.FWIW,…   Read more»

Set up at the Atlas site is a little easier done as it is a smaller launch area to fill. Doesn’t take that long to unload the trailer. That said, I’d be figuring we’ll do one rack of four for…   Read more»

Most awesome, thanks Ken. I’ll be calling in the waiver tomorrow (Thursday). Given the current forecast and the shortened daylight hours, flyers should get there early to take advantage of this opportunity to launch.

Back on topic:Go for launch on Saturday, December 4th. Clear to partly cloudy skies, temps in the 40’s. Help requested. Hope to see you out on the range.

Praise and Thanksgiving to all members and friends!

Astonishing read and probably right on. I’m reminded of the “Men in Black” – There’s always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an intergalactic plague that is about to wipe out all life on this miserable…   Read more»

Everyone has missed the truth behind this episode – visiting aliens have left for home.

I’ve been thinking about the Alphabet and how it hasn’t allowed as many players as intended. So now I’m thinking maybe it needs to be an Alphabet Clone Contest, where for each number of the alphabet letter contestants need to…   Read more»

Not a bad thought but not nearly as necessary as the Atlas site clean up adventure was. The North Site basically only gets used occasionally by us (this year rather infrequently unfortunately) and cattle. The Atlas Site, primarily due to…   Read more»

Well, I spent most of today in Pierce, helping a friend clear weeds from their ditches and unfortunately, we were not able to “burn” them out because it has been too dry (and windy) to play with fire, even in…   Read more»

Well, you put your left foot in, you take your left foot out….. What IF the Hokey Pokey IS what it’s all about?

What we really need is a big dump of snow to knock down the grass and keep the ground moist. Or a herd of bufflao to crop it really short. As far as I have been able to determine, Fire…   Read more»

Steve,I’m not sure a Rooskie rocket is the right messenger to send up for what we can accomplish as a club but I’d be interested in helping with the project.Welcome back to Colorado.

Nothing like adding more drag but a possibility of both affords greater capability on the fields. By installing both, a spare rod or open rail then becomes accessible.

Most powder calculators are not calibrated for our launch platform altitudes so an extra little helps assure deployment. In my humble opinion, it is still best or wisest to GROUND TEST flight configurations as much as possible for deployment with…   Read more»

When car alarms go off in the neighborhood it might be time to re-calculate the ratio of charge needed for air frame space pressurization. Deployment with attitude at altitude is an unknown variable that commands attention and testing. Lots of…   Read more»

Don’t hold your breath for the 50K happening – Denver Center wasn’t in favor of the 35K windows we’ve been provided with – too much air traffic in our neck of the woods. IF we are go for launch in…   Read more»

Clean up and maintainence is a great idea and I’ll be there. Thanks for hosting.

There is really something very extra-ordinary about rounding the top of Kenosha Pass and and seeing the valley and mountians beyond spread out as wide as the eye-camera lens allows. Colorado is a very special place…