Jeffrey Joe Hinton

Chad is pretty spot on with the estimate. The Wildfire Team from Fort Collins, tasked with the mop up since the other units went to respond to the Briggsdale blaze, told me 64.1 acres according to their GPS of the…   Read more»

All opinions and insights welcomed & No blame/flame throwing allowed. I would have to say that in spite of the almost immediate response to the situation, the fire was faster than we were, and it could have been a lot…   Read more»

Another possibility instead of a drogue – use a bright mylar streamer. Helps with the visual acquisition and then blow out the largest chute you can fit in at 1000′ and save yourself some walking.

Size dosen’t really matter, does it, when you’re talking almost a full load? And I thought the three grain load was special. Yikes!!! That really is an incredible picture.

Vern’s Rocketry pages are a great resource and contain a wealth of information to be read and digested. I’m not familiar with the Angelfire system but I do know the BigRedBee stuff is pretty awesome. Lots of options out there…   Read more»

Well, if they are paper or phenolic tubes, sometimes a bead of CA around the edges (still will need some sanding) helps keep the edges from fraying/tearing. Then tape can be used as a shoulder builder, if necessary, and painting…   Read more»

Well, probably the North site since I’m still expecting us to be there for the Saturday launch. Depends on the USFS but so far they’ve been really good about our advanced scheduling.

Carpenter’s chalk or tempra paint makes for a splash spot in the sky at deployment of the dust, but it also makes for a really messy cleanup of the rocket and shock cords and parachutes. I’ve tried to confine the…   Read more»

Do you mean the tank or the fill stem hardware? NCR has the fillstem hardware in the GSE Box.

Thread hijacking happens all the time. Years back, unsure of where to put them, the delivery guy set them down right next to the camp fire ring. Bill Heath and a few others helped move them to across the road,…   Read more»

Hey, it should probably be pointed out somewhere that the Rental Thrones were spaced a quartermile apart and at about 3 PM on Saturday, Jon Skuba counted over 130 vehicles (cars and RV’s) parked thereabouts. One nice day of weather…   Read more»

Update on November launch – We’ve got volunteers to tow the equipment trailer out to the range – and back on Sunday. Weather looks great for November. Waiver has been called in 9 to 4 and it should turn out…   Read more»

Members and Friends,NCR has been given the GO for launch on Saturday and Sunday, November 7th and 8th. Fall has arrived on the prairie – plan accordingly. The extended weather forecast keeps changing. Saturday will be for commercial motors only,…   Read more»

I expect to hear back and/or will persist with the USFS until we get an answer regarding the possible launch on Sunday. Saturday should be a go regardless, 9 to 4 for HPR waiver. We probably need some volunteers to…   Read more»

Warren is pretty much spot on with this. The “windows” we have been blessed with for/on specific dates are requested and submitted at the time the waiver is renewed. For the November launch, not going to happen. 20,000′ AGL is…   Read more»

How much for just the battery? I’ll add it to my growing collection of oops and ahs…

To run a good contest, raise the entry and we’ll probably need some sort of recovery rules and/or time limits from lift off to flight line return. Gee, now I need to build another rocket.

As far as I remember, the original small motor data base we had was directly linked to Thrust Curve and when the motor explosion (bad wording) happened, we just couldn’t keep up with the new and additional motors everyone was…   Read more»

Yes, you will, as soon as we get around to updating the motor data base. Awfully hard to keep up with the ever expanding availability of new and not so new motors.

I’m in for the elk, will have a grill, didn’t know about Kandy until the last minute and given the direction the USFS is headed, Food vendors and other vendors are probably going to have to pay for the priviledge…   Read more»