Jeffrey Joe Hinton

And if by chance the club equipment has already been loaned out, I’ve also got about the same inventory available for borrowing although I typically don’t bring everything to each launch so just let me know ahead of time. Making…   Read more»

Oh my…. Use a really big chute. Or two. Very impressive. I’d hate to see that ping up on my deflector shield radars.

I’m not sure the final determination has been made by the review board. Indications are suggesting wind sheer/gusts are the primary cause for the action/reaction scenario that caused the aircraft to leave the runway in an unscheduled manner. Thankfully, no…   Read more»

WOW! And maybe I’ll have another kit built by then. Gosh Mike, slow down and enjoy the smell of AP. What and when are you planning for your L3? OUTSTANDING!!!

Apologies to all that made the trip out. Jon Skuba and I arrived about eight thirty to find Ken and John and Kaylee sitting in the warmth of their car, the trailer behind them. Thanks to the Reilly’s for towing…   Read more»

Sleep is greatly over-rated. Avoid those annoying wake-up calls – don’t sleep. We’ll try to get meeting minutes posted within a week or two.

Should we let Bruce know he was elected President in abstentia or wait till the Meeting minutes get posted? Ken, did you sell all of your rails? If not, I want what’s left – Best bargain of the day. Aside…   Read more»

Rocketry family dinner – Party time!!! Thanks D2 for again taking the lead on orgainizing a good time out with friends and an over-abundance of good food. Should turn out to be another great time.

Clip whips or flash in the pan for the first stage ignition? Either way, kool project.

Thanks MIke. Actually, most of us are already protected. NCR has tried to stay ahead of the curveball and our waivers are intact and issued. The Class 3 fliers might have some ‘splaining to do but we, as a club…   Read more»

Thank you Ken.I’ve got two flights planned for sure and maybe an experimetnal aircraft design on a much smaller motor. For sure – “Forever Ugly’ on a Loki moonburner J175 and Croc-a-Do on a green single use G. Other than…   Read more»

Our Pawnee Open or Regional (not sure yet) will probably happen on Saturday, May 2nd (not sure of events yet either – working on it) and MHM has been tenatively scheduled for Memorial Day weekend, Friday thru Monday, May 22-25…   Read more»

Very kool design – not sure I have the nimble fingers to make something like that work.

Fly ’em, fix ’em and fly ’em again. If only it were that easy.

It’s time to draft proposals for an NCR Membership Bailout including Regulatory relief from the ATF, open airspace from the FAA, free propellant, a moratorium on membership dues – whatever it takes to keep ’em flying.

Might that have been due to synthetic oil instead of the real stuff? I’m glad I wasn’t driving next to it when she went kablooie.

NAR High Power wannabees spell it Triple E. I’m a Dual member but that’s becasue I’m confused and don’t know what I want to be if I grow up.

To sort of answer #2 and then #1, the Flash in the Pan Ignition methods works great on just about every Estes motor combination or cluster I have ever tried, from 1/2 A to C’s and I have had a…   Read more»

A lot depends on the lenght of the rod/rail needed for stable flight, not necessarily the width. UROC’s guidelines are probably a great start for rules of thumb. And yes, weight to thrust ratio is critical in determining what is…   Read more»

Okay, since I didn’t have anything else to do (joke) I re-read these postings and will make the following observations. The AP Bonfire data has been collected and sort of corrected and very recently updated and apart from not including…   Read more»