John A. Wilke

Time to add a selection of Pro 54 casings to my stash.No doubt! I personally don’t like dealing with reloads that I have to rely on instructions (which vary by casing size, propellant, etc.). If you know how to build…   Read more»

A masonry blade is best. They basically look like a giant Dremel disk – they are reddish-brown in color. Wear a mask, you don’t need to be sucking that glass dust 8OI bought a blade recently. IIRC it was 12″…   Read more»

Sean, I would sure suggest you hang a note on the tower asking / suggesting / requiring folks to come see you before they tweak away. I had a tower a few years ago that was pretty well ravaged by…   Read more»

I would also like to fly a 54mm shot or two out of that tower, Sean 8) I have a couple of shots in a 100% “stock” KestreL that I want to do @ MHM – A Pro54 K300 and…   Read more»

That is an awesome tower indeed – but it is costs too many $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ and it will still turn to scrap if it gets stuff piled on top of it in the trailer. The current rods and rails have a…   Read more»

That tower is pretty rickety in any case… it just doesn’t travel well. It served so well for my first shot, but towers tend to get wrenched on a lot, and they just don’t have the durability of a good…   Read more»

Ed. fin span may be an issue… Dale’s tower was originally made for my 3″ project which had a 3″ fin span, so from centerline to the outside of my rocket, that is 4.5″, or 9″ in diameter. I don’t…   Read more»

Gov’t works pretty fast when it is in their favor… I had a shipment that was a few cents short of postage and I had a chance to go back to the post office again 8OI do hope we get…   Read more»

Indeed – the “Dream Stream”… I haven’t fished there for many years, though I used to go down and fish the slicks w/ tiny BWO (Blue-Winged Olive) patterns. I have a great photo of an 8 or 9# rainbow I…   Read more»

Robbing from another thread – the weather may play a VERY heavy hand in the Alphabet contest. If we don’t fly in October, that will leave November for anyone wanting to do an M (the Atlas site won’t allow that)….   Read more»

Looks good, Joe – though I have a comment and a suggestion…First, to clarify things, the 3 Dogs Rocketry gift certificate is $300. That was what was in the kitty last year, and I am indeed rolling that over.My suggestion…   Read more»

Guys, I’ll make at least one trip to the playa this year… Not sure which launch, but I’m definitely going. I’ll try and narrow my calendar this week – there are two things that will settle into place.Tony, will you…   Read more»

Sean, Zachary is a tough kid and he will be shagging rockets in no time! That said, he has a tough haul ahead of him. There is nothing like seeing a child struggle. This will possibly be even tougher on…   Read more»

Along those same lines, could we delete the older events under the “Launch schedule”? I had someone ask me just yesterday if we had set our 2010 dates yet… as the Google calendar has them, I’d say we indeed have….   Read more»

I was involved in the migration from the old Tripoli Rocky Mountain site to the current site. The hours, efforts, and issues on changing a site are monumental. The old site was very good – though one problematic relationship with…   Read more»

The calender has been updated, sorry for the short notice but we did not have a Dec. meeting due to weather so we had not scheduled anything for 2010. John did you not see the posts on the TCO list…   Read more»

I noticed the NCR meeting is on the TCO calendar… but the TCO meeting is not on the TCO calendar. Apparently TCO email messages are also NOT getting through to my email address (though they always did in the past)….   Read more»

I have the casings for the JJJ promo….. but I’ve decided to commandeer them and do a 16 motor cluster.I’m kidding.Come see me this weekend. Remember, if you haven’t done so already – you have to pay Joe for the…   Read more»

Guys, for those who participated in the “JJJ” promo, I plan to have the 38mm casings at the Feb 6 launch. If/when you have bought and paid for your reload, I’ll get you your casing.I want to expressly thank Dr….   Read more»

Think of the drag race we are cooking up here… hehehehe….