John A. Wilke

Factoid: the two worst fires we ever had were in March (started by me ) and in November of last year. These are not what one would think to be the most fire-prone months. Unfortunately, the situation is wretched…   Read more»

Yeah, the forecast is leaving us high and dry for the rest of the week, with the skies Wednesday through Saturday predicted to be clear, clear, clear and clear.

Astronomy, anyone?:-)

3dogs, Not good message in your smoke…..Yep, you’d be correct. However, after last November’s “smoke signal” mayhaps we step back (bad pun, but I couldn’t resist).With Regard to the Atlas site – I think that is actually less workable for…   Read more»

Well, I’m not too happy to report that it is exceedingly dry at the N. site… Yikes. I had a little shovel with me and I dug down 3″ or so. No moisture whatsoever. This, combined with a bit of…   Read more»

And have read that in’minimum diameter’ applications warping from heatmay occur.

Mike, you cannot – under any circumstances – do anything minimum diameter… it will liquify. PML is pretty adamant about not using it for motor tubes, etc.

Warren, I missed your post on coming out – sorry! That said, we didn’t take a scope as the winds were kicking up… it was quite clear, but quite windy Saturday PM. This morning it was totally overcast up there,…   Read more»

I’m going to go camping up at the N site this weekend – will take a hard looksie at what the situation is like. I think Art nailed it, though – we have a lot of fuel out there.I’ll try…   Read more»

Welcome back, Steve!!The Proton is a horse… can’t wait to see it!John Wilke

A buddy of mine who lives in Ault says they have gotten almost no rain whatsoever. There has been a trivial amount in the Windsor area. I’d say if we had a launch this weekend, it’d be doubtful conditions-wise…A few…   Read more»

I will miss you guys as Evonna and I are going to the Utah desert for a week… Joe, if you gather everyone’s name and pull one from the hat I’ll donate a $20 gift certificate to 3 Dogs…. that…   Read more»

Here is a photo taken by Jeff Taylor (Loki Research)… from 72,000’http://www.flickr.com/photos/49092976@N02/5030355417/in/photostream/

3 Dogs Rocketry (and my 3 mascots) will be headed to Wyoming for some Aspen viewing – so I won’t be there. I hope you guys have calm winds, blue skies, and a great time in Hartsel!Ya know, you can…   Read more»

I like the road between Baggs and Encampment….

3 Dogs Rocketry (and my 3 mascots) will be headed to Wyoming for some Aspen viewing – so I won’t be there. I hope you guys have calm winds, blue skies, and a great time in Hartsel!

For my part, I’m going to be away on VACATION from October 2-7… if O’Fest gets cancelled, I will stay out on the road until the 9th. As such, I selfishly hope the call is made more than the day…   Read more»

The new fire is about 10-12 miles “as the rocket flies” from our home. It was *very* near Eric Krug’s house… Eric is a past Prefect for the legacy club, Tripoli Rocky Mountains. It started about a mile up the…   Read more»

I enthusiastically support the call to cancel the launch – especially since there is another VERY bad fire west of Loveland this afternoon. While I’d have loved to have delivered orders and been vending goodies, it would be a moot…   Read more»

Indeed, the extended forecast looks SUPERB 8) 3 dogs will be there… I have invited Mike Stoops (of Madcow fame). Hopefully he can join us?

There are two other fairly cool APODS that came up in the last week or so (at least from my perspective)… http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100821.html was taken from the Pawnee National Grasslands… and today’s http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html was taken from a spot that my wife…   Read more»

You are sorta both right :DFirst, go to http://www.wildmanrocketry.com/pdf/Kits/Wildman/DarkStar%20instructions.pdf and it pretty clearly shows (in the photo) as filament wound. Best to check directly with Tim, but he has been moving away from Performance convolute tubing. While I am not…   Read more»