John A. Wilke

That is a nice weight, Chad - my proto weighed just a snitch more than that, and I built it pretty light (or so I thought!). I came in just a tick over 48 oz with all recovery and electronics but w/o...

Chad, my advice is to wet sand. And wet sand some more. And then some more.... My least favorite part of building a rocket 😯 My KestreL appears to be a LONG way from being done, but I intend to fl...

Depends a bit on how you physically constructed things - if your ebay hangs down into the aft section, I like to tape the charge to the eyebolt so it is held away from the walls. This is a bigger deal...

Me an altitude guy? Where did you get that idea. Tony I got that idea because I haven't ever gotten w/in 10K of your best shot. Bring your "A" game to the playa this year, though 😀 I have an intere...

Wow - that sounds like a really nice combination (LOUD, easy cleanup, long burning).... how is performance? I know you are an altitude guy 8) Will we see this at BALLS? There is a rather large herd...

Gotcha covered, Ron - I brought in ten of them (they will be at my place this coming Thur) but 4 of them have been spoken for already... I'm beginning to think I should've brought in a few more? They ...

Madcow has introduced a really nice new kit... it is a 2.6" Nike. It is glass construction, 2.6" diameter, 38mm motor mount, decal, etc. They are $99. The nosecone is a doozy - really nice scale de...

Tell me where to go for the next launch. I thought they were all sold out.But I guess they dont go on sale till 6 weeks befor the launch. I guess. May be the bigest thing to go up in a while. Scott, ...

SCOTTEVANS wrote: How do you get tickets? I thought they were all sold out. Do you have to have tickets to be on the causeway? We bought a tour package that took us onto the causeway... it was about ...

Not to hijack a thread, but I must tell you all about Atlantis. At T+8 hours.... I am still SPEECHLESS. It was extradordinary. I just don't know what else to say. My wife and I were on the cause...

"!!!!!WAIT!!!!!" "TAKE ME WITH YOU!!!!!" 8) 8) Plane leaves at 10:45 tomorrow!! Incidentally, Sean S will also be viewing the launch. NASA, in a stroke of insensitivity, won't let Sean OR I LCO....

If our fire had been caused by a Skidmark after we specifically said we weren't going to fly Skidmarks... Yikes. I can't even imagine. I respectfully disagree in that it appears they had the foresig...

I'm going to miss the cleanup, but I have the mother of all excuses 8) I will be in Florida for THIS

Tim Thomas - your comments are ON THE BUTTON. I don't know what more could be said. They violated their own rules, and there you have it. This isn't the eastern half of the USA that gets 40" of rain...

Were I a west-Texas rancher that raised 15-20 bu/acre wheat every other year (half the ground is fallowed, meaning it is planted every other year) and if I had survived drought, hail, grasshoppers etc...