John A. Wilke

motor retention is what Adrian and I have been doing for years - "friction fit" 😀 It works great. I've done it probably 150 times and never lost a motor. For shock cord attachment, Dr. J has a fwd ...

Nike-Apache, Nike-Ajax, Nike-Herc are all things I have thought of. I have a ton of experience with a lot of things in HPR, but not with staging… so that holds me back just a bit. That is a GREAT sug...

Nice! Steve J got his L2 as well. Anyone else? David, did you use tracking, or just eyeball it? That is a LONG ways up there w/o a transmitter or GPS. Good job. L3 next 😀

Amazingly enough, we both had it from the bluff to the S of the launch site. We then outsmarted ourselves and drove around the back way, thinking it had landed over thattaway. It came in fairly clos...

... so, uh, don't single deploy at 15000' Too late. I'm prepped. I ain't scared. JW

Don't forget Adrian and his goodies. I think we are one of the very few clubs who can offer pretty much one-stop shopping. I've flown at a lot of sites and I think we have an extremely unique situat...

I'm all geeked up to announce that 3 Dogs Rocketry will be handling the Mad Cow line of goodies (in addition to current 3DRLLC offerings). I'm going to bring in a substantial portion of Mad Cow's pro...

I'm very excited about the possibility of the I216's being flown in min. diameter optimized rockets. The first time that anyone will be attempting an altitude attempt with these motors. That would be ...

They are indeed nice. I did my L3 on a kit... it was a Dynacom kit (who is no longer in biz). I paid about 2x for my stuff vs. what it costs today and it is very nearly the same kit. Well built, thi...

Guys, I find myself a bit overstocked on Intimidator 5's, This rocket has a 98mm motor mount and is 5" diameter -- perfect for whoever has to fly an "N" to win the alphabet 😀 It is also a great L...

I might chug along with an I216 shot of my own... though mine isn't as glamorous (exposed rivet, conical cone, phenolic, thicker fins, etc.). Maybe we do Dr. J the honor of breaking the TRA record twi...

North site here we come! I'm geeked to get back up there. Some questions: a.) is anyone camping Friday or Saturday? b.) is anyone flying on Sunday? I know we always get revved up to fly, but the se...

Good names John. If it was me I would drop the name Raven so that there would be no confusion with Adrian's Raven altimeter. Note that I said "Raven, Shadow, Dark Star, Nighthawk, etc. are taken" - me...

Next three kits will likely be: a.) An entirely black rocket - featuring an exciting new, very black tubing material... (it is not carbon, but it WILL meet my high standard for strength). Will also h...

At the risk of having threads collide, I'm leaning toward doing an entirely black rocket for my next kit - new tubing material (dare I say REVLOLUTIONARY tubing material??), black G10 fins, black gelc...