John A. Wilke

One other bonus of moving Oktoberfest a bit is that it won't conflict with antelope season. We've never had a problem, and odds are that we never will - but that always lurks in the back of my mind. ...

Maybe we bring our calendars to the annual meeting and put our heads together there. The dates for BALLS should be announced by then. Something like this takes some serious coordination. Black Rock i...

Don't know if this makes a difference, but LDRS is in June next year at Lucerne. Also, don't forget at NARAM in Pueblo in August. So many choices... Doug I had heard a rumor somewhere that the Lucer...

Is anyone up for a trip to Black Rock in '10? I'm thinking of going to MUDROC, which is typically in June. We probably won't have a June NCR launch due to MHM, so that fits the calendar nicely. Oth...

Pretty cool how they dump all that H2O, seen at 10-12 seconds into the video (while the rocket is still on the the pad...) They do that for the shuttle, too - it is for sound abatement. Seems like I...

Strange weather pattern - my office is between Greeley and Windsor, and they got maybe an inch there. We got 7-8" in Windsor, but as you go west there is a LOT more snow. I wonder what they may be g...

No real gaping holes (other than most of the "up" part) 😯 Values were returned from on the pad, then a large gap occured during ascent.... and then ?30 seconds later more values came in that were i...

... But reliably being in lock at apogee is still an issue. .... Adrian, I think everyone concurs that the GPS will not return the exact apogee of the rocket – it will almost assuredly return someth...

Soooo much depends on the rocket being flown. Adrian, you made some comments about size, weight, etc. that are clearly appropriate to a 24mm rocket that weighs 100-200g. As one moves up the alphabet...

OK, i get that the balloons are sampling pressure at various altitueds. How is the altitude of the balloon when the pressure is sampled determined? GPS or radio location. The other NCR Ken works for ...

Word is TRA records committee will not be accepting any altitude records over 25K without GPS including the full raw stream data capture. Baro or Accel derieved altitudes will not be accepted. Warren ...

NOW we're talkin'! That'd be a fun contest...

Hey Tony, that's a great shot of you and Steve! We need to get you guys to come this way for a launch sometime... Our ground is a bit harder so you won't have to dig as deep 😯 Would love to hear mo...

Hi David - I sent you a PM... check that, or ping me at 3dogsrocketery@comcast.net Thanks, JW3DR

Jeremiah, the carbon fiber in PR kits comes in two types - convolute (which is rather mundane looking) and filament wound, which looks something like snakeskin... a very exotic, patchy, sort-of-repeat...