John A. Wilke

Mayhaps I'll wade into the fray myself... The rocket I'd have to fly is apogee deploy, so the weatherman would have to be nice to us. If the weather IS good, the alphabet will heat up again, too - I ...

I may have to dig out "Beyond Consolation" for a blast. Adrian, will you have your tower at the next launch?

Showing my ignorance here - did we change the rules to allow multiple shots in the SSS / SSSS? I wasn't at the meeting last year. Seems to run a bit contrary to the spirit of "Single" Shot Sweepstak...

no one else has flown. I've toyed with it... we'll see how the weather is in November? Maybe some kid will lob an 8# rocket up to 2,000' and claim your 20-spot, Adrian! JW

I think the root of the issue -- no pun intended -- is wooden fins. PML is a great, low-cost resource for cutting G10 fins. The fins are a bit more expensive up front, but when you calculate all the...

There have been some who have suggested or tried lighting a smoke canister with a timer LONG after landing, to facilitate finding a lost rocket. That sounds like a great way to burn up several hundre...

Great discussion! I say we sort this out a bit east of Gerlach, NV next summer??? Jeroen - any chance there'd be a 9KNS 75mm motor in production by then? JW3DR

That's gotta be a Black Rock shot, right Sean? I'm planning to go to one of the BR launches myself next year, though BALLS may be tough due to so many other diversions that time of year (Oktoberfest, ...

IIRC Cotronics has a very short shelf life? I know I read or heard that somewhere... I haven't found anything on ProLine products on the web. The paste is crazy in that it is what holds the Mongoose...

Jeremiah, a bit of a complex answer - Mongoose and Blackbird kits come with a black "paste" epoxy. It is a ProLine product. I used the clear liquid in my build (also made by ProLine). Same brand, t...

I used AeroPoxy a year ago on my minimum diameter "M" shot, and I used heat lamps to cure it. AeroPoxy is wunnerful stuff. This year, I used ProLine epoxy, as I had heard it was a bit better under h...

Paul was a great man who did a lot of pioneering in our hobby. Some of my fondest rocketry memories involved Kosdon East (forerunner of AMW)... Paul was a tremendous influence on my early days of roc...

It really looks great on the home page! Nice work to all -

For my part, I think a total NS tally would be better. If someone goes out and flies 38 "M" hybrids, they ought to win... right now hybrids don't really get much (any?) of a tally.

Mark, does that scale go to the 2nd decimal place on grams? I'd like one for mixing epoxy in *tiny* batches... even one decimal place on the gram scale would rock. I use mechanical pencils.. the lead...