John A. Wilke

I can get another order placed with Performance, though Curtis is away for a week now - vacation. My last shipment from him was short a couple items, so I will have at least one more shipment. Carbon...

Does this mean 3DR is going into hiatus? 3DR will morph into something different... No more PR kits, but I'll likely do more of my own kits in the future. The KestreL was (is?) a blast. I may still so...

Thanks Bret! PR is... notoriously hard to deal with. The quality is superb, but the customer service is lacking. In the end, I didn't have time to lean on them as much as I had to. In short, the "j...

sent you a PM....

While I understand what you're saying, I am bummed to hear the news. Having bought 4 PR kits from you already and loving every one of them I expect to look for more in the future. Maybe someone else...

I am getting ready to send a shipment to New Zealand and the client is wanting an Aerotech compatible 29/180 casing + closures... if anyone has one they want to sell, let me know... Hopefully we can c...

Well, JW, I agree with you on LONG shock cords, my L3 100 foot can attest to that. Although this guy, JW, doesn't use masking tape to reef the Kevlar, he uses electrical tape! I have yet to use latex ...

You-D-Man!

I've really never worried about black powder under about 20K MSL. Above that, I do three things... First, I follow the technique here Note that the author there is none other than Tony2. I've u...

Wilke still uses the free version of Rocksim 4.0 I think. You are mostly right - I paid for it (I think it was $40). Shortly after than, version 5.0 came out and they stopped supporting 4.0... I coug...

And these are the areas were I think the "how hard should you push it on a cert flight" comes into play. While pushing the envlope is certainly part of the fun in our hobby, how far can you push it r...

Hey Warren - I now own two screwdrivers 😀 There are some really intense and incredibly capable altitude guys in the club. When going that route, the KISS thing is pretty much gone. Bret, for me - I...

I have to say, I think a well-optimized, carefully made rocket on an N5800 C-star could go higher than any 75mm rocket on any current commercial 75mm load. You certainly do sacrifice a lot in the drag...

I flew a minimum diameter, 98mm rocket ("Higher Calling") on an M1939 a few years ago... it was not optimized for altitude. I've learned so much since then. I did recover cleanly, and it was a cool b...

Bruce is just trying to save gas money! I do like the idea, though. A really, really big cluster attempt?