Kenneth Reilly

Hi Doug,When you download the track from the DC20, you do get altitude. Not only that, but the track can then be uploaded to Google Earth, so you can see the whole track complete with altitude. Pretty cool.

What a nice day. 14 of us searched a swath about a hundred yards wide and over 5 miles long. We found Geoff Givens’ Dragonfly and a few miscellaneous parts, most notably Greg Mackey’s fin can from his D altitude…   Read more»

Hi Ken,I’m in Longmont, and I have an Astro. We could get together and make sure your new DC20’s work. Speaking of working, ‘grats on the new job.

Mike,The only thing I would have to add is that when you ground test, do it with the chutes and harnesses packed exactly as you would if you were flying it. Eliminate as many variables as possible.

I’d be happy to do it, Ed.

Hi Ed,I believe I can cover that duty.

I don’t know if he reads the forums or not, but Dennis Billings would be the one to talk to.

Me too.

I’m still a little confused….Type II Permit: A permit issued by the Division of Oil and Public Safety to corporations, companies, partnerships, firms, individuals operating a business, associations, or state or local government agencies involved in the use, purchase, sale,…   Read more»

Hi Scott,If you were to join Tripoli now, they would honor your NAR certs and then you could do L3 whichever way you wanted.

Mike, I sent you a PM.

Hi Mike,I have a 3″ PML nose cone sitting unused in my garage right now. unfortunately, I don’t have any 3″ QT.

Hi John,John Reilly flew his Callisto on an I200 in the 29/360 case last November. I only ever had one set of 29mm closures, and I don’t recall there being an issue with the nozzle fitting in the closure. We…   Read more»

Simple enough – make disclosure grounds for disqualification

I will be there with John and Kaylee. Hope the weather turns again between now and then.

Well, it looks like it definitely belongs to Carl Battles, and arrangements are in the works to get it back to him. According to the launch logs, it flew on 11/09/2002. After 5 long years on the prairie, it will…   Read more»

Make sure your guys know to watch out for rattlesnakes. We came across this one on 4/5/08 while out hunting for a lost rocket ESE of the windmill.

JW,Since you asked… Anodizing oxidizes the outer skin of the aluminum. There are at least two types, with one being more porous and therefore softer than the other. Hard anodizing produces a fairly dense outer layer of aluminum oxide. There…   Read more»

The PML, the blue tape and the RR G80 all match the one I lost. Other than that there aren’t any other identifying marks. If you think about it, bring it to the April launch and I’ll get it from…   Read more»

Actually, I believe it’s mine. I lost one in January at the Atlas site.