Kenneth Reilly

Hi Mike,Since I’m also in the middle of my L3 I have been running these same calculations. What happened to you on Saturday concerns me, as I also have an RRCX mini. According to my calculations, I don’t see a…   Read more»

so that’s what paranoia looks like when it becomes law….

Scott,The iffiness of motor ejection delays was what lead me to electronic deployment. I found instances where Rocksim says you need 12 sec and AT comes in 10 or 14, both of which lead to 100+mph deployments. There is a…   Read more»

I think a bunch of rocket hounds descending on the theater en masse would be an absolute blast. Personally, I could go for watching Doug’s movies on Friday night, and then trooping over to Ft Collins on Saturday night for…   Read more»

Hey Warren,This is from the rocketry page at http://www.firefox-fx.com:THE PBAN KIT COMES WITH THE FOLLOWING:142 PG. MANUAL “PLASTIC RESIN BONDED ROCKET FUEL SYSTEMS” -VERSION III1 GALLON PBAN, RESIN, CARBOXYL TERMINATED1 QT 2-ETHYLHEXYL ACRYLATE, LIQUID PLASTICIZER8 oz DER -331 EPOXY RESIN,…   Read more»

I haven’t seen any evidence of this bath causing any change beyond the cleaning. From the Wikipedia: Aluminium, when exposed to oxygen, forms a thin layer of aluminium oxide on its surface which is relatively resistant, so that aluminium tanks…   Read more»

Been doing that for a while, and it does work as good as you say. Forgot where I first heard of it though.

The Pro 38 2 grain case was returned to Dennis Billings on-site Saturday afternoon.

Yes, Thanks Chris. I’ll plan on flying that J528 in Ten pin’s Revenge sometime Saturday morning.

Speaking of borrowing cases… I would very much like to borrow a Loki case for the J528 on Saturday if there is one available.Ken Reilly

Hey Mike,You might want to reconsider the plastic rivet… Suppose your piston does push down, what if it jams against the rivet and fails to function by virtue of being jammed against the rivet? I’d be satisfied with making sure…   Read more»

Whether the bulkhead is toward or away from the charge or somewhere in the middle, I don’t think matters nearly as much as 1) the skirt is long enough to preclude any significant twisting and 2) keep the tube and…   Read more»

It is with some trepidation that I say this, because I’m not much of an orator and, for some reason I can’t quite explain, I am terrified of that microphone, but now that I have my L2 under my belt,…   Read more»

Hi Ken,Sorry I didn’t see your post sooner – don’t know how I missed it, but I did. Sometime this weekend should be very doable. Where are you located, and when would be a good time for you?Ken

I sure did. I was the red Intruder with the J350 and dual deploy.

Hi Ken,I’m up in Longmont. I’d be glad to take a look.

I’ve had pretty decent results using a small piece of 1/2″ copper pipe and an end cap. I epoxied the end cap to the bulk plate and just for extra strength, drilled a hole through the end cap and bulk…   Read more»

Shouldn’t be a problem. The rocket weighs in just a shade over 5 lb. Rocksim says it should go a little over 4700′. Unless the air is way thinner there, i don’t anticipate the waiver being a problem.Ken

Hi all… I’m planning on making my 1st L2 attempt at Hartsel. I’ll be putting my Intruder up on a J350. Tim Thomas has said he will be there and wouldn’t mind being one of my witnesses. Anybody interested in…   Read more»

Just a wrap up on the G-80 cato…. I received my compensation from Aerotech today. A pair of G77-10R Loadable Motor System kits – one for the G80 and one for the rocket. All in all a fair shake, I…   Read more»