Kenneth Reilly

I’m now convinced that my G3 had what would normally be called a shred, although I don’t know why the airframe failed. Of the two onboard cameras, one was lost and the other wouldn’t turn on. I did recover video…   Read more»

I can take care of it Joe.

I got it covered, Joe. See ya on the range

Hi Joe. Good to have a chance to fly again. I can get the trailer both ways. 😀

I can tow back if need be.

I believe that would be Jack Matthews’ rig.

yep, all of them were. I’d be happy to loan you one for any of your flights if you supply your own microSD card. Then all you would need is a little SD card reader. 8GB cards you can get…   Read more»

For those that haven’s seen them yet, here are some on-board videos I have posted to Youtube.These two are from our April launch at the North Site: Hell Yeah and Honest JohnThis one is from Hartsel on 4/22: ExuberanceAnd these…   Read more»

FWIW, I suspect the single most significant aerodynamic factor for these types of rockets to be the frontal area and the associated drag. Consider a 3″ rocket vs a 4″ rocket on the same 75mm motor. All other things being…   Read more»

Dave,i got mine searching ebay for “key chain DVR”.”808 keychain camera” works also. But I saw lots of similar things other places, often for way more than what i paid. Pay attention to shipping charges too – i saw one…   Read more»

Hartsel was great yesterday, there was a good crowd and the weather was really nice. Got a new onboard video from Exuberance.

Dennis,the HoJo seemed like a short flight because I cut out most of the stuff between apogee and touchdown as it was long and noisy.

It was a beautiful day for flying until the weather turned. My new video cameras were a huge success – videos of my Hell Yeah and Honest John flights are posted on youtube.

I can definitely tow, at least on saturday for sure. Sunday if need be.

Actually, Mike, I don’t think you will have to recertify. NAR and TRA have agreements where they honor each other’s certs. So, all you have to do is maybe fax them a copy of your TRA card showing L2 cert,…   Read more»

I should mention that Sundays also work well, in light of James’ comment.

Dave,I think that’s a great idea. Any Saturday afternoon, as long as it doesn’t conflict with a launch, would be fine with me. Sooner is better, too, I think.

Next time we’ll have to turn the cameras on last after everything else is ready to go…

I added 47 photos to James’ album on Picasa. I wonder if we got any interesting video from the on-board cameras. I know they were both already off when I checked them after the flight. I assume that’s because the…   Read more»

Picasa doesn’t seem to be all that collaborative to me. Maybe I’m missing something, but I don’t see a way to post to someone else’s gallery…