Warren B. Musselman

Tony – I want to find out more about deploying a chute from the nose cone. I’ve never had a chance to examine a bird that does that and I have a 54mm MD DD bird designed to fly on…   Read more»

Now if only I could afford some new projects. Fortunately, I do have a magazine full of motors… MHM will be epic. I’ve got a 54mm MD that’ll fly on a K and an L (if I can get a…   Read more»

My congrats too Sean…

Exactly what I’m talking about – except that I wrap the packets in different # of layers – one packet with one layer, then 2, then 3, etc. That way they pull apart in the order I want to prevent…   Read more»

Personally I’m a masking tape Z-fold guy…1 layer where I want it to break first, then 2, then 3, then 4… in 4 bundles. Has worked well so far. I use masking tape because it is cheap and biodegradable.

12 grams may seem excessive on a 6″ airframe, but it depends on the length of the bay and as I recall Conway’s bird was a bit long. The UprOar project, a 7.5″ project with an inner airframe of 6″”…   Read more»

Ah Bruce – you should place credit where credit is due. The altitude king of NCR is John Wilke and I have borrowed more ideas from him than I could list. Of course I’ve liberally borrowed wherever I found good…   Read more»

Most rockets aren’t complicated at all. People leave tons of space in their designs to fit things like shock cords and chutes and electronics. Where things start getting interesting is trying to fit everything into as small a space as…   Read more»

To each their own I sez… For my L3, I wanted to avoid the hubris I had going into my L2 cert process which ended up causing the loss or destruction of 4 birds before I successfully certed. As it…   Read more»

Sounds like one of my L2 attempts Sean… I wanted to tickle our 20K waiver. Whatever happened, it is still out there on the prairie somewhere – probably 8′ down. Lots of people told me not to get complicated or…   Read more»

I took my time.Nailed my L1 first try, took 5 tries to get my L2 (lost 2 of them although one of the lost ones probably was a good flight – didn’t find it for 16 months – the others…   Read more»

If the camera were steady, this wouldn’t be so dizzying to watch.John, I agree on the gloves – can’t imagine they would feel secure.

I dunno, but it seems to me that airplanes cost more than girls and girls cost more than rockets.I mean – think about it. An M motor is a paltry $300 or so. Girls easily cost more and airplanes far…   Read more»

Yeah – I know Art. However, I was on the river and a river trip beats rockets hands down every time. It’s like your priorities – girls definitely trump rockets and maybe beat flying, but a river trip beats them…   Read more»

Given that basically ALL of our launches since Mayhem have been cancelled due to fire danger, I most definitely will drive out if just for the social aspect. Both projects I have ready to fly are too big for the…   Read more»

I have an old 12″ chop saw I use only for cutting tubing. Have a masonry cut-off blade in it and it works perfectly. If you’re relatively nearby, feel free to contact me and I’ll happily invite you up to…   Read more»

Looking at your sig Art, I’d say you need to get your priorities in the right order.Happy Thanksgiving back at ya’ and to everyone else as well.Warren

Sometimes I really wish there was a “Like” button so you could show your approval of a post without having to make a post. Ed, way cool.Warren

If I had the money…. I could always use another M. Alas, unless someone decides I’m employable I’ll have to let this one pass me by.

Well John, I knew I wrote it when the website first went active, but apparently it had been disabled and I had to re-enable it after I couldn’t find it. Available in the Articles box on the right of the…   Read more»