Warren B. Musselman

One point to add, keep the GPS transmitter as far as possible from the deployment electronics. Quite a few altimeters are sensitive to RF and have a tendency to fire their charges when the transmitter is turned on.

The only shielding issues you’d need to worry about are metallic objects and carbon fiber. Everything else we use is radio transparent.

I’ll be in Berkeley CA on the 1st visiting mom. Sorry folks.

I have 304L Stainless rail buttons for 1010 rail in quantity. Unfortunately I’m out of 1515 buttons and have no immediate prospects for making more. These buttons are aerospace grade and sure to add to your project. Joe Hinton should…   Read more»

Wow!!!! I have had many compliments over the last 7 years since I took over the webmaster role and have had a number of other well-known clubs ask me how to do the same. I feel flattered since this became…   Read more»

Was that the coolest thing you ever saw or what? I still think the method was a kludge, but they pulled it off and nailed a damn near perfect landing – within .9 miles of target after nearly 400 million…   Read more»

Wow… congratulations Adrian. Damn it all, I was just about to ask you to jump in and consult on a project with Mark Stumbaugh and I on a 100K N project. When are you moving?

I have 3 Hypertek motors that I’d be happy to sell. They’re way cool to fly, but too fiddly for my current level of interest. The 3″ L motor is especially interesting. I’d let all of it go (3 tanks,…   Read more»

Having done it, I can say that making a custom nose cone is a labor intensive process and the results can be questionable without serious tools and tooling to make it happen.The main item is to make a perfectly shaped…   Read more»

I did the Nucla Prarie Dog Shoot a couple times back in the 90’s…. nothing like exploding plague infested rodents with a .222 or a .25-250 from 400 yards off a bench. Lots of good local homebrew beer too. WAY…   Read more»

Unfortunately, from a Club perspective, you may only launch on official launch days due to our permit from the National Forest Service who administers Pawnee National Grasslands. That, plus our negotiated waiver with the FAA means that your flights are…   Read more»

Speaking of motor cases – I loaned a 75/6000 EX case to the group. Where is that case now? James? Steve? Someone else? I want it back or $100 for it. ASAP before it disappears into the back of someone’s…   Read more»

Bear… you’re embarrassing me.There are several reasons for v-bagging – one, to ensure that the fabric is thoroughly tight to the underlying substrate. Two – to ensure that the fabric is thoroughly saturated with resin (not really a function…   Read more»

I have ALWAYS eaten better on the river than at home and always seem to come home at least a few pounds heavier. Like I said, I’ve been practicing this since the late 80’s when I started running river trips…   Read more»

I’ve been doing the car camping and multi-day river running thing for over 20 years now and have things down to a science. Checklists, adaptable for the particular river or destination and length of trip, are utterly essential. Given that…   Read more»

He needs to PM me his preferred password. There is no way to re-initialize the account and have it resend the activation email. Once he is logged in he can change his password.

This is an issue that has stumped me for years. The dilemma is that without communications, the guy who’s rocket you’ve found may be out searching and spending hours looking for a rocket that has already made it back to…   Read more»

McGuckins in Boulder has a variety of larger sized bottle brushes. I have several for cleaning birds and motor cases from 38mm to 98mm. Bigger than that you’ll need to look at chimney brushes.

Locktite, NEVER epoxy. There are 2 general types of Locktite – 25# and 90#… Use the 25#. Cheap, effective and you can undo the bolt but it won’t come undone without a wrench. The weights refer to the supposed torque…   Read more»

Great interview and one of the very few he’s ever given. Fascinating especially to hear him narrate the landing sequence. I grew up through Apollo and am still a total addict. One of my great disappointments was that he didn’t…   Read more»