Warren B. Musselman

Joe, could you email me your current version of alphabet contest rules so I can edit and post. The new Hi-DEF contest rules ARE posted as of yesterday and the Triple Shot (H-I-J) contest rules will be posted tonight or…   Read more»

In general, unless there is an overriding reason subject to wide discussion, consensus, probable vote at the annual meeting, and in the end, the judgment of the executive committee (President, Prefect, Contest Director, etc.), ALL contests are limited to NCR…   Read more»

If someone will write out the rules as discussed, (I missed some of this), I’ll post them on the rules page.

I’ve got a very light all-carbon 24mm altitude bird I built years ago to take the F and G records from John Wilke… after several near losses due to the small size and extreme altitudes I was getting on a…   Read more»

I’m not too worried about getting LOX and liquid H2, but I guarantee we don’t know anyone with a mixer big enough to pour a couple 200″ 4 grain solids.W

Seems to me that Anthony and CTI are making a major investment in hobby rocketry – certainly they’ve done more in the last 2 years than they have since 2000 in terms of new motors, new sizes, new propellants, etc….   Read more»

Joe, just email the agenda – I left mine on the table. I’ll get them posted soon as I have them.W

I’ll second the motion on this. I had a very nice conversation with Jon Halvorsen (sp?) and it certainly seems that any difficulties we’ve had certainly aren’t from his corner. We’ve enjoyed and enviable launch site with minimal regulation due…   Read more»

Metadata from the site I found the link from says that this was a TR-1B.Thanks Doug, I didn’t know that – I’ll go read the article. You gotta love Wikipedia.Warren

That is one of the rarest airplanes every built – only 2 were ever made. The U-2 trainer. Did you notice the landing gear? The wheels under the wings fall off at takeoff. The pilot lands and has to keep…   Read more»

Looks like from the official Federal record, our permit has been approved. While it’s always nice to have options, I don’t think we need have any worries about our existing sites.Warren

Staying where we are is really the only viable option. What I’m mostly concerned about is whether decisions were made by management up in the stratosphere above the folks we deal with. As Joe said, lets hear what they have…   Read more»

For a 100K or even 50K waiver, I’d drive 5 hours… at least as soon as I have a bird finished for that altitude.W

Think SE or NW Colorado on Grasslands or BLM land. Somewhere on the web I saw a map with all the major air traffic corridors in the Continental US – that’s the map you want to read between the lines…   Read more»

In thinking about it, we would need permission for 9 contiguous sections with the launch site in the middle in order to have our 25K waiver. Of course an ideal 50K waiver would probably require 16 sections and possibly more.W

A section is a square mile – 640 acres. Currently we have a waiver to a certain altitude, but it also presupposes a certain diameter circle with no house or buildings and no road above a certain traffic level. Our…   Read more»

I should add a comment to expand on what Joe said – there are only 3 elected positions open to all members – President, Tripoli Prefect and Tripoli Secretary. All other executive committee positions are filled at the discretion of…   Read more»

I’m certainly open to passing the contest director role on – particularly if I take over TRA Prefect. A little new energy would be a good thing and the more folks we have step up to the plate, the easier…   Read more»

EXCELLENT NEWS!!!!! This is more info than Joe and I had when we last met. I expect the meeting tomorrow to go very smoothly. THANK YOU MARK!Warren

The permit has been in process for at least 5 or 6 years now. We aren’t what’s holding it up. I just now got back from lunch with Joe discussing this very issue. HOPEFULLY, we will have one or more…   Read more»