Warren B. Musselman

Personally I would be loathe to give the OK from the club for anyone else to use the North Site for non-club sanctioned launches – the potential danger of losing one of the best launch sites going is too scary…   Read more»

I’d personally love to see us get together in some form or another on a regular basis – build nights, beer nights, whatever. The problem is where to hold it. Do we rent a place? A Library meeting room, etc….   Read more»

James,No one said anything about not bringing non-rocketry folks to launches – in fact, that is encouraged to the highest degree. That is a far cry from advertising to all and sundry about the event so that people come just…   Read more»

Actually, we’ve done our best to minimize publicity. A few years ago we had over 500 people show up due to an article in the Greeley and Fort Collins papers and there were significant problems with people parking on the…   Read more»

Most of the vendors – Missileworks, Giant Leap, Rocket Garden, Photos by Nadine – accept credit cards and checks.Warren

I’ll be there and currently the only resident experts on the Hybrid GSE are Dale Netherton, myself and possibly Ed Wranosky. I’m more of a Hypertek guy myself, but I know which hoses go where and which wires plug in…   Read more»

If the comparison is between your typical Home Depot grade of threaded rod and standard McMaster threaded rod, I think you’ll find a significant difference. Your average hardware store stuff is almost 100% made in China with very poor quality…   Read more»

I’ve been remiss on this – but given that I have just spent the last 3+ months gutting and remodeling a house and then moving into it, I hope I can be foregiven.Yes, the Upscale Contest is still a go,…   Read more»

Yes the contest is a go – I’ve got to get hold of Brent McNeely and discuss with him before I officially announce and unfortunately he wasn’t at O’fest. Working on it. Probably will end up being announced at January…   Read more»

hmmm… nothing received. email is wbmussel@indra.comWarren

I’m sorry – I owe you and everyone an apology as I haven’t be exactly communicative. I can definitively tell you that moving sucks – especially when you can’t take off any time from work to get it done. I…   Read more»

I’m sorry folks, but as far as this Contest Director is concerned this contest is a go and I’m happy to run it. The executive committee still needs to meet to discuss the rules in detail and that just hasn’t…   Read more»

As a matter of warning – it’s not a good idea to get epoxy on your skin. EVERYONE eventually develops and allergy to it – some take longer than others. Once you are allergic, you essentially cannot work with epoxies…   Read more»

I cut fin slots on a table saw. Paper and phenolic with a 96 tooth carbide hollow ground furniture blade and composites with a metal cutoff wheel. I have a little adjustable jig I use along with the rip fence.Warren

I think airstarts are definitely not a problem. It’s the ground starts that scare the crap out of me. If you’re high enough that the sparklies of the lovely titanium chips don’t hit the ground, I’d say it was good…   Read more»

Do keep in mind that unless it rains in the days leading to O’fest or during O’fest, Skids are not that likely to be OK to fly. After the last fire, Joe and I had a discussion where as a…   Read more»

I stand corrected John. I’m at 53″ and 1400gr and just tickling 20K. I must have been a bit overexcited yesterday.Warren

I’m thinking a kick-ass boost to get some mass moving past mach followed by some sustaining burn to keep the momentum burning and that mass to keep it coasting. My preliminary designs on Rocksim are very comfortably in the range…   Read more»

Damn John… I bet you could do something about that K record with something like this. I bet the ticket is going to be optimizing weight. Put a little mass in there, make it short as possible so probably a…   Read more»

I would suggest morning. As always, I’ll be happy to drive the trailer up to the North Site on the Thursday before the event and manage range set-up. I can also handle recharging all the range boxes.Warren