Warren B. Musselman

For Giant Leap, best thing to do is call GLR and talk to Kent and then tell him to ship the stuff to Tim Thomas for delivery.Warren

There is a Hobbytown in Westminster that has some PML and LOC parts.Warren

He means Thermalite – looks kinda like cannon fuse with a thin wire core. Was used for ages as an igniter booster. Now highly regulated.Thermite is a different material – usually mixed to order from powdered metal and metal oxides….   Read more»

Ken,I can loan you one 24mm case.Warren

As I recall, you were standing right there with me when my first SSS bird fired on the pad not once, not twice, but three times. It had a single 1/8″ port for a Perfectflight MAWD. A breeze across the…   Read more»

I’d do 3 equi-spaced 1/16″ diameter holes. Still well under the upper end specified by Missileworks and definitely big enough to do the job in a 3″ bird with that small a volume.W

Some of your questions have answers that are, to be blunt, undefined.No official contest date was chosen, so the contest runs all year.No current cluster records exist for NCR of any kind. We’re waiting for a new code push on…   Read more»

No Fee as it stands now. I think Joe and I are going to choose some sort of “fabulous” prize.W

Agreed. So far, I’m cool with what you’re talking about.W

Some good questions Dale, most of which were not considered. Let’s answer.1 – No boosted darts – I have a separate boosted dart contest in mind.2 – I think it should be – certifiable condition so to speak. It means…   Read more»

Congrats Mike. Beautiful boost and a relatively easy recover with that GPS. Excellent.W

Impressive Mike – very nice. You have my best wishes for a flawless flight and recovery.Warren

Damn Mike – that second shot was damn near straight to apogee – looks barely 100′ away from the pad when apogee deployment occured.Hate to say it, but can you start a new thread to continue this? Jeremiah has been…   Read more»

Those were some great flights Mike. Glad I was there to see them. Good luck on the M flight at MHM. I’ll be there doing it too.Warren

I didn’t think about it either to be honest. I hadn’t considered Mike’s secondary payload (GPS and downlink) or its possible impact at all. As I recall, I believe Mike said it was 2 Watts, which is a considerable amount…   Read more»

Since that bird, I always use 3 holes and I try to make sure that the baro-sensor is somehow baffled from any direct airflow through those holes.Warren

Oh yeah, it’s also just as important that you dont have TOO much port area. Too much or too little can confuse the altimeter.Warren

Good deal – can’t say I’ve ever seen that many, but that’ll certainly do the job.

That’s an interesting thought Scott. My very first dual deploy bird had only a single altitude bleed hole into the avbay and it fired its charge on the pad when a gust of wind hit. Since then I’ve generally gone…   Read more»

I’m very sorry for your unexpected malfunction. I’d also like to know who’s altimeter and which model caused the problem. Doesn’t look too bad, slice off a couple inches and have at it again. Better luck next time Mike. Again,…   Read more»