Warren B. Musselman

I was on both the Extreme Rocketry and Missileworks sites this morning and they were both working fine. Aerotech is working fine too. Possible that there was a DNS problem for some ISP’s though. I’m through Level 3 here at…   Read more»

Did I mention my comments were tongue in cheek?W

Hey this is the US – if we want to be primitive and be the only country on the planet that uses old Imperial measurements like Miles, Gallons, Quarts, we can damn well do it. After all, we’ve got the…   Read more»

This coming from a veteran of Robot Wars and BattleBots… I can see it now, Rocket Rage or Altitude Wars or something… Actually a pretty funny image – rockets flying to extreme altitude and deploying carbide saws or big hammers…   Read more»

Ah, like Cafe Press.W

Except for the cost of creating the different logos and having to stock the different shirts or stickers or coffee cups or whatever.Warren

I think it’s a great idea Brent and think it’ll definitely catch on with the altitude pigs amongst us – like me for instance. A T-shirt is a great idea. You could also put up a page with names and/or…   Read more»

I’d certainly do it.Warren

Had another fine day at the machine shop today – finished the blanks for the centering rings and bulkheads as well as turned some prototype stainless steel rail buttons for 1515 rail. Mostly spent the morning facing the rings and…   Read more»

Finished the Thrust Ring today and started machining the bulkheads, mainly just facing the plates and drilling the center-hole for the threaded rod that holds the e-bay together.Here’s some pics. Note the lightening holes milled in the forward side of…   Read more»

It’s a 5″ bird with 98mm motor mount. All the rings and bulkheads are 6061-T6. Fins are going to be 0.25″ G10 tip to tipped in a special pattern across both the motor mount and airframe using kevlar, carbon and…   Read more»

We always have a tank and the hybrid GSE in the trailer. However, as I’m sure you know, the trailer is stored outdoors near the launch site and the tank will be at ambient temp.You know the temperature issues better…   Read more»

In that case, the stickiness isn’t uncured resin, but something called Amine Blush. A sticky, waxy-ish coating that occurs sometimes on epoxy cured below normal temps or in high humidity. Harmless and should come off with a good scrubbing of…   Read more»

I’ve had this happen with West Systems myself, again due to insufficient mixing. I usually mix for at least 60 seconds and I really work to get all the corners and crannies of my container well stirred up.When it happens,…   Read more»

Yes, it will be fixed – probably not until we do the site upgrade to PhpNuke 8.1. That is forthcoming – I don’t have a specific date for you, but within the next 2 months, possibly much less. The reason…   Read more»

This is either a version specific bug or a problem with our specific installation. It is very rare and has happened only twice with a couple other suspicious incidents. The symptom is posts scrambled being mixed between threads or missing…   Read more»

What’s this? Something they won’t let you fly at LDRS? At MHM? I’m there!By the way Doug, I wanted to ask you if I can fly off your pad at MHM – probably Friday.Warren

Doug, no intent to offend here, but I think you’re way out of line with your comments and I think you misunderstand where I’m coming from or are taking it too broadly. I was speaking of BALLS specifically and EX…   Read more»

Not to be a spoilsport myself, and I want to emphasize that my comments in no way represent NCR here… BUT, I feel that small children have NO place anywhere that EX propellant and L3 rockets are flying. I’ve personally…   Read more»

No snakes or animal life to speak of except left overs from Burning Man, which happens a few weeks before BALLS. Mainly it’s dust – superfine, alkaline, incredibly pervasive; and wind to blow it around and even through the tightest…   Read more»