Warren B. Musselman

Aside from a couple little altitude record attempt birds, my main thing is a bash of a 5″ PF kit for my L3…W

I’m with you on that John. I was surprised they even dignified those conspisracy nuts with even those 30 seconds. I shed more than a tear or two and my wife and I were literally the only folks in the…   Read more»

I just read a thing in Wired magazine about it – maybe it is seasonal during Burning Man only? The article didn’t say, but did say that Burning Man Inc paid to bring a very fat pipe into town and…   Read more»

Gerlach has better high speed Internet than many towns or cities of over 200,000 population thanks to the Burning Man crowd. Supposedly they even have facilities to beam VERY high speed data out to the playa, although I’m sure some…   Read more»

Let me see if I can swap out the guides for 1515 guides… I’ll let you know if I can by Sunday night.Warren

What size rail is it? I have an 8′ x 4″ Yellow and Blue rocket I’ve been planning on flying on an L1300BB. It has rail guides for 1010 rail.Warren

I work with the guy who designed the optics for the HiRISE instrument. He’ll be coming to Oktoberfest. He’s also flown about 2 dozen Nike/Black Brant shots for an XRay telescope he worked on.Warren

Oh there is no doubt that Hubble is the coolest thing we’ve done since Apollo – and even with the focus screw-up and repair costs associated with it, it’s been the most return on any dollar ever spent in space.To…   Read more»

There is an old saying… “Man is the measure of all things…” Now I’m not going to comment on the right-ness of that statement, but it’s a truism when you’re talking about the masses. Getting funding for a space program…   Read more»

Personally I prefer Gerry O’Neil’s vision better…http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_O%27Neillandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_colonizationWarren

Geof, the kind of gliders… we’re always glad to see you out at the field and we’re always glad to help you out.Warren

Congrats to Art and Conway.Warren

Still one more launch this year… even if there isn’t, any two or three NCR members could get together to fly. A G80 powered bird and it’s attendant weight and altitude possibilities mean no waiver required… A “coyote hunt” opportunity…   Read more»

Several folks have said that the lack of tracking basically leaves them cold and that is one of the reasons they never flew. They don’t like the idea of losing a rocket.Warren

I think for 2008 I’d like to drop the “No Tracking” rule. It makes little sense aside from making it harder to return ANY altitude. I believe it has done something to cut participation.Warren

That is something I would seriously consider as a modification of the rules. Announce it and take money starting at the annual meeting – flights to be held at Oktoberfest… gives people 10 months to design and build and then…   Read more»

I think people get caught up in the pursuit of perfection and never get around to building or more likely finishing their rockets or they wait for perfect conditions that never arrive. My opinion at least – it seems to…   Read more»

Personally I welcome the idea whole heartedly.I’d like to see easy access to Loki reloads and whatever other motors you might care to carry plus on the research side I’d like to see:- chemicals, including bulk AP and AN, powdered…   Read more»

I have a Loki 54mm case (can’t remember the size offhand, but it holds the K350) and have burned one load in it. Expect I’ll be burning a few more as I like the moonburners.Warren

tip to tip is always the way to go BUT you can’t do it on a quantum tube airframe – only on phenolic or composite.Warren