Warren B. Musselman

No recovery plans for those boosters either… they just came straight in – ideally tumbling or spinning, but ballistic as well.Warren

It would not be a problem at any TRA Research launch I know of – the safety code is written to say that basically if metal components are required for the bird to perform as specified, then metal can be…   Read more»

I was actually thinking about machining the dart body out of thin-wall stainless and using a solid nose. I have enough blueprints to actually duplicate the coupling transition if I can get the machinist where I work to turn his…   Read more»

I don’t see our bird flying until ’08 as we still have some issues to deal with such as what will we fly it on. The loki dart also requires a special helical launcher that spins the bird up to…   Read more»

Bill Heath and I are also in the design stage for a boosted dart. In our case we’re looking at a 38mm dart and a 3″ booster. In fact, we’re building a 100% scale Loki Dart. (As a matter of…   Read more»

I got into rockets in 4th grade – an older neighborhood kid had a couple Estes and Centauri rockets and I saw him fly a couple of them at the local school’s football field. Then I noticed the ads in…   Read more»

We have NCR hats and there will be MHM T-shirts again this year. See Joe Hinton for either.Warren

Onsite is best. Look for Warren (that’s me). I’ll be LCO Saturday AM from 8 to noon and my truck and EZ-Up will be right next to the administration EZ-Up.Warren

We’ve had several successful SSSS shots, so I think we’ll award the prize for that. If no one flies the SSS though, we’ll roll it over and give everyone who paid up another shot.W

I think it bears discussion, but my take is that if no one flies this year then we should let the money ride-forward for the 2008 SSS. I don’t like the idea of EVERYONE forfeiting.Also, I talked to a number…   Read more»

Jon Skuba is the official vendor of Roadrunner G80’s for the SSS. Tim gets them from Jon.Warren

We tentatively scheduled Saturday Feb 3rd for a launch, but several folks have been out to the Atlas site and North site and neither is accessible due to snow. There were 4′-7′ drifts out at the Atlas site access road…   Read more»

Nothing different, although you will have to remove the motor so that it can be examined FOLLOWING the flight.Warren

In my early incarnation as a kid 7-14, I had a novice and then general ham license and my entire ham station was Heathkit pretty much…I even had a Heath computer… 8080 as I recalll and CPM to boot a…   Read more»

I remember the days when electronics was a viable hobby and quite a few stores besides Radio Shaft were out there selling components and even with people that knew what they were talking about….Warren

Well Ken, given that you’re the treasurer, I figured we needed to honor you for it. Not many folks step up to the plate and if someone does, folks need to be aware of it. Joe and I shouldn’t be…   Read more»

Jim Amos, Missileworks, carries screw type rotary switches that are highly recommended. He shows up at launches from time to time and is local, so shipment is quick.Warren

Well best of luck to you on both L1 and L2. I’ll be there.Warren

I hope you used rail guides instead of launch lugs of some size over 1/4″. While we will put up 1 each of 3/8″ and 1/2″ rods, don’t count on good on them as rails are by far becoming the…   Read more»

Very nice rocket. You did an excellent job aligning the weave in the fabric. I also would vote for leaving a significan’t amount of it visible.Warren