Warren B. Musselman

John, when I joined the club, a “Wilke” charge was already a well established adjective amongst many of the folks who call you friend… Perhaps it is due to one or two particular incidents, but… it has taken on something…   Read more»

Indeed the little bicycle tower is in the trailer… however, with you bigger bicycle tower, I don’t know why you’d want to fly out of it. Your tower is much tighter…Warren

I leave Saturday morning…Warren

I’ve never brought it up with the rest of the executive committee, but I would assume that a number equal to 50% or more of the club’s current treasury for a single piece of launch equipment used primarily by no…   Read more»

THE Tower I drool over is here http://www.towerlauncher.com/. This thing will handle from 38mm to 300mm diameter birds, is 99″ long (8′), handles both three and four fin rockets and I believe he makes 4′ extensions for it. While I…   Read more»

You DO know that Cavemen used to char the tips of their spears to harden the wood and make them slide into the animal easier… That tower is almost old enough to qualify. Heck, if we were ever trapped at…   Read more»

We could clean and wax the tower…Warren

Personally, I view the SSS as a combination of two things… Extremely refined design and construction work… and the chance involved in gambling where the outcome depends on things completely outside your control. You do everything you can to make…   Read more»

Robert Dehate’s altimeters are considered commercial products. We’re only saying home-made altimeters that haven’t been calibrated in a vacuum chamber like Missileworks, Perfectflight, Pico, etc… aren’t allowed. These rules are the same rules as last year. Nothing has been changed…   Read more»

Excellent idea. I do believe at one time John Wilke told me the lot numbers he had problems with. John?Warren

Aerotech has several bad batches of G80’s early this year. John Wilke, a club member who was helping out the TARC team had multiple G80 CATOs from a batch in January. Kids were bummed out to say the least watching…   Read more»

It’s gorgeous outside! – a nice steady rain now here in Longmont for 48 hours+. I’m loving it… reminds me of the East. Nothing like a upslope storm to kill a drought…and a burn ban. If this monsoon keeps up,…   Read more»

You can bet I won’t miss the December launch this year…Warren

The nice thing is, if you fly it so as to bring it down like a rock – a streamer, a small chute with a big spill hole, etc., it WILL turn up. Someone will stumble across it – it…   Read more»

I’m not too worried about that happening… I plan on flying in December if I have to wait… but I will fly.Warren

By the way, I would add that if all remaining launches are cancelled this year due to fire ban, that the monies paid for the SSS and SSSS roll forward into the 2007. Just in case…Warren

Yes indeed I do John, though to be honest I don’t remember the rule – it does make total sense and quite frankly, I don’t want to deal with administering flights made outside sanctioned NCR launches. Thanks for reminding me.Warren

That has been discussed, but no decision was made. Currently, the only valid site to fly the SSS or SSSS at is either Pawnee North or the Atlas Site. If we do get a burn ban, I will discuss with…   Read more»

Why waste good money on good material. All mine were made from waste cardboard boxes.Warren

Bruce,First you mark your center point, then you draw out your 120 degree (or 90 degree) centerlines, then you draw your circle for the airframe, then you draw a line on either side of those centerlines you drew 50% of…   Read more»