Warren B. Musselman

Well I don’t think there’d be much issue with lofting a real pumpkin on that motor – as long as we stay away from some of the giant varieties…Warren

I like the idea – although I don’t know if we’d be ready for such a contest at MHM. People haven’t had time to build birds for this purpose and I would guess some serious ingenuity will be needed to…   Read more»

If you come out to see our Mile High Mayhem event next weekend (Saturday recommended), you’ll be hooked – I guarantee it.Warren Musselman

Ask our club president, Joe Hinton at IFlyRockets@yahoo.com.Warren MusselmanWebmaster, Contest Director

No problem Doug. I’m not using that AMW 75/6000 case this launch so I made sure I threw the ring in my range box. Just see me when you get in and I’ll have it.Warren

Doug, I have a 75mm nozzle washer for an AMW 75-6000 case. If that fits, you’re welcome to borrow it.Warren

Doug, the club most definitely has a 6′ x 1/2″ rod.Warren

I wasn’t being cruel. Conway was trying to sell of much of his rocketry stuff a few years ago just as I was getting into it and I saved a bunch of money by buying a couple altimeters, a motor…   Read more»

Welcome back Conway – and I want to thank you for selling me all that rocketry stuff you did back when you stepped out of the hobby. I’ve had some good flights on that AMW 1750 case you sold me…   Read more»

The club takes care of all FAA notifications for flights at club sanctioned launches. We have the waiver, you don’t ever need to worry about it.As for the lugs, I would strongly recommend you avoid lugs for anything larger than…   Read more»

Typical HPR igniter resistances I’ve measured range in the 1.5 to 5 Ohm range. This includes nichrome based as well as carbon fiber/nitrocellulose pyrogen as in the Igniterman kit.Warren

As an electrical engineer, I will strongly dispute the use of series igniters for the reasons that Chris gives. Unless there is a great deal more uniformity in the manufacture of igniters and ematches, the predictability of when an igniter…   Read more»

NAR can’t use clusters to certify, Tripoli can.Warren Musselman

Keep in mind the issue isn’t altitude, but air density.Warren

I plan on it… if it weren’t for the laryngitis, I would definitely have been there Sat. AM at the very least. Now if only we could prevail on Gary Rosenfeld to start making some of those cool 24mm SU…   Read more»

I had planned on being there, but a bad case of laryngitis kept me home. Couldn’t talk and for a chatty bastard like me, that’s intolerable in a social situation – moreover, I didn’t want it to get worse.I totally…   Read more»

Sanding and painting is ALWAYS the reason my projects are late or don’t fly when I intend.Warren

Entries into the Single Shot Sweepstakes will be accepted through the close of flight ops on Sunday at MHM OR when the first person takes a shot at it. I’m personally planning on a test flight of my bird at…   Read more»

$100 side bet? hmmm… this is getting interesting. My focus this MHM is the Tripoli (and club) L altitude record. I have a couple other tentative shots including the 24mm G bird I mentioned as well as (hopefully) another shot…   Read more»

I do it all for damn near every altitude flight I make – WD-40 the launch tower rails, I generally spend a couple weeks sanding and priming and filling and sanding my birds before I paint them and then after…   Read more»