Warren B. Musselman

At one time I had a list from someone at Tripoli that had Adept, Missileworks, PerfectFlight, G-wiz, RDAS and a few others on it.

Congratulations Adrian!!!! I didn't realize it was your altimeter that was chosen. That validates my feeling that your products are more accurate than the competition. Before this new altitude record ...

Our approved altimeter list is the Tripoli altimeter list. I'm not sure if they are still maintaining one, but at one point they had one and I know Adrian submitted the Parrot and probably the Raven. ...

Firstly, I would consider a "burst disk" instead of a valve. They are available in precisely calibrated pressure ratings and were extensively used in Apollo and in other expendables for a wide variety...

By the way Tony, great video and great explanation of laying up tubing. Haven't seen the nose cone vid yet. I guess I'm lazy. After making several airframe tubes I decided I could buy better than I c...

Speaking of which, when is BALLS this year? I'll have my 98mm MD project ready and also semi-solid plans for a trip up the California and Oregon coast late in September sometime and it might just be p...

While it is difficult sometimes to know exactly where private land and public land boundaries are, it is pretty critical to make the effort to contact nearby ranchers before going onto land you're not...

Nose cone - 1/3 of shock cord - chute - 2/3 of shock cord, rocket... works for me every time so long as I have enough charge to push things out with a little authority and the chute is fluffed and re-...

Mine isn't staged, it's just a bare-assed absolutely minimum diameter, minimum length M project on an M795 moonburner. RASAero sims it to somewhere in the vicinity of 46K. It is essentially a test fli...

Great idea for a contest, but since I utterly refuse to go to any launch with that many people, its not likely I would go to any LDRS in order to fly it. I've got the project for it, but you'll have t...

How many times did you try it before you realized it was a video trick?

I saw Apollo 11 from the beach with the clock (not sure where it is, but close - near VIP stands).Saw Apollo 17 from Titusville - a shopping center parking lot. Saw the first Shuttle from the causeway...

I'm in a project where I need to get very accurately cut slots in an airframe for mounting the fins. In the past, I've taken the lazy way out and had Kent at Giant Leap or Curtis at PF do it for me. D...

I've flown 1/8" honeycomb fins on my L2 cert bird - standard trapezoidal planform ala Nike Smoke. Has something like 10 flights K and L on it and has fallen from 2K with an incomplete main deployment ...

One thing about Nomex honeycomb panel. Weight depends a LOT on how it was made. If epoxy from the layup process fills some or all of the cells, it weighs a lot more than if it was properly laid up. I'...