Warren B. Musselman

Congrats Mike. Beautiful boost and a relatively easy recover with that GPS. Excellent. W

I'm using 4 x 4-40 nylon screws for shear pins on my 5" L3 bird. Don't know if that means anything, but number 6 screws are at least twice as shear resistent than 4-40. W

That could be one of mine or John Wilke's - the pic is pretty blurry. We've both lost 24mm MD birds over the last couple years. Was there an altimeter besides the transmitter? In any event, bring it ...

I plan on being out to the North site for MHM setup on THursday 5/1 somewhere between noon and 3 to start range setup. Warren

This was some random comment I read on the ARocket list where it was reported that several drives all failed in quick succession. There was discussion of the impact of zero-g on the bearings and/or lu...

I know John - I know. Like I said, I dilly-dallied myself out of the running since there are no current motors with the capability to beat those records. However, the NCR altitude contest most definit...

Don't feel bad Adrian - Wilke not only threatened me with it, he went and did it for the current G world record. I still have 3 or 4 of those G55 motors, again a 24mm, and if TC actually gets their wa...

Adrian, The F32 is the contest killer motor - it is a 24mm 100% F motor and less than a dozen newtons shy of a G. ALL world F altitude records have been set with either the F32 or its sister motor, th...

Yeah, but they can still be flown at Research launches and although I might not be able to take a TRA altitude record, I will be able to take the NCR record. W

Kyle, I can't wait to see what you and John have cooked up. Knowing John, you've done most of the work and he's done the mentoring and I'm sure you have a helluva project to fly. If you have a success...

There are always scouts at our big launches and all I can say is make sure you contact Joe Hinton, our president, so he is aware you guys are coming. There are definitely multiple vendors with A-E mot...

If I recall correctly, Brakleen is a halogenated solvent and as such is a major source of ozone destruction in the stratosphere and upper altitudes. They do not break down for hundreds of years. Aweso...

This is completely off topic, but given the industry you work in Mike, I wonder if you could comment on this. A while back, it was reported that ALL the hard disk drives in the ISS essentially seized ...

There is a teflon spray I've used in the past that would likely be far better. I just mentioned WD40 because I've seen a lot of folks in the club use it that way and for that purpose and its usually s...

I'm thinking about maybe multi-piece stainless rail buttons with a teflon washer on both the inner and outer bearing surface. In general though, I spray WD40 on rails before every flight. It definitel...