Warren B. Musselman

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 prim...

I've been told it's bad JuJu to heat West Systems up over 125 degrees to accelerate the cure. It gives off bubbles of hydrogen that cause pocking in the finish. Other epoxies are intended to be heat c...

THE Tower I drool over is here . 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 ...

Aerosleeve for the top layer... I'm doing it on my next 4" project - an N4000 altitude attempt. Should be a year away. Warren

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 monsoo...

I have an AMW 75/6000 casing I would loan. Warren

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 trapp...

We could clean and wax the tower... Warren

I could readily set up a projects area for folks...sort of mini-web pages for projects, though I can't promise it would be ready before Septemberish given my travel schedule. Warren

I've been fiddling around with a hybrid device by Radiotronix. The Wi.232FHSS-250 is 250mW, up to 7 miles line of site, 2400-152K baud RS232 wire replacement. The modules are $40-$60 ea. depending on ...

Sandable filler is probably 5 to 8 times the density of foam... I'm speaking of the Elmer's or other sandable wood filler. I'm really having a hard time visualizing what the application is. You can se...

A 1/4" gap would be something I would try to resolve with epoxy or sandable filler. Foam would be great in between the airframe and the motor mount tube as a filler. If you have a visible gap in the a...

All my serious scratch built birds up to 4" have pistons. Of course my PML kits have pistons as well, but not the other ones. Warren

Now John, I've got $500 worth of fancy paint guns and airbrushes, a compressor, hose, and all the rest... I've got to get some use out of the stuff sometime! ...and did I mention the paint? 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 outsid...