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I may be missing something but if you can weigh the powder in the reloads why can you not weigh the powder in the SU's Just remove the cap and pour it out. (Don't forget to put the proper amount...

7.5 Loc tubing, plastic nose cone. I did use 1/8 G10 for fins.

Entire rocket is finished with Hangar 9 Ultracote (like Monokote) no paint, no glass reinforcing.

Motor on this flight was an...

Thanks kj. I'm sure sharing is fine. I'll check with him to make sure.

Sorry, no build thread. It's just a two times upscale of the original Aerotech Phoenix. There are a few photos in the...

Sorry, I didn't take the video. I'll see if he will put it on Youtube.

The original thread is here:

http://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?33333-New-Rebuilt-Aerotech-Phoenix-Glider

I flew the Super Phoenix again yesterday for the first time since LDRS. I...

Zeus,

I have to admit I have never had a problem with the Q2G2's. I drop the igniter into the nozzle and press the straw right beside it and I can carry the motor around by the wires without it...

Somewhere they have a Red Roof Inn? ;)

Good point and Agreed.

I was just saying I felt the cloud thing was more about "us" hitting "them" than "us" hitting "us".

It is important to follow Federal Aviation Regulations as they apply to us. (Part 101).

My assumption is that the "not launching into a cloud" was less about the safety of the rocket or persons...

I've not clustered any 24mm CTI's but have done a lot of clusters in 29mm and 38mm with CTI and I can not remember any failures using their standard motor lighters.

Ditto!!

I'm thinking about starting a recovery fund.

Also, Jeff, you are only 1/8th of the way through this project....not counting replacing the wood. Cut your loses man!! The neighbor...

...when the post office sends you a letter telling you that your representation of a mailbox as a rocket is very original but doesn't fit their "breakaway policy", is too substantial and would cause...

I don't think there is a bad choice to be made between CTI and Aerotech. There are also a couple of other motor manufacturers out there and they have good choices too.

CTI motors in the L1...

Actually the rules that state launch angles and altitude for R/C Rocket Gliders (RCRG's) come from NAR. I launch rocket gliders all the time at about a 45 degree as per the NAR safety code. This is...

Nope. Mostly because when I looked again I saw that the fin loc had slid up on the baffle and it looked like one piece. I managed to separate them through the bag. You are right. I can see how...

After looking at the instructions on the Sumo I can see where the cap could possibly cover the baffle. Not likely but we all know that Murphy is just around the corner.

I looked at one of the...

Unless the OP modified the kit build in some way I can not see how even the big red ejection cap could have plugged a 29mm motor tube with or without mesh.

I'm thinking that if the plug was not...

A good deal is in the eye of the dealee. How do you feel about it? Sounds pretty good to me.

Cool model!!

Generally, wing sweep is not as effective in roll stability as dihedral is. I seem to remember something about one degree of dihedral being equal to about three degrees of sweep. Using sweep to...

Yesterday I had to remove a damaged fin from a foamed fin can. I borrowed and used one of the newer plunge type oscillating tools (like a cast removing tool). Worked like a charm. It went through...

I just weighed a K550 reload, bag and all and comes to 1159 grams. I think the propellant weight listed on thrustcurve only includes the grains and not the liner, delay element, etc.

I use the Lift n Lock. It has a large compartment in the top and compartmentalized slide out drawers in the bottom. Not cheap but worth it in my opinion.
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For someone who tends to...

Phil was a good friend and rocket buddy. We attended the last two LDRS's together and launched "Sputnik" as a team project in the odd roc category.

Phil was just getting back into rocketry...

Well, there's different and then there is different.

Yesterday I had an R/C airplane event and two (2) rocket launches to attend. I spent all morning at the R/C event and left about 1:30 PM to...

I have an upscale Pathfinder I have launched a few times on a J350. Just a slow pop up flight but pretty cool. It's 6" in diameter and a little over thirteen feet long. It weighs around 10 pounds. ...

I think Mark IS Skyangle at this point. I have had a couple of chutes repaired and the the turn around is almost instantaneous!!

Atta Boy Stan !!!

Welcome to the forum and back to the hobby. Congrats!!

That's the ticket! Agreed.