Assuming the Stratologger (which I don't have) works the same as the Pnut (which was released at about the same time and which I have several examples) the post-flight second group of beeps is in...
Type: Posts; User: BEC
Assuming the Stratologger (which I don't have) works the same as the Pnut (which was released at about the same time and which I have several examples) the post-flight second group of beeps is in...
Smallest: One grain CTI Smokey Sam (F36). Went to about 350 feet per the PerfectFlite Pnut aboard. That's low and slow, for sure.
Largest: three grain CTI Imax (H87) - my L1 cert flight. 2339...
The only epoxy in my Leviathan is that used to attach the motor retainer to the motor tube. The rest is all Elmer's Glue All (good ol' regular white glue) or Titebond trim and moulding glue (for...
Flew mine last August on a 1 grain Smokey Sam. Drilled to 4s delay. PerfectFlite Pnut data shows apogee of 349 feet and about perfectly timed ejection. The spike in the graph is from the altimeter...
Another example: order submitted 8:52PM PDT on Wednesday. White Semroc box in Saturday's mail - clear across the country in the Seattle area. Amazing.
Here is one shot of that table that I took, looking at it from a different angle.
Made the second leg of the trip from home to NSL. Tonight in Green River, Wyoming.
Getting ready for the trip to NSL: finishing touches on the QCC Explorer, original night flyer, Starship Excalibur, a few others. Figured out how to pack 'em in the plastic box they'll travel in....
Pacer Formula 560. http://www.horizonhobby.com/products/zap-formula-560-canopy-glue-PAAPT56
You're OK - the instructions say the thrust ring is optional. :)
It is a nice flyer indeed.
Interesting question. Cady Coleman had a couple of flutes and a pennywhistle up there awhile back as well.
I have learned a bunch watching the videos that Cmdr. Hadfield has done during his...
I infer from the language here: http://www.nsl2013.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/NAR-Launch-Hold-Harmless-Release.pdf that you do not....but if you are not you have to sign this waiver.
This is sound advice even if you fly CTI. I've had two CTI igniters that were open (no continuity) right out of the package. On a single motor that's just grumbling while I change it out. On a...
My first car, which I dearly miss, was a 1972 Mazda Rx-2 four-door sedan. Dead stock. It looked really unassuming, but above 4000 RPM when the back two barrels of the carb opened up - it just kept on...
Hmmmmm...... makes me wonder how much the science teacher understands. Depending on your balsa choice you're going to wind up with fins of different thicknesses as foam board is generally 7-8mm...
Jake,
I see two Estes "E2X" kits that have individual plastic fins and are big enough to swallow an AltimeterOne: the Dragonite (2169) and the Banshee (2132). The Taser that's in the 1491 Taser...
I'm with Bob. Regular ol' hobby grade epoxy is fine....and has been on my Leviathan and Ventris kits - which generally flown on CTI motors.
Keith,
Care to conduct a few experiments at NSL, perhaps? :)
I have both MicroPeaks and Jolly Logic units (Ones and Twos). None of them will fit in the Estes Firestreak. It has a BT-5 inner tube inside that plastic shell. Also, the MicroPeak really needs a...
Depends on timing, of course. I graduated from Shiprock High in 1974. We first moved to Shiprock so my father could be a teacher there (working for the school district then headquartered in...
Click and hold in the window with the rendering, and drag. Or that's how it works for me (13 inch MacBook Pro, 10.6.8).
Interesting project. Having lived at the northeastern corner of the Navajo reservation from 5th grade through high school, I've heard lots of Navajo spoken with the odd English word thrown in here...
From the Synergy album "Audion": Orbit Five, Revolt at L-5. From "Sequencer": Phobos and Deimos Go To Mars, Full Moon Flyer, Terra Incognita
The entire album by Jon Anderson called "Olias of...
Are you committed to the Firestreak? It is a small snap-together plastic kit which is too small to contain an AltimeterOne as the inner paper motor tube is too small in diameter for an AltimeterOne...
Like this? http://www.jonrocket.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=322
Foxtrot has another one today :).
(image from www.foxtrot.com)
Here's another Foxtrot thread from here on TRF: http://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?12549
My experience has been mixed....
I have trouble getting D10s to light with either the supplied-by-Aerotech igniters or Q2G2s. The only thing that has worked consistently for them have been...
Second coat of Aero Gloss balsa fillercoat on a a Big Bertha (built to the original plan) and a Semroc Mini Aero Dart. Started, and got a good way into, builds of the Semroc Starship Excalibur and...
So Semroc ST-9, which has an OD of 0.998 inch, should be just about right. The ID of ST-9 is the same as BT-50 (0.950 in.), it just has thicker walls.
There is an effort, spearheaded by Pat Struthers of Heppner, Oregon, to get some going in the Northwest. Next event: ...