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I use pyrodex because I could not find BP. I use the drink straws from Starbucks(they have a large diameter). I fold the end, tape with vinyl tape, put in half the charge, install the match(q2g2...

I oo wanted to biuild a finle rocket using a gimbaled motor mount, however the response I got when asking about this from my local club. "Not on our field!" Seems the bigger issue will be finding a...

To those fiberglass and carbon fiber wizards taht layup your own tubes, anyone have a source for an oven curing epoxy? I am looking for an epoxy I can pre-impregnate cloth for layups with.

Any...

Got a PML IO with phenolic tube. Considering wrapping it, but am wondering if this little 29mm rocket is worth it. IF it is I think I am gonna get some biaxial sleeve (found some carbon fiber at...

Teh size and diamater are correct.

I myself use FFFg prodex. My trick is to use drinking straws from starbucks. Cut them in about 3/4 length, fold over one end secure with electricians tape. Fill about half the charge, place a q2g2...

Tracker is a must for anything going over 5K feet. My 3" competitor just took a trip to 9K on a Healthy K motor. The empty payload is partially why I am building it dual deploy. Will have to weight...

Congrats on the Level 3. I saw your rocket go just before I left. I was the guy that flew that 3" competitor to 9K feet.

Chris

Okay, I have done fibreglass, I have done paper tubing, now I am delving into the world of phenolic. I am planning on building the X-Caliber but refine it to fly dual deploy instead of CPR-3K (they...

I am looking at a line of ic based gyroscopes made by STmicroelectronics.

I am currently working on a completely dynamic stability system for rockets, with the reduced cost of 3 axis gyroscopes, and accelerometers, I feel like I could probably make this happen. The...

Thank you for your prayers and kind words.

Chris

Looks like I will to miss this launch. Thank you to those that had offered 18mm casings for me to launch. My wife had emergency surgery last night to repair a hernia. She will likely be released on...

If anyone is coming to the launch and has any aerotech 18mm casings you would be willing to loan. I am looking for some to fire in a 3xcluster I have. Have the grains, just need the casings.
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On my rockets, I try to keep the highest button at or near the CP, the bottom one is usually somewhere near the lower CR. I found at Lowes in the speciality hardware something called furniture nuts....

I'll be there with my son. Planning to fly my first Loki load this trip.

Perhaps even fly a new 38mm rocket.

Chris

Finishing the construction of my LOC Fantom-EXL. Current I am working out the duel deploy mechanism(sheer pins and rivets). I was planning on using the same 2x56 sheer pins I use in my fibreglass...

My take was the Raven2 fit my price point, the surprising part of it, was that hte raven2 was so tiny. I have flown mine only once, but at the FREEDOM launch it will probably get at least 2 more...

Thanks everybody for info, and I think the movement of the CG ahead by the burned off weight of the propellant. I have thought about this for a long time and it wasn't until recently when I have...

I stand corrected as I cannot at first glance find anything in NFPA, FAR, NAR or tripoli that specifically disallows actively guided rockets. Hmm, looks like some experimentation is in order with my...

I know that under NAr and Tripoli rules our rockets must be passively guided(with fins), but in Tripoli experimental rules, are gimbaled thrust engines allowed like hte big commercial rockets (saturn...

I second the Raven 2. I have one as well. So far it has only DD's my competitor, which I left with the stock program in it. Yes it has all kinds of neat wiz-bang features, but out of the box it...

I am just looking for a rocket that I can fly that wont eat my flight budget. I just flew my level 2 on a 3" competitor, and it was a great bird, but I was flying H&I on a really old PML phobos, and...

Anyone get any video of my flight? It was the purple 3" competitor.

That was an awesome event, my son still talks about it. I am looking forward to the freedom launch in Septemeber, working on a...

How True! Although according to CTI the K360 is only a K by about .9 NS. LOL, it still had about a 6' long flame out the back. Didn't get to see ANY of the events drogue or main, but it had them...

Fat fingered. Fixed it now. Thanks.

I am working on a LOC Fantom-EXL. This will be flying 38mm perhaps up to the smaller J motors. The question I have is, when is it recommended to wrap a tube with fiberglass. If I decide to fly this...

Well on Saturday July 2nd at the supersod farm in Orangeburge South Carolina, I sent the 3" competitor many have seen here, to 4987ft on a cti K360 for a picture perfect level 2 flight. The rocket...

More for my own edifucation, but why use a mechanical relay for the firing circuits instead of an SCR? No mechanical contacts to weld, available in currents up to 100+ amps. All fire until the...

The Competitor has a name.

"Who Ya' Callin' Sissy!"

That's Rust-o-leum color shift, the paint job isn't perfect, but it looks damn nice. The color shifts from purple, to red, to copper to blue...