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ChuckH said:
Well the bad luck started when I dumped my main at over 28,000 feet lol. I managed to find the grove of trees southwest of Argonia Road and K-44. Here's the kicker; had the thing drifted about 20 more feet it would have overflown the trees and landed in the field.

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Looking forward to seeing everybody!
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How many miles away did you have to go to find a grove of trees?
 
Now that's freakin hysterical....

Wait,,, What,,, hole on a minute...

There are tree's where ???????????

Teddy
 
WILDMANRS said:
I fixed that
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Now that's what I'm talking about!
 
What you fixed is my appetite.....
And it wasn't broken......lol...

Teddy
 
ChuckH said:
Oh you can find them if you try hard enough :rolleyes:
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Hah,,
That's funny...
Here in the farms of the North east at this time of year
with all the crops reaching maturity ( especially the dense soy fields )
You can fly to 2000 ft and loose the rocket... lol...
I've recently seen soy planted in rows like you would expect on a farm..
1 or 2 fields over from our launch site ( Rad Rocks in Great Meadows NJ )
there's a soy field that looks like the farmer just broadcast the seed when he planted it...
I'm not a farmer so I'm not sure if this is possible or even makes sense,,
but the field is so dense you can literally be standing on your harness and not see the rocket...

Teddy
 
I've checked the T-Mobile coverage map for the "pasture"
Anyone have real "field" reports on efficacy of T-Mobile 4G out there?

TIA, and see y'all out there.
 
tbonerocketeer said:
Don't know, but verizon doesn't work real well for data, cell worked fine.
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Chris, where Wayne and I were located, up closer to the fence line, I didn't have trouble with Verizon data, but we have a booster. The further "downhill" the worse the connection.

Sorry MWC - I don't have T-mobile but a booster would help any signal out there.
 
Hardline said:
Chris, where Wayne and I were located, up closer to the fence line, I didn't have trouble with Verizon data, but we have a booster. The further "downhill" the worse the connection.

Sorry MWC - I don't have T-mobile but a booster would help any signal out there.
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I have a booster this year, I hope it helps with the data part
 
Here is some of what I plan on flying with a little help from some friends.
It has a central 98mm motor mount surrounded by 6-75mm motor mounts.015.jpg

Manny sanded the old paint off the booster and replaced a couple fillets.
John C glassed the tubes.
Jason is doing the AV-bay
Mike helped fill , sand , fill, sand and prime.:facepalm:
 
onebadhawk said:
Are you freakin kidding me......
You could fit a child inside that thing.........
Like I said,,, man,, I cain't wait for this launch.....

By the way,,,
Try this---

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Citrist...and-Varnish-Stripping-Gel-QCG73801T/100208204

You'll never sand off unwanted paint again.......
Wayyyy too easy to remove paint and start fresh......

Teddy
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Is it safe to use on fiberglass tubes? It says "Its also effective at removing varnish, shellac and epoxy"
 
nh4clo4 said:
Is it safe to use on fiberglass tubes? It says "Its also effective at removing varnish, shellac and epoxy"
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Yes,,
That is exactly what I use it on..
I pretty much build out of glass exclusively...
I just like it better then other materials...
I left it on long enough to break down the paint then scrap it off with a razor blade...
Then one more application,, 10 min or so then scrub with a green scrungy scouring pad...
It's not on anywhere near long enough to begin to break down the glass or epoxy in it....
After the last application simple green and a green scrungy...
Then end result....
Spotless,, you'd think it was a brand new tube...

I'd guess you'd have a concern if you used the stronger paint removers...
This one isn't that strong...
That's exactly why I tried it,, because they all say they will attack epoxy / glass...

Try it on an old piece of glass tube that has paint on it....

If I need a fresh start...
I'll never go back to sanding...

Teddy
 
onebadhawk said:
Yes,,
That is exactly what I use it on..
I pretty much build out of glass exclusively...
I just like it better then other materials...
I left it on long enough to break down the paint then scrap it off with a razor blade...
Then one more application,, 10 min or so then scrub with a green scrungy scouring pad...
It's not on anywhere near long enough to begin to break down the glass or epoxy in it....
After the last application simple green and a green scrungy...
Then end result....
Spotless,, you'd think it was a brand new tube...

I'd guess you'd have a concern if you used the stronger paint removers...
This one isn't that strong...
That's exactly why I tried it,, because they all say they will attack epoxy / glass...

Try it on an old piece of glass tube that has paint on it....

If I need a fresh start...
I'll never go back to sanding...

Teddy
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Well that's really cool. I spent an inordinate amount of time sanding my ultimate Wildman and then re-painting it :facepalm:. I will give this product a try.
 
nh4clo4 said:
Well that's really cool. I spent an inordinate amount of time sanding my ultimate Wildman and then re-painting it :facepalm:. I will give this product a try.
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No kiddin,,
My first reaction to everything is it has to be the strongest...
This stuff is even pleasant smelling,, ( kinda ),, it really isn't very strong,, if it was it'd take ALL the paint off with the first application...
This is the biggest "worth a try" there ever was... lol...

Teddy
 
My fleet ready for packing.

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Building charges and motors Sunday, eBay prep Monday, and packing Tuesday...

Long drive starts Wednesday.
 
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robbdm said:
My fleet ready for packing.

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Building charges and motors Sunday, eBay prep Monday, and packing Tuesday...

Long drive start Wednesday.
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Nice looking fleet, you must be almost as obsessive as we are!
We're packing up Tuesday and driving to Holbrook, AZ. We call it "getting out of the gravity well". One of the disadvantages of living in a valley. Hope you aren't planning to drive all the way there in one shot, it must be over 20 hours from Calif. Be sure to look us up when you get there, we will be on the back row next to Wildman.
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Packing up my fleet. Hey, Tim!! Ollie wants to know if Doofus is going too?ImageUploadedByRocketry Forum1440860290.429778.jpg
 
Hardline said:

The unpainted ones are mine - Sharon Does Not Paint :)
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Utmost attention should be paid when my loving wife uses her name in the third party.
I painted cars, motorcycles and airplanes when I was much younger. Rockets are much easier than the underside of a Cessna. Looks like Griffins pile is huge also, I'm sure there is some black fiberglass under all that pretty yellow paint. I noticed a couple of snap ring casings in that pile too, Sharon's gonna wanna talk to you too.
 

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