What did you do rocket wise today?

lcorinth said:

I just joined the NAR. Not sure what my member number is yet - guess I have to wait for a card or something.

Next up: Join CMASS.

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Congrats! Welcome!

Shade said:

Worked on the Ventris, repaired the Semroc Mars Lander, cleaned the shop a bit.

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Whenever I clean my shop it is so much more inviting to start another project right away and mess it right back up again. Just like a clean kitchen..it just calls me right back in to start cooking and start making a mess.

morlock said:

Epoxied ebay base into nose cone of V2.

Re-simed the V2 with the ebay weight and new parachute on Open Rocket.

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Would you mind posting your V2 OR file, please?

rharshberger said:

Would you mind posting your V2 OR file, please?

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Sure thing. I'll post it later as I'm on my phone.

morlock said:

Sure thing. I'll post it later as I'm on my phone.

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Thanks

My daughter just called to let me know that my Rocketry Warehouse Hump Day Special, The Fire Flyer, has been delivered... this week has been just like Christmas for me!

Received my NAR L2 pin in the mail today.

rharshberger said:

Received my NAR L2 pin in the mail today.

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They must mail them out in bulk!

Cheers,
Michael

Finished assembling ebay and full rocket including motor E30 and chute. Weights in at 305 grams without the paint.

Anything could be done about stupid android app that auto rotates all my pictures to landscape orientation?

rharshberger said:

Would you mind posting your V2 OR file, please?

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Here is my .ork file for the Estes V2. Make sure you modify the settings according to your own rocket weight since the sim includes my ebay, chute and protector.

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I put the vinyl on my PS2 Argent:


I also popped by the LHS to pick up a couple G80's for this weekend's launch...

Began working on Estes Mercury Redstone. Beautiful kit!

morlock said:

Here is my .ork file for the Estes V2. Make sure you modify the settings according to your own rocket weight since the sim includes my ebay, chute and protector.

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Thanks!

Helped my son with the avionics bay of his science fair rockets, and ordered a ZmarterDezzender and deployment bag for the 4" Phoenix.

Work continues today on four on-going projects; two rebuilds, the Black Dahlia & Excalibur, as well as two new builds, the Adventurer3 & Fire Flyer from Rocketry Warehouse.

Almost finished painting my punisher today. Also found out I can't fly it on a K740 for its first flight, too much altitude for a 10,000' waiver.

Washed and prepared V2 nose cone for priming tomorrow. Continued assembling mercury module of Mercury Redstone.

More work on my H76 XL e-bay. Received my 38/240 case.

Started in on the Asteroid Hunter... definitely a "skill level 5".

Went to URRG launch in Potter. Made five flights, including my brand-new Argent:


Got five rockets back too - though, on the Argent's maiden flight, half of the chute shroud lines pulled out. Deployment appeared to be just about at apogee, so it isn't like it was going fast. Fortunately, the remaining half let the chute build enough drag to land intact in the carrots. Other rockets launched: 4" Der V-3, upscale Astron Ranger (on three C11-5's), Der Mean Machine Max, & Prometheus. Launch photos to come.

I sanded 2 sets of saucer guts and installed the replacement Aeropack Tailcone on the garage sale rocket.

And yes i use rocket poxy to install the retainer but not as a glue.... jb weld per instructions

Kenny

I started assembly on my Estes Vagabond

Fins - these come as 3 pieces. Assembled.
Nose cone - seam patched and sanded smooth.

Krusty

Finished assembling the Mercury Redstone capsule. Cut and sanded forward fins on MIM-23B HAWK thanks to newly acquired band saw and band sanding machine. Decided to modify the TLP FLAIL and drop the forward fins.

Today I pretty much did jack and crap. But yesterday I spent the day at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center. Which included a long and extensive conversation with a NASA engineer who worked from at least the Saturn V to the Orion SLS before retiring. BEST DAY EVER! Ok, top 10 but still way beyond awesome. Mike Pessin was phenomenal and so happy to share his knowledge.

flew my first vmax today (G-250 on a wildman vindicator sport). was a pretty sweet flight.

Yesterday I sprayed Fat Daddy with 2 coats of clear lacquer. Today I sanded the fuzzies off.
Also sanded the CWF on the nose cone for a BT70 Estes Goblin upscale and gave the rocket a coat of white primer.

Made 9 more flights today, but burned 16 engines in the process since 4 where cluster engine configurations. But I had 100% light! Pics to come when I pull them from the camera.

Spent about 6 hours moving rocketry materials from one part of the basement to another; organizing the disaster is what took so long (and I'm still not totally finished). Hopefully I'll start back on building in the next couple of days. I've got a lot of kits and AP to send up for AIRFest...

Doug

Flew my upscale "Solar Flare" on an K695 Redline at NARAM 57.

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