What did you do rocket wise today?

[neil_w]

I don't get it

You said you had four countdowns with no launch. That implies that you succeeded on your fifth try. Your user name is "Five". Wally said "User name checks out".

 

[jqavins]

Wow. I suspect Wally and Neil are the only two people who got that.

 

[DRAGON64]

Maybe the shipper should think about the type of a box he uses before deciding on a ten year old box that will not hold up in transit.

As it turned out, the shipper added extra boxes to the inside of the package, that went a long way to protect the shipment in transit... but the outer box did not have much mileage left on in it.

 

[Wally Ferrer]

Successful launch on try number Five, no?

 

[Greg Furtman]

Wow. I suspect Wally and Neil are the only two people who got that.

I know I didn't!

 

[boatgeek]

Wow. I suspect Wally and Neil are the only two people who got that.

If it makes you feel any better, I got it after a little puzzling.

 

[PatD]

Wow. I suspect Wally and Neil are the only two people who got that.

Nope

 

[Five]

Successful launch on try number Five, no?

I admit. It took me a day or two to figure it out.

 

[arconhi]

This is an Upscale 29mm Arcon Rocket I built. The G80 reload Cato's at Ignition. The foam nose cone desintergrated before the rocket hit the ground. Must have been pretty hot. Filmed in Tamarac , Florida off of I-75.
View attachment arcon cato.mp4

 

[shawn_rocket]

Received this gem in the mail from @njspence 's fund raiser! Have a pic of a Semroc Cherokee-D I am working on now in the background! Just love these Cherokee-D's.

 

[cbwho]

Making a rocket shorter!


I don't know if the B motor in cold weather was underpowered due to the camera attached or not.

I straightened the crumpled Flip Flyer nose tube and launched it again sans camera with a C motor and it soared rather high!

It was surprised the amount of drift from the 'copter. I have the nose call me attached with a kevlar string. Good thing or the nose would have drifted away...

 

[arconhi]

Making a rocket shorter!


I don't know if the B motor in cold weather was underpowered due to the camera attached or not.

I straightened the crumpled Flip Flyer nose tube and launched it again sans camera with a C motor and it soared rather high!

It was surprised the amount of drift from the 'copter. I have the nose call me attached with a kevlar string. Good thing or the nose would have drifted away...

I had a similar problem like yours a couple of weeks ago with a B6-4.

 

[arconhi]

View attachment nj launch Lance Beta.mp4
Here is a North Coast Rocketry "Lance Beta" rocket 29mm. A very nice design and flys very nice. It went almost out of sight and landed a 1/4 mile away. The Video was taken in Cape May, New Jersey. It still flys today.

 

[arconhi]

Received this gem in the mail from @njspence 's fund raiser! Have a pic of a Semroc Cherokee-D I am working on now in the background! Just love these Cherokee-D's.

Awesome kit was the Cherokee -D. Glad to see you got it. I have many Aerobee-Hi rockets. 1958 version. My favorite.

 

[GrouchoDuke]

Designed & 3d printed some more parts for my Alien Interceptor 38 build. I also decided that I won't put the full-sized Js from Loki in it. That'll give me more room in the booster section for a not-so-tightly-packed drogue. CTI P38-6GXL motors should be enough, especially now that I don't live in the desert anymore. The long burn J150 seems like it'd give this thing some pretty cool flights.

I did a test cut on the vinyl cutter and it looks like I can use a scaled down version of the paint mask from my Quicksilver (RIP) on it like I had hoped. It'll be lots of picking tiny mask bits once I spray it, but I think it'll work out to do this paint scheme.


I also picked up a couple Estes Hi-Flier XL kits for my kids to build. They're shopping Mach 1 kits too...

 

[OverTheTop]

Just soldered two Eggtimer Apogee altimeters together. Under an hour for both. So easy.

 

[neil_w]

View attachment 438862
Here is a North Coast Rocketry "Lance Beta" rocket 29mm. A very nice design and flys very nice. It went almost out of sight and landed a 1/4 mile away. The Video was taken in Cape May, New Jersey. It still flys today.

Where did you fly in Cape May?

 

[jqavins]

This is an Upscale 29mm Arcon Rocket I built. The G80 reload Cato's at Ignition. The foam nose cone desintergrated before the rocket hit the ground. Must have been pretty hot. Filmed in Tamarac , Florida off of I-75.
View attachment 438853

Condolences. But awesome. But mostly condolences.

 

[neil_w]

This is an Upscale 29mm Arcon Rocket I built. The G80 reload Cato's at Ignition. The foam nose cone desintergrated before the rocket hit the ground. Must have been pretty hot. Filmed in Tamarac , Florida off of I-75.

Is there a standard bit of rocketry slang for "flaming fireball of death"?

 

[jqavins]

Is there a standard bit of rocketry slang

No.

for "flaming fireball of death"?

But there should be.

 

[dhbarr]

Made my reservation for AIRFest.

 

[boatgeek]

No.But there should be.

Not exactly the same but the forward closure failure where the rocket spins around in the air with fire coming out both ends? The Flaming Pinwheel of Death.

 

[Tim51]

Repaired the cam shroud on my 5.5" cluster bird. The front portion came loose on its last flight in October. @Landru / Andrew (Additive Aerospace) kindly sent me a replacement as part of a larger order, but on close inspection I realised the plastic threading had crumbled with repeated use. I drilled out the hole and epoxied an M3 flange nut, so that it can now be secured with an M3 screw.

 

[Cape Byron]

Got the fins finished for a new prototype, 'Main Beach'. Starting to really like TTW ply fins for LPR.

 

[kuririn]

Got the fins finished for a new prototype, 'Main Beach'. Starting to really like TTW ply fins for LPR.

Dude, are those surfboard fins?
Gnarly.
(Do surfers still say that, or am I dating myself)?

 

[Cape Byron]

Dude, are those surfboard fins?
Gnarly.
(Do surfers still say that, or am I dating myself)?

Yep, surfboards.

Yep, gnarly is still current lingo here.

If the kit goes ahead it will come with a 500 word short story explaining the rocket's history, 'Phil and Skeg's Big Adventure', featuring rocket designer Bruce Lamington.

I have some weird dreams sometimes...

 

[neil_w]

(Do surfers still say that, or am I dating myself)?

You're on Oahu, and you're asking us about surfers?

 

[kuririn]

If the kit goes ahead it will come with a 500 word short story explaining the rocket's history, 'Phil and Skeg's Big Adventure', featuring rocket designer Bruce Lamington.

Sure it's not Purl and Skeg's Big Adventure with foreword by F. G. Lamination?
Gwahahahaaaaaa...

 

[arconhi]

Where did you fly in Cape May?

This was at a big grassy field on Route 9 just outside of Dennisville that is just a few minutes from Cape May . I put in Cape May because I dont think many people know of Dennisville New Jersey.

 

[arconhi]

Condolences. But awesome. But mostly condolences.

Thank you, it was something different to experiance .