I want to go to Air fest in Argonia and break 20 thousand feet and maybe scare 30 thousand.......
1. Dive into 24 and 29mm reloads.
2. Fly more F/G motors.
3. Go for HPR L1 after 1 and 2 are complete since I now have a few rockets that can handle L1 motors.
4. Fly more LPR as well.
5. Finish my Saturn V.
I'm inspired by your post that you were able to put a line through as if you were scratching things off a list, and I love making list, so I'm going to make a post now and divide things up so that I can scratch them off as I go.#2 and #4 are in progress
6. Make my rocket tool organizer out of 1/8" plywood.
I'll be too embarrassed to post up a picture. It is quite crude and the quality is typical of somebody who cannot open a bottle of water or open up a ziplock bag, but I'm feeling bad today, in bed, tomorrow I'll take a picture of it and post it up. That way I can get some feedback on it or suggestions on how to improve it.Post a picture of the one you made from foam board.
1. Dive into 24 and 29mm reloads.
2. Fly more F/G motors.
3. Go for HPR L1 after 1 and 2 are complete since I now have a few rockets that can handle L1 motors.
4. Fly more LPR as well.
5. Finish my Saturn V.
Build my;
-CW Lotus Micro
-54MM Mac Performance Blackfly
-Pile of Eggtimer Kits(Sorta.... Eric Hamilton built them for me!)
- WM Bad Dog 98
Fly;
- A lot more
- A successful L2 attempt
- With TRA Mid Ohio
- Supersonic (verified)
Got 2 things done on my list, and just discovered the "strike-through" option.I'm inspired by your post that you were able to put a line through as if you were scratching things off a list, and I love making list, so I'm going to make a post now and divide things up so that I can scratch them off as I go.
1. Finish painting Blobbo.
2. Finish Lil' Goblin.
3. Finish Dialblo.
4. Finish Level-2 Apogee.
5. Paint PML MR-1 rocket.
6. Make my rocket tool organizer out of 1/8" plywood.
7.Get my air compressor back from my son-in-law.
8.Get a mini-spray gun just for rockets.
9. Get re-certification for Level 2 (total unnecessary BS).
10. Get Level 2 certification.
I'm not satisfied with it, need to change it around.Post a picture of the one you made from foam board.
I'm not satisfied with it, need to change it around.
Scratched off #3 today1. Finish painting Blobbo.
2.Finish Lil' Goblin.
3. Finish Dialblo.
4. Finish Level-2 Apogee.
5. Paint PML MR-1 rocket.
6. Make my rocket tool organizer out of 1/8" plywood.
7.Get my air compressor back from my son-in-law.
8.Get a mini-spray gun just for rockets.
scratched off #2 today
That looks purtyScratched off #3 today
1. Finish painting Blobbo.
2.Finish Lil' Goblin.
3.Finish Dialblo.
4. Finish Level-2 Apogee.
5. Paint PML MR-1 rocket.
6. Make my rocket tool organizer out of 1/8" plywood.
7.Get my air compressor back from my son-in-law.
8.Get a mini-spray gun just for rockets.
1. Build my 4" MAC Black Fly
2. Complete a high power scratch build
3. Build my first fiberglass rocket
4. Complete a successful dual deploy flight
5. Fly an I motor
6. Fly a sparky at MDRA
Last two should be easy. If I get two of the first four I'll probably be happy. I build HPR very slowly.
Done! Went to fly with ROC for a monthly launch and again for LDRS. The heat was miserable but we survived.
Attend a high-power launch with my girlfriend. She loved flying with DART, so I think she’ll also love camping out in the desert and and seeing the big stuff.
Convince the rest of my Dungeons and Dragons party to attend a club launch.
- Fly with Tripoli San Diego again. Hopefully they resolve their launch site woes soon.
- Fly at Jesmond Dene Park without landing in a tree.
- Possibly take a trip out to fly with Friends of Amateur Rocketry and see what they’re doing. Experimental motors make me nervous but FAR seems to be held in high regard by other clubs.
- Master black powder staging by building and flying boosters for my entire fleet.
- Venture into MicroMaxx and odd motor sizes.
- Build something with a 38mm mount (single or two-motor cluster) and successfully fly it.
- Successful glide recovery. I’ve tried glide recovery exactly once and that didn’t end well. Remember when the 737 MAXs got grounded because they kept crashing themselves into the ground at 700mph? Same thing with my Scissor Wing Transport all those years ago.
Not likely to happen. Will probably limit my Star Orbiter to Estes 29mm Es and Fs due to worsening compression damage. Other airframes will likely handle the composite job going forward, I’m thinking one for each casing size available to ensure some degree of optimization.
- Get my Star Orbiter into the G range without re-kitting it.
1. Build my WM Demon 150
2. Build my WM Mach 2
3. Build my Madcow Nike-Apache from 2018 Black Friday sale
4. Fly Demon 150 on L2500ST at mini MWP
5. Fly Mach 2 on -insert some motor- at mini MWP
6. Fly Nike-Apache on small motors (H242T / F40W?) for shakedown at mini MWP
7. Fly Demon 150 on M4500ST, Mach 2 on K270W, Demon 5 on M1297W, Extreme WM on M1297W; all at Airfest
If I end up doing half of that, I would be extremely pleased.
Didn't go to airfest, but I did launch my cf mongoose on a J510. Paint got thick enough to just barely keep it in the waiverMaybe go to airfest and launch my cf mongoose on an J510.
Play with more super thunders, K2050, L2500, M4500
finally finish my Nike Apache I bought 4 years ago.
1. Dive into 24 and 29mm reloads.
2. Fly more F/G motors.
3. Go for HPR L1 after 1 and 2 are complete since I now have a few rockets that can handle L1 motors.
4. Fly more LPR as well.
5. Finish my Saturn V.
Not good, failed to be able to take the Level 2 test or attempt while the weather was nice, now it's too cold for me to be outside.How did everyone else do??
Instead the kids got into FAI stuff and made the US team, thereby diverting rocketry time and money for the foreseeable future.Build at least one fiberglass kit. Fly at least four high power motors.
Well I did go to Airfest and while 30,000 feet didnt need to worry I broke the heck out of 20k. Hit 23125 feet with a 3 inch minimum diameter scratch build flying an Aerotech M1850. Serious mach rash.....I want to go to Air fest in Argonia and break 20 thousand feet and maybe scare 30 thousand.......
Release our first cluster kit. (Ready to go now, except for the balsa shortage*).- Release our first two-stage kit.
- Design a glider that glides.
Sell more.- Find a place to fly with a ceiling higher than the lounge room.
- Fly more.
- Bring LPR to the masses with some pubic demonstrations.
- Help my kids design & build their own mid-power rockets.
- Set a record.
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