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K&S Super Flash. 54mm body, 38mm motor mount, 47.375" tall. Set up for dual- or single-deployment. Will be my L1 cert rocket. Paint is Krylon True Blue and Sun Yellow. Shares something in common with my Carl Goldberg Tiger 60 - totally unintentional! True Blue and Bright Yellow...

I had a couple of parachutes donated to me that are in need of a little TLC. Both have some holes from ejection charges, some pretty small, others a bit larger. One chute has a fairly big (3"x4" or so) hole right on the outside edge. I had thought to get some ripstop fabric to sew patches but...

Lately I've been revisiting my choice of L1 candidates. I have the K&S Super Flash that I've been working on and while it seemed a good choice at the time I've come to the conclusion that it's just more rocket than I'm able to cope with right now. It's far higher performance than I'm ready to...

My M-i-L learned today that she has stage 2 Multiple Myeloma. This is an aggressive cancer of the bone marrow that affects the ability to manufacture normal white blood cells and antibodies. Basically the plasma in the marrow goes nuts and creates defective cells rather than ones that work. It...

Well, it looks like our already tight budget is about to be even tighter. We've reached the point where we have no choice but to look for another car. Our 1999 Honda Civic is finally starting to show its age and it's 120,000 miles. It still runs great but has some minor issues that need...

One of the kits I got for Christmas is the Estes QCC Explorer. I've been wanting this one for a while simply because it looks so darned cool! My family Secret Santa found out and the rest is history. I had intended to do the build already but have been recovering from a nasty cold which put...

A couple of days ago I received a K&S Super Flash kit from a fellow TRF member - thanks again, Bill! This is by far the most ambitious project on my list. Due to the complexity and size (dual deploy, 38mm mount) I plan to go at this one slowly. I'm hoping to make this my L1 project and fly it...

Managed to get out to the launch site today. Only got in two launches (Estes Vagabond and V2, both on D12-5 motors) but had a blast watching the others. There was a huge turnout of folks. Boy Scouts, tons of high power rockets - just a great time all around. There were a few "oops" moments and a...

A few weeks ago I bought tha Estes STM 012. When i got home I discovered that both body tubes were damaged, with deep dents and small creases due to the extremely tight packaging. I contacted Estes and they shipped out a replacement which arrived a couple of days ago. I noticed then that, once...

Folks, I need some input. I've been wracking my brain trying to narrow down a list of kits to consider for an L1 project. I've decided to go with a 29mm motor, but use an adapter so I can also use 38mm since the club here has a full set for lending. It's been tough but here's my short list...

Eaelier today I had to run to the LHS to get some paint. While there I browsed around and saw a STM 012 kit hanging on the wall. My willpower being what it is - minimal bordering on totally absent - I just had to have it. I noticed at the time that the package was pretty snug but didnt see any...

My wife's uncle dropped this V2 model off for me to do whatever with last night. No information on who made the kit, hoping someone here will be able to help. It's 3.9" (100mm) diameter and approximately 33" tall. The fins are vacuformed plastic, very scale in appearance but utterly worthless...

I had to drive into Bakersfield on an emergency dryer parts run and took care of a couple of other errands while there. Since it's such a long darned drive (80 miles or so one way) I decided to take a break and visit a hobby shop while there. I was intending to pick up a rocket or two but made...

FINALLY got out to launch today! Didn't get all of them launched, just the Big Bertha, V2 and Tomahawk but boy, howdy did I have fun! First flight was my Big Bertha on a C6-5 Estes motor.Beautiful slow liftoff, perfect straight flight with a clean ejection and deployment. Landed maybe 50 feet...

The latest project on my building bench is the Estes V2. The parts inventory Tail cone trimmed - a razor saw comes in handy, as does a new #11 blade Fins sanded Motor mount parts with tube measured and marked And assembled Motor mount installed in the body Detail...

I just finished building an Aerotech IQSY Tomahawk that I got from Worsaer - thanks, Bill! He included a couple of extra goodies (25-ish feet of 750lb kevlar, pack of 3 AT E15-7W SU motors) as well. This is my first true MPR kit, and also my first non-Estes kit build. All construction was done...

In the box with the Aerotech IQSY Tomahawk I got yesterday is a package of AT SU E15-7W motors. Looking at the instructions online (and what I can see of them in the package) it mentions attaching the Copperhead igniter to the nozzle with "the supplied yellow elastic band" - except that as hard...

Today I had planned on going out to the Mojave Desert Advanced Rocket Society monthly launch to maiden the four rockets I have ready for flight. I woke up this morning and my brain was all "yeah, woohoo, let's go!" My body, on the other hand, was saying "HAH! Fat chance, bucko." My body won...

See the last post on this page for pics of the completed rocket. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Just got my Estes Vagabond and V2 kits from Hobbylinc! Decided to start with the Vagabond since it's the quicker build and I want to take my time with the...

...that stuff you really, really want goes on sale when you have no money, and that when you have mone the stuff you really, really want can't be had? :sigh: