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This has been a fun project. ABS printed parts are really high quality. Need to add a couple of details on the wings and launch lugs Can’t wait to terrorize the crowd at the next launch. But first, time to paint.

I shot a lot of Ilford film in my Yashica Mat twin lenses camera. Used their paper in the darkroom too.

Yep, cheap plywood and infamous carpet tube body tube. Have had the same problem with better quality wood from around the same age. Guess it’s more the decades-long storage in a Georgian garage. Glassing is good.

Consider upping the thickness of the fins. Prone to warping.

Bad boy rocketry on https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ssn=jbassham&store_name=badboyrocketry&_oac=1&_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l161211

https://www.acsupplyco.com/estes-model-rockets/estes-new-rockets/est-9724

possibly a Magnum PA Crude from AAA Model Aviation Fuels.

Gee, I wonder what mine means. Actually use to run LawnDart Rocketry making and selling kits. Stopped when I decided I needed to make more than $1/hour.

One of my own flights - USR Swarm with payload. Full up 16 G80s. Not enough oomph in the ejection charges to blown the payload section off. Just slowly fell sideways. Paddle wheeling the whole way down to a gentle landing. Only time it’s flown.

This one?

The thread about cert levels got me thinking about the flights I remember the most. The first one that pops into my head isn’t one of mine. It was a hot, Georgia day at TARA’s fantastic field in Perry, GA. A large Super Sod site that we used for years. 100 degrees on the field, we were melting...

Yep, meant the L1100. After flying one Vulcan H100 Smokey for my cert flight, decided to turn down the L and went for another Vulcan H motor (thinking it was an H245 HF). Still have the AAA Magnum Pennsylvanian Crude rocket and some Vulcan motors. Followed up that flight with the Estes Pro...

And then waved a bigger motor under your nose. “Want to fly this one?” Ross Dunton wanted to sell me an Energon L750 after my cert flight.

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Ooh, I want a Nike Cajun and an Astrobee 500.

He let me.

Yesterday I decided to get vaccinated. Ended up getting Covid 19, Flu, RSV, and first shingles shots. My wife told me not to get all four at once. Apparently, this year’s flu shot (especially for us old folks) is pretty harsh. Felt just fine last night and this morning. BUT an hour ago it hit...

USR Swarm.

Was just thinking of Jerry this morning. I was about to send him an email to get a Katana kit. Like a lot of folks my only contact with him was through emails and the various forums. Bought a Swarm kit after talking with John Kemker. (I built and flew mine full up G80s, plus I stole John’s paint...

Best pizza that I have found on the Eastern Shore of Maryland is Modern Stone Age Kitchen in Chestertown (just north of MDRA’s field). https://modernstoneagekitchen.com/buy-me