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  1. flashgc

    What is Chad Staging?

    ... an yer right. It's no more dangerous than you let it be.
  2. flashgc

    What is Chad Staging?

    .... 'cheap and dangerous' which refers to the practice of staging without building any sophisticated interface fittings between the stages. Just thought you might like to know.
  3. flashgc

    Performance Hobbies?

    I've known Ken for about 7~8 years and he's always been most helpful about selecting for a particular application and if he doesn't have it, he'll do his darndest to get it.
  4. flashgc

    Which smell do you like better??

    LOL..... I bet you smell your socks too. JK
  5. flashgc

    First Ever Estes CATO

    BP motors are prone to this if not kept in climate control over time. BP swells with humidity and shrinks when things dry out. It causes seperations between the propellant and case which are NOT part of the engineering scenario.
  6. flashgc

    Length of shock cord?

    ... The message parsing features of this board played hob with my illustration in the previous post. Hope you can make it out.
  7. flashgc

    Length of shock cord?

    I always use as much as I can fit in the tube... so this sometimes relates to organization of the material. On my larger projects I use a 2" wide elastic that I bought surplus in a roll. Smaller projects might get the kind of elastic that can be bought at any sewing supply. In any case, it gets...
  8. flashgc

    Weatherproofing?

    You don't mention the composition of your projects so it's difficult to provide a succinct answer. The short answer is "not really". The long answer depends on the materials involved. If yer talking about the average Estes type cardboard tube kit the best thing you can do is saturate the edges...
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