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Still have my first (early 80's Alpha), flew it 2 years ago after putting a fresh shock cord in it. Still flies well after at least 3 dozen flights and 35 years.

So how far ahead does the email come? It's t-90mins to go time!

I'll throw my spitfire in the mix. I have to say, this is the first time I've ever used stain on a rocket and tried to make my wood grain show!

Rebuilt my crashed Super Batray with an e-bay with a raspberry pi in it and renamed it Super Tuxray. Put a pic of Tux on the side, was well as a pi inside logo. (the 3 bump-outs are for pi-cam, microphone, and indicator leds)

Def a moonburner, check out that curve https://www.thrustcurve.org/simfilesearch.jsp?id=1767 It'll give a fun bang off the pad and then keep a nice long gentle sustain.

Another fuel load/unload yesterday...maybe today will be the day? They have the notam filed for mon-wed.

Finally finished the steampunk job on my ACME Spitfire (I know it's been done before, but figured I'd try my hand at it). Anyone know where the CG needs to be on this? With all the extra stuff on it (along with foaming the nose and tail transitions) I want to make sure I get it close to where...

I'm likely coming to pick up a wildman order, and watch all the cool stuff, probably won't bring anything to launch. This will be LilDuphis' first visit to an HPR launch, so we'll see what he thinks. (Mental note to get him acclimated to wearing his little earmuffs)

Another question, could someone tell me where the CG should be on this rocket? I started doing my steampunk mods to it before realizing I should have set it up completely stock first to get the CG since oddrocks like this are kinda tough to do the old fashioned way.

How about a more simple approach of staged reefing with multiple JLCR's set to different altitudes?

Thanks, perfect!

Is there a chance someone has a scan of the fin sheet 3 (the one that comes inside the tube, has fins 2&4 and the tailcone pattern) for the Flis ACME? Mine appears to have come without one :( Thanks!

Any word on any vendors?

Finally finished rebuilding my super batray that pranged due to a weak ejection/nose fit swelling in the sunlight (now renamed to super tuxray). Rebuilt it with a 5:1 nose that was given to me, and added a e-bay with a raspberry pi in it. It currently is just setup for video/audio recording...

Didn't the mosquito rely on motor eject and then tumble recovery?

I've had pretty good luck with weighing the motors. A lot of times the ones that are slightly heavier tend to have a slightly longer delay on them.

How about an old school mono headphone jack, the kind that has the disconnect switch when a plug is inserted? Pull the plug and makes contact and completes the circuit.

I'm working on a raspberry pi zero to go in mine. It will have the mini camera and a mic attached to record the flight, and a baro sensor to act as an altimeter and backup DD computer. The Pi's are cool because you can continually tweak/modify/change/add-on to them with all of the gpio ports...

Ordered parts from Madcow to repair/rebuild my super batray, got a shipping notice 4 hours later!

I think the historic part is never has a current american president met with a current NK leader.