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  1. DeltaVee

    Openrocket stability puzzle

    I've been using OR 22.03 for a bit now... and it's mostly working. I did find that 3d rendering (which was ok in 22.02) isn't working so well for me now (I did file a bug report, and I suspect it may be my JVM possibly) but that's not why I'm starting this. I've been bungling around with an...
  2. DeltaVee

    D Region Tomahawk markings.

    So I have a question regarding the decals that are in the estes D Region Tomahawk kits... I got curious about this as I was building my own 2037 D-Region Tomahawk, and found another thread about this subject here with a link to a June '71 article by Howard Kuhn with complete scale data on it...
  3. DeltaVee

    About deployment bags...

    A while back our club had a miscellaneous gear auction of donated stuff, and I picked up a package containing several nomex blankets and what appear to be a couple of so-called deployment bags. Never having used these things I started thinking about how one uses them... I've seen discussions...
  4. DeltaVee

    Questions for the gods of epoxy and fiberglass

    I've recently come back to my first fiberglass project and some initial experience with the glue I've chosen sort of spooked me... I have a lot of uncertainty since as stated this is my first fiberglass project. Some time ago I read a great discussion (it had some sort of title like "what the...
  5. DeltaVee

    I've been told not to mix rattlecan paint brands... so I didn't!

    The sad reality is *I know better*. I know better than to trust any paint name that starts with the letter "K". A friend I trust (who is quite the artist when it comes to paint on a rocket) mentioned that, being tired of how long Rusto 2x can take to dry, tried Krylon Fusion gloss white. I...
  6. DeltaVee

    G10 fin bevel cleanup - what's a good tool to use?

    I've got these G10 fins that have their leading edge beveled... just two things that are a bit"off". 1) the beveled surface is quite rough and I think could use some smoothing. 2) more unfortunate is that the bevel isn't quite straight: I tried using a clamped vibrating sander but it's...
  7. DeltaVee

    Experimenting with slow-motion video on my standard Pixel 6

    About a year ago or so, my ancient nexus 6 started to wonk out on me so I got a Pixel 6. I discovered that it had slow motion and time lapse video capabilities. At our last official CMASS launch last year in November it occurred to me to actually take a few slow motion videos! A few...
  8. DeltaVee

    Prepping filament wound fiberglass.

    I was looking at the Composite Warehouse full scale HV-Arcas... and looking and looking. I've liked this particular subject ever since I put the Aerotech HV-Arcas together.... and it's one of my most flown rockets. I decided I want to do an L2 project so I thought this would fit the bill...
  9. DeltaVee

    What do you use for painting your larger projects?

    I've been gradually building larger sized mid-power models over time leading up to (finally!) my L1. Up until now nothing has been bigger than 3" dia ( a Cherokee G that I obtained here on TRF) and I've been using rattle can paint for all of these projects. Usually suspend the subject...
  10. DeltaVee

    Is there an Android Expert out there using the Jolly Logic Altimeter 3?

    I hope that there is someone out there that knows their way around the Android system and adb (For the uninitiated: android debug bridge). I got a new phone a week or two back... and while the altimeter 3 app transferred... the many tens of flights that I have logged on my old phone didn't...
  11. DeltaVee

    How does one remove vinyl decals without lifting paint off...

    Hi, I screwed up. I carefully measured where I wanted to place a vinyl decal roll pattern, and then, somehow, with a ruler only 6" long, marked the tube 8" from the end and placed the darn thing WAY TOO FAR down the tube.... while handling a small decal, an attempt to reposition that one lifed...
  12. DeltaVee

    Epoxy fillets ...

    Hi There Folks.... I obtained one of the Cherokee G kits offered on TRF a while back and at last I got around to building it. Working on the electronics bay and so on, I started drilling holes... today got the ones for the rivets done... a genuine p.i.t.a. to do it cleanly.... frankly, now...
  13. DeltaVee

    AeroTech HV-Arcas

    Hi Folks... Happy New Year and all that! It can only get better from here, uh, right? I have this AT HV-Arcas that I really really like. I believe it is a very underrated kit and that everyone should have one! I was staring at the rocket garden I have here in my basement lair and I got to...
  14. DeltaVee

    REDLINE Shelf Life?

    Hi All, I picked up a pack of F63 Redlines for my 24/60 casing about 8 months ago... so I decided to use one of them at our club launch coming up... I took the package out of my *sealed* case and opened it up... and what I saw was kind of surprising. I've seen white lightning get a white bloom...
  15. DeltaVee

    Estes Little Joe I Construction - I like the kit but I have to whine a bit...

    Hello There... As the title implies, I've been building an Estes Little Joe I that I received as a holiday gift more than a year ago. I decided to start building it rather than finish my other rocketry projects since this was given as a gift along with a Super Big Bertha from the Mrs...
  16. DeltaVee

    Cellulose Acetate Butyrate sheet... (CAB)

    I was able to resurrect my 40+ year old K21 Gemini Titan for three flights this year. I had re-cut the fins from extra CFS-40 fin stock and at some point I had found the CFS-20 stock I needed for the tube so after a year or so of off and on searching I was in business. The only problem was...
  17. DeltaVee

    New Estes Website...

    Evidently as I tried to visit estesrockets.com, I got a "cant get there from here" message and now it seems that there is a new site under construction. Hoping for the best!
  18. DeltaVee

    Salvaging 40+ year old waterslide decals.

    I have a very old Saturn V (I've mentioned elsewhere in TRF) that I finally gotten around to finishing. I was applying the "USA" decals when disaster struck... trying to slide the decal off of the paper, caused the decal to separate into various chunks... in fact shred. I took the decals from...
  19. DeltaVee

    OpenRocket... launch lug standoffs

    ... edited this away... Just tripped over K'Tesh's thread on standoffs.... iow: Never mind!
  20. DeltaVee

    How long would you leave an Aerotech reloadable assembled before firing it?

    So it's now the cold winter months... and our club (CMASS) has a launch in mid January known as "The Winter Follies". While it's no big deal putting together a 24/40 or 24/60 in warm weather, when you're sitting outside in 30 F with a 10 mile an hour breeze, I expect it'd be trying on one's...
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