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  1. cornyl

    Showoff Your Other (Non-Rocket) Hobbies! *Eye Candy Please!*

    Kieth Emerson would be envious.
  2. cornyl

    Non-Conventional parachute ejection/deployment ideas needed

    Thanks, for your input. I will post a pic. Pretty much it is a 5" oatmeal type container-cyclinder, nose cone glued on, tubular fins D-12-3 engine. Nose cone has hole drilled at top of cone center. Carpet thread anchored to inside of rocket , carpet thread runs through nc down side of rocket...
  3. cornyl

    Non-Conventional parachute ejection/deployment ideas needed

    Hello all, have not posted in a while. Still read regularly. Im working a LPR rocket that cannot blow the nose cone for parachute recovery. I am looking for ideas for alternate parachute ejection. I also cannot do the conventional rear "pod" ejection. As of now I am designing a...
  4. cornyl

    A Christmas Story-type memory question: Sleds from the 19th Century question

    If you had the resources you could replace the slats with routed pressure treated wood. If you want to preserve the existing wood, I would coat heavily with epoxy or maybe epoxy paint.
  5. cornyl

    Code Blue -Am I ever going to launch a rocket ever again?????

    Thanks for the advice. Alot of great ideas. Organizing is my weakness. I am going to create same time every week rocket time and see how that goes. Cornyl
  6. cornyl

    Code Blue -Am I ever going to launch a rocket ever again?????

    Hello group, HELP- BAR on life support I have a daughter in College. Who plays field hockey. I have a daughter in high school. Who plays field hockey, softball, choir, etc A son in middle school. 3 baseball teams I have a million house projects that need to be done. I went from building...
  7. cornyl

    Eclectic Holiday Viewing

    There was a very eclectic show that was shown every year in Philadelphia on public TV, It was a series of narrated short stories performed by marionette puppets. By today standards it is a scary weird eccentric kind of story but back in the 50's, 60's 70's in Philadelphia it was on all the...
  8. cornyl

    How do I remove an unfired friction-fitted engine

    put it the refrigerator. the cooler temperature might just give enough contraction to remove the motor.
  9. cornyl

    induction timer

    If you are saying you have 120-220v motor circuit. Kill-a-watt makes a device that will time and record watts of any device plugged into it. So if you have a motor running 15 minutes an hour for 24 hours it will display the total run time = 6hrs and it will also display the total watts used...
  10. cornyl

    I am making a rocket related playlist and need some suggestions

    cmon guys, Space Truckin - Deep Purple Highway Star Deep Purple Starship Trooper - Yes
  11. cornyl

    Launches and events near Bucks County, PA?

    I have launched with PARA a fer times and they are good group of guys. The boys bring out the big stuff IF the weather is good. If it is windy you will get more low power than high power. They fly on corn fields -and the corn gets tall in July and Aug. They have alot of launch hardware and can...
  12. cornyl

    Stupid Songs Stuck In My Head

    " "Into the Lens" of the YES Drama album been stuck in my head going on 3 weeks.
  13. cornyl

    Ipad Cracked Glass

    Depending what itouch you have you can either: Take it to a repair shop- we have one near us called ipod body shop.- have them replace the battery also if more than 2.5 yrs old or look for a replacement on craigs list ipod 2 r going for $50 and ipod 3 r going for $75 -125. Don't try...
  14. cornyl

    First Build Thread......Estes Semi Scale V2

    Stay away from the gorilla glue., It expands as it cures and is foamy and a mess to work with and paint. I would just stick with a good quality epoxy or whatever the instructions recommend.
  15. cornyl

    Eric Foster needs our prayers in this dire time of bad news.

    My rockets go High but I hope my prayers go Higher. God Speed. Prayers Said.
  16. cornyl

    Hogan's Heros Movie- Who would you cast?

    Hogan: Tom Cruise Klink: Christopher lloyd-doc from back to the future Schultz: jack black Kinch: ????? LeBeau: Jacques Pepin-chef Carter: adam savage- myth busters Newkirk: hugh laurie - plays the doctor from the show house Frauline Helga: katherine hilga- Major Hoffstetter: jim...
  17. cornyl

    Oldest car that you routinely drive currently?

    96 honda accord , 87,000 miles 96 was first year for the 6 cylinder for the accord. horrible gas mileage 15mpg city, 20 highway. drive it 8.8 miles round trip to work everyday. Cornyl
  18. cornyl

    sweet summer time

    Hey Stickershock, Very Funny!!!!! You described my house exactly. Cornyl
  19. cornyl

    Planet of the Apes "Icarus"

    Very nice and clean rocket. Very creative!!! Did not know it was avail on cardstock. Agreed upscale that thing. Cornyl
  20. cornyl

    How much to you shake your cans?

    ALL of my cans look like that! Shake can. Place in warm water. Shake can. Paint in low humidity. Check nozzle before spraying on rocket. Cornyl
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