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Loosen your closures immediately upon recovery of your rocket. Or at least ASAP. I'm talking while still warm. I'm not sure I have ever used a wrench on Aerotech closures 29mm through 75mm. I use plenty of either red grease or Super Lube on closure threads. None or minimal on liners. Under no...

AIRFest 29 pre-Registration ends tomorrow, Sunday August 13, 2023. Discount for registration and guaranteed t-shirt availability if you pre-Register. https://www.kloudbusters.org/content.aspx?page_id=4002&club_id=325948&item_id=1984040

AIRFest 29 pre-Registration ends on Sunday August 13, 2023. Save yourself some time and $$$ by pre-registering. We're getting very close to 200 flyers so don't feel yourself suffering from FOMO by sitting home Labor Day weekend - join us at the Argonia Rocket Pasture!!! Also, if you plan on...

To put this simply, we are back to the familiar wheat crop rotation. There are no crops around the 60s, 70,s and 80's pads this year. Sparkly motors will be allowed from there. No sparkies flown from the pasture - all sparkies must be flown from M distance due to fire risk. Also, recovery in...

Why don't you just make your Level 2 certification attempt yourself? There will be plenty of TRA Prefects, TAPS, and Board members who can administer the L2 exam and witness your launch. BTW, there will be hundreds of flyers from around most of the U.S., particularly flyers from the Central...

Get your club to host, then it will be wherever you like. Simple as that. Hosting LDRS is a crapload of work.

This is true, BUT, the muddy conditions made it quite challenging out there. There were a number of vehicles having trouble accessing the launch site and trudging through sticky mud was … unpleasant. Kudos to Tripoli North Texas for making it work about as well as possible given the conditions.

Great flight. I had my DSLR out but couldn't get in position in time during countdown. It was really, really sweet!

This is not true with 38mm CTI reloads. As I and others have alluded to, this looks very much like a CTI without casing launch, but I understand it may not be.

I've seen a few CTI 38mm flights attempted without putting the reload in the casting. 🤔 Looks kind of like that. Motor burning. Delay burning. Whoops!

40# rocket no sweat with 1010 buttons/rail, BTW. Most clubs probably have fewer 1515 rails vs. 1010 due to cost and usage and heavier pads needed depending upon your infrastructure. If you have flyers waiting to get pad access due to shortage of rails, buy more. That's what we have done. Use...

Are you Curtis' brother? Or mom? Why tolerate CW horrible businesses practices when there are other good, reliable, reputable vendors and OEMs in this hobby space? There is absolutely nothing remarkable about the products, so WHY??? And why do you defend CW so ardently?

Let me add they really support local clubs. I love vendors who give back to the hobby.

It's funny because NO ONE is going to sell you one that is in good working order for HALF of retail. Electronics are scarce right now. If you want one, pay a fair price for it.

Hmm. Yep. That's the rail behind it.

I rarely fly at AIRFest. I even less frequently get a photo. I hardly ever post photos. But here I am, standing by a rocket I flew on an L1520 to 11,919'. I flew two others during AIRFest. Weird huh? 😎

This is your FINAL reminder. AIRFest pre-registration ends Sunday August 14, 2022. That's tomorrow. We will be ordering tshirts on Monday. There won't be many extras. Not only that, pre-registration saves you $15. Aaaannnddd... I'll make my obligatory plea for volunteers. We need YOUR help.

After a productive weekend out at the Rocket Pasture doing some maintenance and cleanup work, I had a chance to update the AIRFest 28 pre-registration database. We're over 160 registered ... if you're on the fence, hop down and plan on joining in the fun! This is going to be a big event this...

AIRFest flyers: www.kloudbusters.org/AIRFest/default.aspx The clock is ticking. If you're planning a launch between 23,000' and 50,000' AGL you need to submit a High Altitude approval request to the Prefect (Bob) by this Monday!!! Go to the AIRFest 28 web page and browse to the Flyer...