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Should make for some good photos though, no? :D

It would be an interesting research project for getting a lock-on during flight, up until the point of landing. Imagine this: An omnidirectional microwave transmitter in the nose cone of the rocket, and an omnidirectional microwave receiver back on the ground. Before launch they establish a...

^That's awesome. :D Just wondering, are there any commercially available transmitters out there that produce a wavelength small enough to justify a dish?

No, but I'd love to if I had the knowledge and skills.

Thanks for your input everyone, it was very helpful. As I'm sure you can tell, I'm a bit of a newbie when it comes to the technicals of radio equipment, but I'm getting better everyday. Yagi it is (my transmitter is 273Mhz, so WAY under the point where a dish would be viable). I guess I can put...

I'm considering building a homemade receiver for my recovery transmitter (not sure what brand, it's kind of old, but I've still got the frequency info so all good). I've noticed most people use Yagi-Uda antennas (the ones that look like scaled-down television antennas), but I've never seen...

I will say, though, that ethanol as an EX fuel is quite interesting. I'll give this a watch, see what it's like.

I got mine with a BSD 38 Special on an I161W-M. It's a 3" rocket, about 5' tall. Worked like a charm, but I did have a bit of a walk. Everything was stock. Unfortunately I lost her the next year, and can't buy a new one because BSD went belly-up soon after that, which sucks a big one because I...

This happened two years ago up at Bong Rec in Wisconsin with my 4" PML Endeavor on a soda-can Aerotech 54mm (I215R IIRC). The cause was a faulty ejection charge. IIRC some grease had gotten on the delay when I was assembling the engine. In short, she planted about a foot in the ground, and...

Nice! I've had the Magpie kit PDFs saved on my computer for some time now...somewhere. Might need to try this. :)

:y: Someone up there was looking after that guy.;)

Very nice! Loved the whistle.:) As for the subject of decaling it...might I ask, are you familiar with the video game "Fallout 3?":D https://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Mini_nuke_%28Fallout_3%29 Just sayin'.:wink: Oh, and I've been gone for quite a while (few months short of two years, in fact)...

Awesome! I have some stuff that is PERFECT for! :D

I guess, but it just seems like the worst business plan. It's amazing places like this can stay afloat with policies like these. Seems like a horrible way to keep a loyal customer base.:2:

Not sure how good the weekend of the 28th-29th will be for people. A lot will be gone for Thanksgiving. What about the possibility of the launch being held on the weekend of December 5th and 6th? Will the launch still be held, BTW, if there is snow on the ground? And Days Inn is giving us...

That sucks. :( But you got to do what you got to do, sometimes... In a way I'm sad (obviously :p), but in a way I'm happy. I have been WAY behind schedule on my rocket building, I really do need the extra time. :roll: Hope it's not to late to cancel hotel reservations...

- Performance Rocketry Competitor 3 - K555SK - Binder Sentinel - I315SK - Binder Iris - I301W - LOC Ezi-65 - H112J - Performance Rocketry Gizmo - I245G - PML Sudden Rush - I218R - PML Bulldog - G77R - PML Phobos - H180W I'll probably be flying other MPR and LPR rockets that I still need to...

Woohoo! Can't wait. Haven't really flown a lot this year, mainly at LDRS and a few Bong launches. Hopefully I can make up for it here. Finally hope to fly the Competitor 3 the way it was meant to be flown, on a big'un. In my case, the K555. :D Other than that, I'm not sure yet. Should be a...

Darted the PML Endeavor at Eat Cheese Or Fly (I'll post a detailed story tomorrow, with pics ;)). The good news? The fin can is in near perfect shape (one cracked fin, but that's a small fix), so a rebuild was definitally in order. I'm heading out to the hobby shop tomorrow to get my materials...

Hey Scott, I'll definitally be there! MWP too! I think I may take the gouda challenge too. Hope a 2.6" tube is wide enough. :)