Initiator001
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I am on my way to NSL West 2024.
I hope to see some of you there.
I hope to see some of you there.
The wind came up at 7:30 instead of 8:30, so no flights for me today. Just about everyone is waiting for tomorrow.After taking longer than I wanted for rocket prep yesterday, I got out to my hotel (Baymont in Monte Vista) after dark last night. I’ll see if I can set up a spot in vendor row early this morning. My plan this weekend is to be flying and recovering rockets first thing in the morning, then be available for Featherweight customer service in the afternoons, and then prep my next flights at my hotel in the evening.
This year I am bringing rockets and motors that could set up to 5 different altitude records, though I don’t expect to make that many attempts. I’m starting with a J single stage attempt first thing this morning if it’s calm enough, and then probably a J 2-stage tomorrow and G single stage on Monday when it’s predicted to be calmest. Depending on how my J1026 flight goes this morning, I may fly a K627 tomorrow also, and possibly a K 2-stage attempt Monday.
I'm volunteering registration Sunday 2-4 and 2nd RSO Monday 10-12.
See you on the range!
Sorry About the bad luck, Adrian.Never mind. Nosecone jammed at an apogee over 26,000 feet.
The charge is contained within a .25" ID steel piston, and the ematch fires downward into the powder, so there's really nowhere for the powder to go until the nosecone moves over an inch. The inside of the piston has grey soot like it does after the ground tests.Sorry About the bad luck, Adrian.
Did the charge fully burn? 26k AGL when ground level is 8k ASL makes the air at apogee super thin.
Hoping for better luck with your planned two-stage flight tomorrow!
These stories are making me feel a little better about not making the effort to come, but still missing seeing some of these flights and visiting with folks.
According to SLV Rocketeers, it will be at Alamosa again in '25.So, do we know where NSLW 2025 will be at yet?
Read it on their facebook page.
Unfortunately it will again be up against the TXSO, so I won't be going.Something to plan for. Start building and testing now...
+1 to both ...Unfortunately it will again be up against the TXSO, so I won't be going.
I'd like to get up to Alamosa sometime for some other launch though.
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