pvduke
Well-Known Member
Hi!
Name's Kevin.
Loc: Pine 85544. Lota trees. No fly zone. Closest is 4 hours 1-way.
Live in a small camper in the styx.
62 y/o...BTDT, X-Ray's look like Evil Kenivel.
Past Passions:
Nitro-RC drag boats, planes, etc...BMX, MTB Racing, Bronc riding, MX, Hard Enduro, Drag Boats, Drag Cars, Off-Road 24 hour, race this and that, trad bow's, competitive shotgunning, Precision Rifle Shooting (before it was a "thing"), NORBA Championships, USPSA Single Stack, AMA, NDBA, AHBA, La Rana, SCORE, LMFPQRSTUV, ( just kidding on the last one)......high speed, low drag. Love that.
Had a small shop up here on the mountain. Mtn. Bikes and ATV's. It raged. Owner Operator. 650 sq/ft. Then, It flopped. Thanks covid.
No regerts. Just in time for retirement. But I do miss my clients. My clients were everything.
Rocket History: lots- of L0. (and some rouge Maxi-Brutes we built at "Bob's" for an undisclosed client/supplier/well known/magazines. Some worked, some we pushed too hard and, VABOOM! (oh God that big Pershing going up- EVERYone cried).
Last launch?: '77.
Best launch?: All of them.
Worst?: my Estes Scissor Wing Transport burning into the DR Rear window of a Spectorors Pinto. Cops came, then DAD. Oh yeh...DAD. Stuff got quiet when DAD came. Took me all summer to work that off. And that was that for gliders at the park. Ugh! Loved that rocket. Took forever to get it right!!!
Key in, test BEEP, smack it when yer posed to and look up.
If ya aint done it? Ya don't get it.
Rocketry has got to be the most prep-intensive, sleepless night, nerve racking, nail-biting, "what could possibly go wrong?" thing I have ever done. And guess what- still no warranty. It still could go *poof*. It's a ROCKET, that's what they do. They go POOF, no matter what you do.
It's riding the Edge on something YOU made, and everyone is watching. And when ya get it back in one piece?
Priceless.
Was it worth it? Pffft- oh puhleez. Pull up a stump, leme tell ya bout my 67 seconds of terror........... and glee.
So yeh, here we go again. Seems I'm not alone with the "14th childhood" thing. I see you!
First post here- but I've learned a lot from you all already about HPR. So far things look great here. Everyone for All. Perfect. Lots of respectful shooters passing it on.
I'm only L0 now. First attempt for 1 in Feb or Mar depending on weather/parts/drying times.
I want my L1 pin. It's the only feather in my cap I aint got. Don't even got the fins on yet and I'm shakin' already. Hope I don't pass out when the candle lights.
Favorite shooter? Goblin. Yup- I'm one of those. H130 in hand. Cuz everything else is just a rocket. IF---( big if) she dont splat? 2 more are in Skunk Works now and they will get green light. This one will be stock, sans the usual upgrades. No electrics, basic paper and motor for the Cert Attempt. After that, it's breathed on a little till I get my chops. LOC Goblin 4 for the win (PLEASE!?). Seen them blast past Mach 1 un-reinforced. Seen them poof, too! Built lots of them in vaiours sizes. This one won't be yellow. But it'll still have it's propper pedigree decals and big draggy, square, whisting swept fins, 1 black, 1 with #3.
Cuz it's a GOBLIN.
If I get my pin? Then it's onto J's and above. More speed, always motor deploy, JLCR, JL Alt2, thats it, works or it don't. How thrilling is it seeing your stuff tumble for days...then pop that chute at the last second? Altitude is a consequence of speed. More impulse, less waiting. I like speed. KISS and if it splashes? Make another one. Cuz it's a Rocket.
It's what they do.
(P/S- my phone takes CRAPPY pics and the interwebs up here blows...sorry)
NAR #298573
SSS #5036
Name's Kevin.
Loc: Pine 85544. Lota trees. No fly zone. Closest is 4 hours 1-way.
Live in a small camper in the styx.
62 y/o...BTDT, X-Ray's look like Evil Kenivel.
Past Passions:
Nitro-RC drag boats, planes, etc...BMX, MTB Racing, Bronc riding, MX, Hard Enduro, Drag Boats, Drag Cars, Off-Road 24 hour, race this and that, trad bow's, competitive shotgunning, Precision Rifle Shooting (before it was a "thing"), NORBA Championships, USPSA Single Stack, AMA, NDBA, AHBA, La Rana, SCORE, LMFPQRSTUV, ( just kidding on the last one)......high speed, low drag. Love that.
Had a small shop up here on the mountain. Mtn. Bikes and ATV's. It raged. Owner Operator. 650 sq/ft. Then, It flopped. Thanks covid.
No regerts. Just in time for retirement. But I do miss my clients. My clients were everything.
Rocket History: lots- of L0. (and some rouge Maxi-Brutes we built at "Bob's" for an undisclosed client/supplier/well known/magazines. Some worked, some we pushed too hard and, VABOOM! (oh God that big Pershing going up- EVERYone cried).
Last launch?: '77.
Best launch?: All of them.
Worst?: my Estes Scissor Wing Transport burning into the DR Rear window of a Spectorors Pinto. Cops came, then DAD. Oh yeh...DAD. Stuff got quiet when DAD came. Took me all summer to work that off. And that was that for gliders at the park. Ugh! Loved that rocket. Took forever to get it right!!!
Key in, test BEEP, smack it when yer posed to and look up.
If ya aint done it? Ya don't get it.
Rocketry has got to be the most prep-intensive, sleepless night, nerve racking, nail-biting, "what could possibly go wrong?" thing I have ever done. And guess what- still no warranty. It still could go *poof*. It's a ROCKET, that's what they do. They go POOF, no matter what you do.
It's riding the Edge on something YOU made, and everyone is watching. And when ya get it back in one piece?
Priceless.
Was it worth it? Pffft- oh puhleez. Pull up a stump, leme tell ya bout my 67 seconds of terror........... and glee.
So yeh, here we go again. Seems I'm not alone with the "14th childhood" thing. I see you!
First post here- but I've learned a lot from you all already about HPR. So far things look great here. Everyone for All. Perfect. Lots of respectful shooters passing it on.
I'm only L0 now. First attempt for 1 in Feb or Mar depending on weather/parts/drying times.
I want my L1 pin. It's the only feather in my cap I aint got. Don't even got the fins on yet and I'm shakin' already. Hope I don't pass out when the candle lights.
Favorite shooter? Goblin. Yup- I'm one of those. H130 in hand. Cuz everything else is just a rocket. IF---( big if) she dont splat? 2 more are in Skunk Works now and they will get green light. This one will be stock, sans the usual upgrades. No electrics, basic paper and motor for the Cert Attempt. After that, it's breathed on a little till I get my chops. LOC Goblin 4 for the win (PLEASE!?). Seen them blast past Mach 1 un-reinforced. Seen them poof, too! Built lots of them in vaiours sizes. This one won't be yellow. But it'll still have it's propper pedigree decals and big draggy, square, whisting swept fins, 1 black, 1 with #3.
Cuz it's a GOBLIN.
If I get my pin? Then it's onto J's and above. More speed, always motor deploy, JLCR, JL Alt2, thats it, works or it don't. How thrilling is it seeing your stuff tumble for days...then pop that chute at the last second? Altitude is a consequence of speed. More impulse, less waiting. I like speed. KISS and if it splashes? Make another one. Cuz it's a Rocket.
It's what they do.
(P/S- my phone takes CRAPPY pics and the interwebs up here blows...sorry)
NAR #298573
SSS #5036
to the form and great first post
