Three more successful launches!

[jpbell]

Go me! The wind has been absolutely perfect and no rain the last several days so I am trying to get as many launches in as I can between everything else going on...

I have pictures if anyone cares to see.

 

[Jordan_RochellaSpace]

Go you indeed! Congrats on the two successful launches.

You and Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket have had a very good day.

(Even though I lost 5 quatloos in a bet with a fellow space reporter that this launch would be a scrub...)

 

[McKailas Dad]

I have pictures if anyone cares to see.

Well, post em! Of course we wanna see! Any chance you got vids, too? Look what happened last time you posted a video...

 

[jflis]

I have pictures if anyone cares to see.

You must be new here....

OF COURSE we wanna see pictures!

jeeze...

 

[jpbell]

Well, post em! Of course we wanna see! Any chance you got vids, too? Look what happened last time you posted a video...

I do have video of two, my batteries died at the end of launch two, don't have them uploaded yet, will post a link, and for the pictures too.

 

[Zeus-cat]

(Even though I lost 5 quatloos in a bet with a fellow space reporter that this launch would be a scrub...)

I bet you a hundred quatloos and a free trip to Triskelion that he has no idea what a quatloo is. And I call dibs on Shana.

 

[jpbell]

I bet you a hundred quatloos and a free trip to Triskelion that he has no idea what a quatloo is. And I call dibs on Shana.

I am no fool, I am not making a bet I can't win....

 

[jpbell]

Finally the pictures uploaded, videos will be up in a bit hopefully

https://picasaweb.google.com/joshuapbell/RocketLaunch#

 

[Jordan_RochellaSpace]

I bet you a hundred quatloos and a free trip to Triskelion that he has no idea what a quatloo is. And I call dibs on Shana.

Not a problem! You can have her!

There's a short story in a Star Trek anthology book called "Lights in the Sky" about Shauna.

 

[Jordan_RochellaSpace]

I am no fool, I am not making a bet I can't win....

LOL! Well, when you've gone through 2 previous scrubs, you tend to get a tad cynical.

And OMG! If you get a chance to see the SRB's ignite on an Ariane 5 - do so! It is FIERCE!

 

[jpbell]

and for the videos...

like i said for launch 3 the batteries died so I didn't footage for that one, and launch two, which is first in the video was cut short, but the other two are there. Also, don't mind the music at the beginning that is an inside joke for a friend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3qOJPZn2mA&feature=youtube_gdata

 

[McKailas Dad]

Hey, thats the Crossbow SST, right? I was looking at getting that one, how do you like it? It does look tiny, packing the 'chute has got to be a @%^$.

What are you up to now, 4-5 rockets? Oh yea, your hooked...

P.S. Links to pics are nice, but maybe pick a couple of your favorites, and post them HERE! :clap:

 

[jpbell]

Hey, thats the Crossbow SST, right? I was looking at getting that one, how do you like it? It does look tiny, packing the 'chute has got to be a @%^$.

What are you up to now, 4-5 rockets? Oh yea, your hooked...

P.S. Links to pics are nice, but maybe pick a couple of your favorites, and post them HERE! :clap:

Yes that is the Crossbow SST, it was a fun build and defiantly a high altitude rocket, I only had a A8-3 motor in it and nearly lost sight of it. It is a little narrow just big enough to get the engines in it, so it was a bit packed, and the shock cord could probably be a bit smaller, but overall everything fit in nicely, just had to fold the chute a little smaller then usual. Overall a fun build, and a good flight.

Also I have two built Rockets, one MIA rocket, and one un-built rocket.

 

[McKailas Dad]

Looks like you could maybe use some swivels...

https://picasaweb.google.com/joshuapbell/RocketLaunch#5487267161402241058

Kinda like these, you can find them in the 'fishing isle' at Walmart. Works for me!

 

[jpbell]

Looks like you could maybe use some swivels...

https://picasaweb.google.com/joshuapbell/RocketLaunch#5487267161402241058

Kinda like these, you can find them in the 'fishing isle' at Walmart. Works for me!

Yeah last time I was at wal-mart I was in a hurry and did not pick up any, but it is on my list, wal-mart is a 30 min drive, so when we go there it is usually one trip a week...