Another fun day & great video! Thanks guys! Which park was this? (I'm a Google Maps junkie.)
Waipahu District Park
94-230 Paiwa St, Waipahu, HI 96797
https://goo.gl/maps/q3dKYijxwA3BE2Me9
Another fun day & great video! Thanks guys! Which park was this? (I'm a Google Maps junkie.)
The 24mm Q-jets slot in nicely between the D12 and the E20 or E30. Also should have pretty good punch off the rod. Could be perfect for your application.I have an E30 but might be too high. I need to order more E20s. I do have D20s which might work well. Time to sim...
which pretty much guarantees the complete rocket will end up on the second story roof or the swimming pool.Now that I have a successful flight, I'm picking away at the minutia and the decals. Don't want to spend hours on the details only to have it land on the 2 story roof or the swimming pool.
so you HAVE read my signature line!Also, I haven't had a chance to try them yet and want really badly to see others do so for my entertainment.
Yes, but I have the video, and a pretty good one at that.which pretty much guarantees the complete rocket will end up on the second story roof or the swimming pool.
Of course, depending on how many tourist hotels you have, it is possible it may land on the second story roof AND the swimming pool!
The small Spaceship One flys fine. You might be aware that you need 4 of the putty squares in the nose rather than two. I think the instructions called for only two. Looking forward to see the big foam Maxi version! Good luck!Before anybody complains, allow me to clarify some details about the Ansari X Prize cuz I was relying on my (faulty) memory in the video:
It was a 10 million $ prize that would go to the first non governmental organization that could launch a crewed craft into space and relaunch the same craft within two weeks. "Space" was defined as 100 km i.e. the Karman Line.
The prize was won by the Tier One Project flying White Knight One/Spaceship One designed by Burt Rutan and built by his company, Scaled Composites.
The Virgin Group only became involved some time later, partnering with Scaled Composites to develop White Knight Two and Spaceship Two.
What's interesting to me is that Spaceship Two is not capable of exceeding the Karman Line, while Spaceship One did.
Anyhoo, I hope to launch both Estes versions of Spaceship One at the next launch (18mm and 24 mm).
Should be interesting "heads up" launches.
Launching at Windward CC on 9/11
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Launched rockets with the WCC staff and students along with Christopher, Gary, and Roger. We also invited a nearby private high school teacher who is interested in starting a rocketry club at the school. I unfortunately forgot to bring the bag of 2020 Estes catalogs I collected. Strangely, I only have one 2021 catalog that was sent to me.
There were a lot of misfires with Jacob's launcher and the Estes launchers. No system works every time, and we all try to develop a system that works most of the time. For some reason, the 12v battery recharger did not like my starters dipped in fine smokeless powder. What did work were the new Estes Startech starters but those are pricey. I ordered the Quick Dip finally until the Estes motors start shipping with the new starters. The 12v controller also didn't like the Quest Initiators so switched to my DIY controller with the 2x9v batteries.
I think the A10-3T had a Cato but I shouldn't really call it a Cato since there was no damage to the rocket except a short flight. I bought the A10-3T motors recently knowing there's a higher chance for a Cato. Later, I dropped my water bottle on the rocket and broke the tube above the fins. I think the tube was weak from the multiple launches, so I'm rebuilding the MM except I'll upgrade it to 18mm.
I set the JLCR in the Mercury Redstone to 100ft. When I launched it the other week with the same C18-6W, it seemed to go much higher but didn't have the JLCR inside. It looked like the JLCR released inside the tube before the ejection. Other than a dislodged side of the escape tower, my lucky rocket landed in one piece.The Big Bertha flights were heavily laden with a 9v battery to power the extensive electronics that Nikki was testing. Jacob and several students are traveling to Black Rock, Nevada next week to launch their avionics in their big rocket (I think 14ft).
The DARC-1 worked as well as can be expected. Next time, I'll include a sheet of wadding in the tube so the ejection charge doesn't go off like a shotgun blast. It's not a complicated build, the hardest part is slicing off the excess plastic without slicing off a finger, and I somehow managed not to.
00:00 Intro
00:11 Jacob's Snitch
00:26 Mini Mean Machine 3pts
01:05 Gary's Starfire
01:25 Gary's Nimbus
02:12 Falcoln Heavy 4 pts
03:16 Nikki's Big Bertha
03:26 Nikki's HiJinks
03:54 Gary's Javelin
04:14 Jacob's Snitch
04:43 Gary's Turbo
05:51 Gild Navigator 5pts
06:39 Gary's Mini Exocet
07:03 Mercury Redstone 5pts
08:59 Nikki's HiJinks
09:19 DARC-1 4pts
10:42 Nikki's Rascal
11:16 Total 21pts + 10 bonus = 31pts
Concur, (and I have done it too!), my comments are more for the peanut gallery who may see this and think it’s just an okay practice. It’s kind of like medicine, there are lots of times when the standard rules can be broken, you just have to be clear as to your justification for doing things outside the box.Babar, your concerns are legitimate.
However, this was on the windward side of the island, where rainfall is abundant.
The grass was lush, the clouds were threatening rain.
The rocket was owned and launched on a couple of occasions by the RSO, a Tripoli prefect.
And there was a fire extinguisher on the ready.
I think it was pretty safe.
Maybe. That would require me vacuuming my living room. I could bring them out to my front lawn but then the neighbors will think I'm really nuts.Very nice. It's about time for some fleet pictures I think... you must have a pretty hefty collection by now at the rate you've been cranking them out.
...The Cosmic Interceptor comes in at 323g. I wonder if an E30 is in it's near future?
I saw a video where it flew great on an E9-4 then crashed on an E9-6. Very odd...sweet build. mine looks like crap. just watched a roc fail vid and one of these had a spectacular disassembly. too much fin for the force of whatever they used.
Some successes on windy day with 3 JL Chute Releases and 1 FS altimeter
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It was a windy day so small kine rockets with no son and no jokes, just simple rocketry in the park. I had the park all to myself and winds were between 3 and 8 mph. I was having trouble with the starters. I've had several launch days on the existing 2x9v batteries with no more problems after changing them out in the field. After several long videos over the past month, it's nice to have a short video.
I bought two Labor Day sale rockets from Estes plus several $5 rockets from eRockets. I wanted to do the Double Ringer but was worried the tube gliders would go too far. With the Space Crater, I shoulda known better than to use the B6-4 after my experiences with the Egg Lofter. I cut the crinkled part of the tube off and ready to go again (new egg of course).
With the Shuttle, I lost the glider last year when the E12-4 went cruise missile. We found the rocket next to the canal. This time, I used a styrofoam glider which worked well. I forgot about the glider in the Handycam but captured it in the GoPro. With the JLCR, the stability was crap with the relatively short body tube. The only damage was a few dented boosters. Maybe someday, I'll try it again with an E12-4 and no JLCR.
00:00 Space Crater 4pts
01:20 Venture 4pts
02:19 Patriot 5pts
03:39 Shuttle 4pts
04:45 Citation Patriot 450ft 6pts
05:38 Total 23pts
The tripod is a GoPro8 at 1080p240. The ground is a GoPro3 at 720p120. I used to have problems with the GoPro3 battery. I used it extensively in 2015 for snorkeling (videos in my channel). Now it's working like a charm. The GoPro8 tends to overheat and run out of power, so I have to keep it out of the sun when not filming. It came with two batteries so suspect the manufacturer knew it had battery problems. I got it on sale at Costco so can't complain too much.@rklapp Describe you camera. The one on the tripod is a Hero? What is the one on the ground and how do you have it set up to look up at an angle? And what are you hand shooting with? Thanks.
The Venture rocket ventured where no man has gone before.Two of your rockets were aptly named.
the Crater, performed as predicted. Let’s hope they don’t come up with a name that involves ”Hole” or “Pit” or “Auger.”
also impressed that the Venture got to third base on its first date!
Although not included in the televised footage, that quote was apparently emblazoned on the Ladies' Room on the original Starship Enterprise.The Venture rocket ventured "where no man has gone before."
Mr. Sclock could have been describing Congress.
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