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Ok as long as it's not already built!
What did you do rocket wise today?
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Nice! too bad I missed it, I cant make it out to Sunday launches. I'm sure it'll fly again
Got me one of these...
CPO Fast Forward
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Put together this video of the family launching Big Bertha this past Sunday:
I finally found all my old *.osd files for the ARTs OZARK flight computer. I had looked on all my old working computers and did not find them. However today I found one of the older ones had a second profile on it. Searched it and none found either.
BUT... I saw it had a second user profile on it, and that user directory had a large VM-ware image of an even older IBM ThinkPad that was my light weight go to laptop back then. Had to peal it off with a USB drive that would work on the older computer. Then I found the image would not launch.
I found my next to newest laptop, more like a Lap Server, It's VMware was 14 and it would launch the image in staging but say that security tokens didn't match. Then I looked it up and had to disable HyperVisor launch in a command line tool from auto to disable. Then the VMware image would start and boot, yea!
Then I loaded it on my newest computer and had the newest Ozark data capture tool* I was disappointed, the altitudes were not matching what I remembered a few key ones to be. I went back to one of the older computers still running windows 7 that had the older version of the Ozark tool on it. It was reading out the correct numbers I had remembered. I then did an export of the data in CVS format on that computer and put it on the newest one.
Well, at least I am no longer on the hunt for old data files anymore
*the older Ozark tool on their website won't install on windows 11 and probably not 10 either.
BUT... I saw it had a second user profile on it, and that user directory had a large VM-ware image of an even older IBM ThinkPad that was my light weight go to laptop back then. Had to peal it off with a USB drive that would work on the older computer. Then I found the image would not launch.
I found my next to newest laptop, more like a Lap Server, It's VMware was 14 and it would launch the image in staging but say that security tokens didn't match. Then I looked it up and had to disable HyperVisor launch in a command line tool from auto to disable. Then the VMware image would start and boot, yea!
Then I loaded it on my newest computer and had the newest Ozark data capture tool* I was disappointed, the altitudes were not matching what I remembered a few key ones to be. I went back to one of the older computers still running windows 7 that had the older version of the Ozark tool on it. It was reading out the correct numbers I had remembered. I then did an export of the data in CVS format on that computer and put it on the newest one.
Well, at least I am no longer on the hunt for old data files anymore
*the older Ozark tool on their website won't install on windows 11 and probably not 10 either.
CPO Fast Forward
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Wonderful how you can use perfectly good English words yet not make a lick of senseI finally found all my old *.osd files for the ARTs OZARK flight computer. I had looked on all my old working computers and did not find them. However today I found one of the older ones had a second profile on it. Searched it and none found either.
BUT... I saw it had a second user profile on it, and that user directory had a large VM-ware image of an even older IBM ThinkPad that was my light weight go to laptop back then. Had to peal it off with a USB drive that would work on the older computer. Then I found the image would not launch.
I found my next to newest laptop, more like a Lap Server, It's VMware was 14 and it would launch the image in staging but say that security tokens didn't match. Then I looked it up and had to disable HyperVisor launch in a command line tool from auto to disable. Then the VMware image would start and boot, yea!
Then I loaded it on my newest computer and had the newest Ozark data capture tool* I was disappointed, the altitudes were not matching what I remembered a few key ones to be. I went back to one of the older computers still running windows 7 that had the older version of the Ozark tool on it. It was reading out the correct numbers I had remembered. I then did an export of the data in CVS format on that computer and put it on the newest one.
Well, at least I am no longer on the hunt for old data files anymore
*the older Ozark tool on their website won't install on windows 11 and probably not 10 either.
The height of my IT skills were when I created a dozen dual boot workstations running Windows NT and Red Hat Linux. That wasn't yesterday
Designed and printed some disposable ejection canisters in ABS. For some reason my printer has been printing stringy. Usually that is a sign where I need to change the nozzle, but doing so didn't solve the problem.
Finished a drop-in platform for the back of our Maverick using some of its flex-bed features that will facilitate our tip to NARAM in two weeks. 
Also looked at my list of motors my wife and I need for our contest flights and started to organize a motor box....and figured out how many and what size piston launcher tubes I need to make and what I still need to order to do so.
Also looked at my list of motors my wife and I need for our contest flights and started to organize a motor box....and figured out how many and what size piston launcher tubes I need to make and what I still need to order to do so.
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Assembled an Eggtimer ION with my son. He did about half of the soldering work himself.
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Yeah I Flew a Rocket in 4K XVI. Estes Pro Series Leviathan on an Aerotech H135 motor drilled to an 8 second delay for the parachute ejection. Approximately 1800 feet AGL.
#EstesRockets #Aerotech #ModelRocket #ModelRocketry @estesrockets
#EstesRockets #Aerotech #ModelRocket #ModelRocketry @estesrockets
mjremijan
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Alien Space Probe build. Good memories from when I was kid. Received an Alien Space Probe for Father's Day
FWIW, if the decals aren't good anymore, you can get reproduction vinyl from Mark at StickerShock23.com Easier to apply as well, and look great.
I need an Alien Space Probe
Alien Space Probe build. Good memories from when I was kid. Received an Alien Space Probe for Father's Day
I need an Alien Space Probe
If I were to build another, it would definitely get an upgrade to a 24mm mount. It's a bit marginal on Estes 18mm BP motors, but some of the new high thrust 18mm AP motors would probably work better. But 24mm motors seem like a better match.
If I get a chance to build another one, I am going keep the original mount, and fly it on D24's.
The Alien Space Probe was the rocket that i flew my first composite motor in. We visited a hobby shop that happened to have a D21, E15, and a E30. So we bought them. That day I flew it first on either a C6-3 or a C5-3 like many times before. Slow but cool flight, then I decided to try the D21!. It warped of the launch pad! It blew my mind! I repeated that many times till one day I pranged the ASP. I want to relive that experience again.
I also want to build an upscale ASP.
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I was playing with the Old IBM Thinkpad's VM that I found saved from the old laptop again today.
I found a whole bunch of older Booster Vision on-board analog live ATV videos I had done... Including my L3
I uploaded the L3 Booster Bruiser EXP-4 flying on the CTI 98mm M520 motor that burns for 14 seconds
The rocket does not spin under power, it slowly rolled about 380 degrees during the flight it looks like, I could be wrong I didn't count.
I found a whole bunch of older Booster Vision on-board analog live ATV videos I had done... Including my L3
I uploaded the L3 Booster Bruiser EXP-4 flying on the CTI 98mm M520 motor that burns for 14 seconds
The rocket does not spin under power, it slowly rolled about 380 degrees during the flight it looks like, I could be wrong I didn't count.
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I just realized how bad that sounds....I need an Alien Space Probe
My set up after work.
Fun things came in the mail from Wildman and US Composites!
Packed up my WIP's so they are out of the family's way while I'm in Florida for two weeks.
Baby Fiber Max, Piercer Mini, and an Quest Shuttle Intrepid.
The last has been sitting in my build pile for a long time. It's from before Aerotech took over Quest.
Baby Fiber Max, Piercer Mini, and an Quest Shuttle Intrepid.
The last has been sitting in my build pile for a long time. It's from before Aerotech took over Quest.
lr64
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Tested a thermocouple today. Maybe I can use it to figure out cooler fuel.
The White on my Nike Smoke started to Orange Peal . Looks like the paint on the body settled back down so it looks fine... but going have to sand down the nose and try again.
. Looks like the paint on the body settled back down so it looks fine... but going have to sand down the nose and try again.
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lr64
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It is a little known fact that sometimes the orange peel texture exhibited by some paints sets up micro-vortices which actually reduce the drag of the rocket. Yeah, that's it.
Also see page 126 here:
https://books.google.com/books?id=O...A126#v=onepage&q=flying magazine 1990&f=false
Also see page 126 here:
https://books.google.com/books?id=O...A126#v=onepage&q=flying magazine 1990&f=false
Great article.
lr64
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Considering all the serious replies he got, he probably should have waited for the April issue. Just think, if we had good enough telemetry, we could stop wasting all that fuel we use in boosters. After that, the air would probably be too thin to make it work.
What the heck did I just read? I was in a weird mood already, and dang, that was a journey.
It was written well but I did question the science of what he felt during the flight. Sometimes our senses can be fooled. It was great to read of the tech at the time. Things have come a long way in the intervening time.
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