Nice! Much better than the stock paint scheme.
Well I am a big fan of the black/white/orange scheme in general, so... (see avatar )Oh I don't know, the original has a very 80s airline vibe to it which may work for some folks.
I just prefer taking things in a different direction
I wish he was, it would be fun. Right now he's more into hangin with his college buddies and doing what college guys do. We use to know some people that, as we did, homeschooled their kids and we were all part of a national Homeschool speech and debate organization. We spent many weekends together at debate tournaments. They stayed with us one weekend when the tournament was here in Portland. They lived in Tri-Cities and were members of the TriCities Rocketeers. You may know them, they are the Fink family. I used to live in the Hermiston area and I raced stock cars for many years at Tri City Raceway and Umatilla Speedway in the late 70's and early 80's. Tri City Raceway was my favorite by far even though it put me in the hospital onceYour son if he is a rocketeer needs to come fly with TriCities Rocketeers, we are about 2.5-3 hours west near Pasco WA, of course that means quarantine crap is allowing us to have launch again....
Got started on my Mach 1 BT-50 Black Brant... Love the Badass Rocketry fin guides...
Hey, good to see you here.
Glad to see you moving away from TIFFs, although JPEGs wouldn't be my choice... do PNGs not work well for those plans?
Also: would you consider getting rid of the cross-hatched page backgrounds? It's really hard on the eyes.
Thanks for keeping that website going!
Made a rocket video!
YouTube Link
Hey, good to see you here.
Glad to see you moving away from TIFFs, although JPEGs wouldn't be my choice... do PNGs not work well for those plans?
Also: would you consider getting rid of the cross-hatched page backgrounds? It's really hard on the eyes.
Thanks for keeping that website going!
I dunno, very slightly better maybe? Still, black text is not good against that background. Maybe if the background were lighter the grid wouldn't be as bothersome. Don't want to clog up this thread too much with this discussion, though.I changed the grid colors. See if this is better.
https://www.spacemodeling.org/jimz/rp00.htm
Wow, what a launch site.Launch report for 5/24 Tripoli Idaho
beautiful day...winds constant at 10, 60 degrees. Swan falls launch site, 40K waiver.
3.5 launches today. I'm really happy with the Flutter-by paint job. Afterwards, went to Lowes and confirmed the only lacquer spray paints they have are black, white, and clear. Need to find a better source in Honolulu...
3.5 launches today. I'm really happy with the Flutter-by paint job. Afterwards, went to Lowes and confirmed the only lacquer spray paints they have are black, white, and clear. Need to find a better source in Honolulu...
I dunno, it was propped up to only about 18" from the top of the rod, and then it barely moved an inch on the rod before hanging up. I think a paint hang-up seems more likely. Feeling the slide (or lack thereof) of the Vortico on the rod would tell the tale.rklapp, the Vortico family launches on a shortened rod, per instructions.
Recommended launch rod length for my Turbo Vortico is only 2 feet.
That's because of the spinning action of the rocket coming off the rod.
I believe that's what happened to yours, not a paint hang up.
I would also be concerned about short circuits.That soda-can blast deflector certainly did not seem to be, you know, actually deflecting any blast.
Yeah, I had a small strip of duct tape that I used as insulation. It was definitely a McGiver situation.I would also be concerned about short circuits.
The clips looked awfully close to touching bare aluminum.
Frankly I was impressed that a 1/2A could lift the pad. And no, I didn't try to calculate the thrust vs. weight of the whole rig.Nice video, if the rocket takes the launch pad with it, does that count as 1.5 launches?
Very niceWorked on the Semroc MX Mars Lander.
Last night: Decal work
This morning: Final brush paint touch-up.
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