I guess the idea of jelly bean lofting is good. That way, we can scale down current versions of egg lofters. However, I think that we will be missing the...
MM2 enthusiasts, I have a design that requires a burn string to allow transition from boost to rotating recovery. Does the MM2 ejection charge have enough ...
Speaking of that little Czech glider, why did George make that note about pitching up on boost? My question should be refined, I suppose. With the motor...
Clive: You've followed my thought process almost exactly... Now that's scary;) I looked at lab. glass float nodules, comming to the same conculsion. glass...
Mark: I have a helicopter MMX design that requires a burn string. it works every time. If anything, the MMX II motors are known for their great kick and...
Thanks for the information Clive! I have three sizes of this model so far and just this morning realized that MM was not being served. I'll work on the model,...
Mark: Have you tried elastic sewing thread? I've been using it on all size copters for years. Even the lightest charge sets it off everytime. John ... ...
Mark: I have the burn string hole about 1/2" about the motor in my MMX rota-roc. I've never had a string burn problem.. Micro motors have a very heavy...
John, I'm familiar with that thread and have a spool of it in my field box. I've had no use for it since it can't pull a slide wing forwards on larger models...
Hi all, How about a paintball? I haven't played paintball in a long while...I don't remember much about the resiliance of the paintball shell. Could be too ...
Good idea Will: I'll check-out the size and weight..any idea what the standard diameter is? Any paint-ballers out here that could chime in with a weight and...
Consistent weight would be a plus...and you'd mark the landing spot when you fail. Maybe jelly beans for 'egg-loft' and paintball for 'bowling ball' launches...
In a message dated 7/1/2004 1:08:27 PM Central Daylight Time, rstaff@... writes: Consistent weight would be a plus...and you'd mark the landing spot...
Yeah: Paintballs seem to be pretty large! a quick Google search tells me they are about.68" dia. no average weight listed So your correct a Bt- 20 or shrould...
On second thought, If these .68" paintballs aren't to heavy, maybe a styrene 18mm nosecone and BT-20 to .281" shroud might work? all depends on the average...
They are about that large, yes. You'd certainly end up with something that resembled the bulb-nosed egglofters out there :-) Another idea just struck me...I'm...
I have a paintball in hand: Calipers confirm the .68" diameter, I'll get the weight later today. I'm also going to look at all the pratt hobbies styrene...
The mention of bowling ball lofting got me thinking. I've always thought that bowling balls were too easy, being unbreakable under normal conditions. Maybe a...
also Good thoughts: it's getting the uniformity, standardized size /weight that may be a bit of a problem with berries. I had considered blueberries early on,...
John et al, The only thing I could think of was a casing that is pre-sized and pretty small. The vitamin E comment was enough to make me think of herbal...
Sorry guys, I'm getting ideas here. How fragile is wax? What if you had a wax shell containing water, thin enough so that when dropped it would rupture? The...
Gee, if you want something 'fragile' to loft, how about these: http://tinyurl.com/2dus6 Of course, launching in colder climates would be an advantage.... But...
I hope the paintball weighs in nice. They would be a perfect lofter, if the physics agree ;*) Maybe a shroud, like the ASP egglofters? New techniques, it will...
I've been following this for a while now and got to thinking. If you guys are looking for something very small that resembles and egg; how about a M&M's...
I like the idea of Paintball Lofting. Like Egg Lofting it isn't going into a Minimum Diameter rocket. And the MMX delay times are pretty short. You're not...
Hi guy's: I got a few different paint balls from 3 different sources and 2 the had been hanging around in a car trunk for a year or more. the great news; 8...
I've posted two pics at the very end of my photo album of the taperpaper pd/sd model and piston launcher and a pic of PeeWee Payloader-01 and the First .246" x...
.....He who flies suppositories should perhaps use them afterwards! Anyway, I finished two Micro Maxx powered Czech boost gliders according to the plans. The...
I had an idea... Has anyone ever attempted a MMX version of the old Estes Corkscrew (the red and blue one). On the model I have, the MMT is canted over to one...
