... Is anyone from Austin planning to attend? The rocket I flew at the October launch is in the DeHart's trailer. I'm hoping someone can retrieve it for me....
Looking at the duty roster I notice a couple of things: - LCO is not well staffed. On person pulling three shifts, nobody else. - Lots of people pulling...
I will be there to help out, Just haven't had time to get to the DB. Buzz ... From: rocketry-austin@yahoogroups.com [mailto:rocketry-austin@yahoogroups.com] On...
Good idea, I'm not a fan of HPR Drag races either. I think that Rick and I can figure something out... Stu ... From: rocketry-austin@yahoogroups.com ...
I'm not a fan of HPR Drag races myself. I always have a stopwatch in my box of stuff - course I won't be there tomorrow. :-( Jeff ... Rick and I ... race. I ...
Rick, I was doing the final prep on Grand Shot this afternoon, when the phone range. I had to put out a fire at work so I was not able to finish my prep. I...
I'll let the fliers tell their own tales, but I wanted to give a high level report. Great day for flying, the morning was a little cool, but not too bad. The ...
If you weren't in Central Texas today, you missed two great launches (Hutto and Asa) and some great flying weather. I got in three flights. The first flight...
Since Jim mentioned 4 motor clusters... After two years of inactivity, I dusted off the 4th of July - the scratch built "canted" (4) D12-7 rocket. During prep...
Chad Ellis did the rocketry community a big favor yesterday. He drove all the way up here and gave up an entire Saturday just to deliver motors to two people...
Not only did Chad make the effort to make it to Asa, but Jim was the "mule" back to Austin. We thank you both!! Stu ... From: rocketry-austin@yahoogroups.com ...
I had two flights at Hutto this Saturday, the first was Mr. Spock on a Canadian Cesaroni J360. Estimated altitude of about 7500 feet and a very high speed...
I arrived at the launch site around noon, and I was able to launch three times. My first launch was a 4" Estes V2 on an E30-4. I replaced the two plastic...
Well, now it can find Asa, Texas, and Girvin, Texas, just fine as long as I find them by hovering over them in this email instead of going to Yahoo Maps. It...
Looks like about a 4 hr drive from Las Cruces. Maybe I'll get a chance to see y'all there now that I've moved. Sounds like a great launch site! There's also...
I'm glassing my project. Being that I don't have any vaccuum bag or other elaborate equipment, I decided to cut and "spot welded" the cloth in place with CA....
You want to be able to "move" the cloth some with the epoxy. I.E. make sure the cloth is down smooth against the surface. You will find that if you can get...
I think that will work. My concern would be that you would not be able to work any bubbles out of the cloth if it was tacked in too many dimensions. If you...
Once upon a time I used to dust the fiberglass with spray adhesive, and then roll it onto the tube in the manner described by Jeff, smoothing as I went. After...
Last Saturday there was some talk about a New Year's Eve Launch. New Year's has always been my least favorite holiday and this might be a way to change that....
Is it the desire of the club to hold a New Year's launch? If so I can arrange it but the normal scheduled launch is the 6th and 7th of January. We have had a...
I never said that! Stu _____ From: rocketry-austin@yahoogroups.com [mailto:rocketry-austin@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rick VanVoorhis Sent: Wednesday,...
Just going from past experience, are you going to change this year if the club wants to have the launch on the New Year's weekend? Apologies if I misspoke. ...
Copied from another forum: ATF is after Sugar now.. ... Scott Fintel, a EXer in the sugar community looks to be the target of the ATF due to his worth with...
He should submit a written request asking for details on how they determined it was an explosive mixture. Then if he gets an official response he should turn...
I keep my options open... The club should make their plans w/o regard to my availability. If there is a launch scheduled, and I have requests for APCP...