Hi guys, Happy new orbit around the sun! :) I've been working fairly slowly on the recovery guide over the last few weeks but I think it is at a stage now that...
I'm working on making a water/bottle rocket for a school science competition. However, the catch is I need to deploy an egg and try to extend the hang time in...
Hi Kiwi, Welcome to the forum. I made a twin chute deploy a while back. It released using a speed flap device. Don't use garbage bags. They're normally too...
Nice update! Thank you for taking on this project; when planning a new rocket, it's extremely helpful to have so many ideas and bits of information so well...
I'm working on the same problem. I have been making parachute out of 0.8 mil painters drop cloth. The biggest so far is only 1 meter in diameter. I'm using...
I'm working on the same problem. I have been making parachute out of 0.8 mil painters drop cloth. The biggest so far is only 1 meter in diameter. I'm using...
... new rocket, it's ... well organized, and all ... Let me 2nd that! Nicely done Mr.G. Easy to use. I don't think it's too bad many links access our group...
I've read many sources in online, and I think shroud lines should be 1.2-1.5 times the diameter of the parachute. I've been using 1.2... This guy seems to know...
Thanks for the feedback Daniel and DL, I noticed that a couple of the new URLs weren't wrapping properly and were keeping the tables too wide. I've fixed that...
Hi Everyone, I noticed over the holiday break that Hack a Day <http://hackaday.com> (A website presenting different - clever - modifications to hardware, ...
... Sure has been fun to read the last several posts... heck, the muscle 'servo' is cool. Sure has a different shape than a common small servo. I would hope...
Hi everyone, I have added a video of the deployment system I have been working on. http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=L0jPE33t_Do&feature=channel_page The system is...
Hi Mat, The deployment mechanism looks great, and good to see the progress on your rockets. :) I'm looking forward to seeing it in action. Is the purple shock...
Hi George, Well spotted again, on both questions. ... Yes. I got it from Spotlight. They have a range of colours and diameters. I've used the same cord on our...
I have a slow connection, so I rarely bother with You Tube. The US pages work fine, the videos are just very slow to load. But when I try to view You Tube...
Hi Daniel, Sorry to hear that. When I get home tonight I'll post all our videos on our photobucket page. I'll put the link here when I'm done. Mat ... pages...
I tried the Photobucket page. I can see the photos and a still for each video. When I click the photos, I get a bigger copy of the photo. When I click the...
... each video. When I click the ... get a page about that ... having this problem, or is ... Hi Dan, Mat and All I had probs using the Link Mat first provided...
Hi Daniel, Perhaps you may have an older version of Flash installed in your browser and that could be a reason it is not playing. The other test you could try...
Hi Daniel, I've had similar problems before. As Dave and George mentioned switching browsers normally works. I have both Firefox and IE installed just for that...
Hi everyone, I have just added a jpeg to the files section: noaa2.jpg Its an update on the original file and shows how the system in the video works. I thought...
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