MHM – who will fly what??

[Mike Bennett]

Hopefully Sponge Bob on all five motors and a couple of other surprises.

[elviss_boy]

Boosted dart with Mr.Altitude ( A.K.A John Wilke)
38mm altitude attempt
And Ex rockets

*Wish list of what i wanted to fly*
75mm minimum diameter rocket
Jayhawk on two L motors

[Bruce R. Schaefer]

Boosted dart with Mr.Altitude ( A.K.A John Wilke)
38mm altitude attempt
And Ex rockets

*Wish list of what i wanted to fly*
75mm minimum diameter rocket
Jayhawk on two L motors

You know, when we look at the world and wonder if the next generation is going to “do right,” posts like this say YES, we’re covered. I really wanna see that Jayhawk on two L’s in a drag race with Chris’s Deuce, with two L’s!

[AdrianParticipant]

38mm altitude attempt

In which motor class?

Details, we want details!

[elviss_boy]

two actually- J-570 and J-350

[Warren B. MusselmanModerator]

Kyle, I can’t wait to see what you and John have cooked up. Knowing John, you’ve done most of the work and he’s done the mentoring and I’m sure you have a helluva project to fly. If you have a successful flight, I guarantee you front page coverage with a photo on the website… Of course, that means someone will have to actually get a clear photo of this thing taking off at warp or better speed.

Unfortunately, due to the death of my mother-in-law a couple weeks ago followed by one of the nastiest cases of the flu I’ve had in over 20 years, my L3 cert is probably going to be delayed until June or July. I will still be flying a 54mm minimum diameter project to a projected 28K and several other projects including a 4″ project on an L1300 and another 4″ project on a K555SK. If I get the time, I might even have to defend my E altitude record from Adrian and set a new Tripoli F altitude record – just to keep Mr. Wilke on his toes. My skirt is hiked up John and I’ve got the last two F32 motors in existence…

Warren.

[Anonymous]

Yes indeed, Kyle is doing most of the heavy lifting (literally and figuratively) as he built a booster and I am recycling an old rocket into a dart. I bought a miter saw (I now own something like 4? tools) and as soon as I get the critical stuff from Kyle I’m going to chop “Sandbagger” back. We’ll use a K1440 from Tim at GLR and see what happens.

Warren, I’m sorry to hear your L3 news – I will try to make it out when you cert. Mayhaps you can bring the goods to MHM so we can at least see how it is coming together?

L330 shot – we need a window first 😉 If we do get a window, I hope to fly “Casey Mae” for an M altitude attempt.

F32s… sorry, dude – they went out of certification on 12.31.07 😯

[Warren B. MusselmanModerator]

Yeah, but they can still be flown at Research launches and although I might not be able to take a TRA altitude record, I will be able to take the NCR record.

W

[AdrianParticipant]

although I might not be able to take a TRA altitude record, I will be able to take the NCR record.

Assuming that somebody doesn’t use an F10 to put the NCR and Tripoli record out of reach of an F32 first. 🙂 I heard that Mike Konschack was working on such a bird, and I’m still hoping to give it another try. Work is starting to get into a really intense phase, and I’m trying to finish prototyping a couple of models of altimeters, so who knows what I’ll get done by then. A G record attempt will likely be a higher priority for me since I think the stability won’t be as tricky and I have Ellis G37s burning holes in my pockets. …and I’ve already started building it by filling a 24mm nosecone full of lead shot and epoxy.

[Warren B. MusselmanModerator]

Adrian,

The F32 is the contest killer motor – it is a 24mm 100% F motor and less than a dozen newtons shy of a G. ALL world F altitude records have been set with either the F32 or its sister motor, the F72. As I said, these are 24mm motors and no matter what the total newton seconds of the F10, as a 29mm motor, there is no way for an F10 to even be in the ballpark of what you can do with an F32.

I know you have ambitions of an TRA record and you could very well get one on the F10 as it is the largest F motor still certified – but you can’t beat an optimized 24mm bird with a 29mm bird – the advantage in Cd is just far too great for the 24mm bird. I was going to do this late last year and dilly-dallied my way out of flying this motor while it’s certification was still good. It is a lapsed motor though so it is doubtful that TRA would accept it as a new world record – William Inman set the last 3 F records on the F32 and F72.

If I really want to be mean about it, I can wait until warmer weather and fly it at TC’s site in Hartsel with a base altitude of over 8000′ MSL to start with – with a probably 20% advantage on the NCR North Site.

W

Warren

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