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Warren B. Musselman
THE Tower I drool over is here http://www.towerlauncher.com/. This thing will handle from 38mm to 300mm diameter birds, is 99″ long (8′), handles both three and four fin rockets and I believe he makes 4′ extensions for it. While I can’t find a price on his website, it has got to be over $1000, I doubt the club is going to pop for one.
Warren
Anonymous
I inquired on that tower years ago. IIRC it was $1800 back then. Really. Zowie.
Bruce R. Schaefer
If the dues were raised a little, could we afford one then?
Warren B. Musselman
I’ve never brought it up with the rest of the executive committee, but I would assume that a number equal to 50% or more of the club’s current treasury for a single piece of launch equipment used primarily by no more than 1/2 dozen people currently wouldn’t fly. We have the small bicycle tower that belongs to the club which works fine for stuff up to 54mm although it is adjustable larger and we have a 7′ adjustable tower that can take extensions and fits birds from 38mm up to 5″. That’s at my house waiting for some welding to be done and hasn’t been actively in use for over two years. I’m doing my best to have it ready for Oktoberfest.
Warren
Bruce R. Schaefer
Dude, you need a vacation. Step away from the welder… get ready for the river. Well, my Alfred E. Newman is done. It’s four inches longer than my gut says it should be, but the sim loves it. The fin span is one inch longer than my gut says it should be, but the sim loves it. Both add drag… yes, but the sim loves it; each gave me more altitude. This is the year, for me anyway, where the sim rules, and I’ll give it a shot. If it’s wrong, then my gut will rule from this year forward. Got a ding in the leading edge of a fin, so I gotta fly this thing before it self-destructs. 😀
Warren B. Musselman
I leave Saturday morning…
Warren
Bruce R. Schaefer
Have a great and safe trip, my friend. Hope you got someone to take over the site while you’re gone. If not, shut the puppy down, and let it ride. See ya when you get back.
Anonymous
Anyone who wants to use my wooden tower is welcome to it. It is a big, wooden beast that was constructed using something like 24,672 board feet of lumber 😯 It is a wonderful tower that has served me well. It is 8′ tall, and I have launched 29mm up through 3″ rockets using this tower. Next year, I’m going to fly a 4″ N from this tower (at BALLS). My L shot to 23K flew out of this tower. Like the Energizer Bunny, it keeps going and going and going…
Mark C. built this tower years ago and gave it to me when he left the hobby. Warren glued/clamped it (thanks!!!). I am the “keeper” of the tower as it doesn’t fit the trailer and it needs mucho TLC. It is in my garage. Anyone who needs it may use it provided they promise to treat it right.
Warren, the little bicycle tower is in the trailer, correct? I want to make sure it is available while you are gone just in case we launch?
Warren B. Musselman
Indeed the little bicycle tower is in the trailer… however, with you bigger bicycle tower, I don’t know why you’d want to fly out of it. Your tower is much tighter…
Warren
Anonymous
The bigger bicycle tower doesn’t go down to 24mm-sized airframes. In fact, it may not even go down to 38mm. It is pretty much a 54mm and up tower. So everyone knows, it is only about 5’9″ tall. That one is also available for use by anyone who wants or needs it.
It is a great tower, but I’ve found that I gravitate to either the little bike tower or the big wooden one.
JW
Warren B. Musselman
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Bruce R. Schaefer
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