Ready For Oktoberfest

[AdrianParticipant]

Adrian, I totally understand your issues. … It is tricky indeed.

Thanks, John. I’m still keeping my eye out for your G.

And thanks for Fudd ignitor, Ken.

I think I have enough data now to pull the trigger tonight on the first production run of the Parrots. The bare boards should be ready by the end of this week, or early next week, and the assembly folks will take it from there for another week or so. That leaves about three weeks for the calibration of all of those boards. Whether the first batch will be Tripoli certified in time will depend on Mr. Rouse returning my emails.

[Warren B. MusselmanModerator]

With the amount of work I’ve been stuck with out here in the real world, it’s looking chancy for me to get finished all the things I want to fly at Oktoberfest. At this rate, everything is sure to fly naked or on an old chipped paint job.

Warren

[Bruce R. Schaefer]

Getting the stuff in any matter of speed is a doubtful. Knowing how Curtis is at Performance Rocketry.. I used to get it easily from Wildman But seeing how Wildman who carried alot of it is now for sometime not in business and not sure when or if he will recover.

Crap. That explains why I haven’t heard anything after ordering a PR Concept 98 from Tim Lehr on August 14th. Tim wouldn’t bill you until he shipped. Curtis takes his money… then you may or not get the item(s) in the future. At least, that’s what I’ve heard from people dealing with him. Unfortunately, he sells the best convoluted G10 around. I may or may not fly my L3 on research day on an N2440 RR. Since Conway’s rocket won’t be ready for our drag race until MHM, I’d like to wait until then. Plus I’ll be having family over next July, and I’d like to show it off. This one is well-built, and can easily take an N, but I’d really like to save it. And with Wildman on the ropes and my next bird with him… crap. Guess I’ll just have an I357 to fly on Saturday. Rest of the time doing what the club needs and helping anybody out who needs it.

[Conway StevensParticipant]

Well Bruce, Thats what I say we should do. Lets make it an Official N motor drag race at MHM. We can build you a N2400RR and fly it then. Plus im going to be building my blue formula in an N. so we can have a Blue vs red.. Now all we need is someone to do a White N and make it a red white and blue 3 way N motor drag race. Hmm. Makes me think I am getting ready to get started soon on my white formula.

Anyhow another place we may be able to get better availability on PR glass parts is through Rockets Magazine as they are now a PR vendor. Supposedly Curtis has gotten or has promised to get better at supply and time lines.

Well then. I will be bringing out a J , 3 or 4 K’s an L and an M on Sunday.. Was thinking of doing a static fire here or there as well. Maybe that would be a great first off the bat wake up @ 6 am. Static fire a K motor or something. LOL.. Wake up time!!! whooosh..

[Bruce R. Schaefer]

Maybe that would be a great first off the bat wake up @ 6 am. Static fire a K motor or something. LOL.. Wake up time!!! whooosh..

Ha! Someone usually launches something to get everyone up, and that would definitely do it!

[Ken PlattnerParticipant]

I’ll be flying a K first thing Saturday AM. Get it out of the way so I can work the registration table and LCO…

BTW – how do I post pictures here?

[Bruce R. Schaefer]

Well Bruce, Thats what I say we should do. Lets make it an Official N motor drag race at MHM. We can build you a N2400RR and fly it then. Plus im going to be building my blue formula in an N. so we can have a Blue vs red.. Now all we need is someone to do a White N and make it a red white and blue 3 way N motor drag race.

Art’s L3 can fly on an N, and it’s red. That would be so cool… a blue rocket with a blue flame (yours), a primarily white rocket with a red flame (mine), and Art’s red L3 with a white.

Ken, after my I357, I can help you out, or help hand out raffle prizes, and I’ll try for an RSO spot in the afternoon.

[Warren B. MusselmanModerator]

Ken, I’ll create an account for you. Look for a Private Message here on the website with your username/password and then select photo-gallery from the main menu and login. You’ll be able to post as many pics as you want.

Warren

[Art HoagParticipant]

Actually, contrary to popular belief, BAMF is not my L3 bird. BAMF was John Hall’s L3 bird years ago. Johnny flew his L3 flight in it with an old Kosdon M and then left rocketry after also being the prefect of TRM for years before it merged with PHITS to form NCR. I took over BAMF a year after he got out and I have now owned it for a good four or five years, during that time it has been significantly overhauled. BAMF is constructed of paper airframe but its unique inner airframe structure has allowed it to keep going all these years. Since John originally built BAMF it has seen 10 flights.

The rocket that I actually certified L3 with is a rocket that was modeled very close to BAMF (this was before I knew that I was going to own BAMF). The Dream Is Alive is my L3 rocket, it is a dark green bird. It is 7.5” in diameter, 11 feet tall and weighs roughly 90 pound loaded. The only appearance that The Dream Is Alive has ever made at Pawnee was on my Birthday back in 2005 when it flew the N2000W for my L3 flight. It has flown once since then at X Prize on an AMW N4000BB and I plan to repeat that this year at X Prize. Other then that, it stays in the dark corner of my bedroom to avoid UV light and it gets polished about once a month in order to keep the clear that Scott Harless so perfectly laid out looking good.

Art

[Bruce R. Schaefer]

Come to think of it, that was the only time I’ve seen it. My mistake. I’m only going to bring my L3 out once, and that’s for the N drag race with Conway. Then she’ll get cleaned and waxed and stay in her honored corner. So that everytime I pass her, I’ll remember her maiden flight, the L3 cert, and all the friends who helped me “get ‘er done.” Not to mention preserving that paint job, Art. Right now I’m in a funds shortage and in the process of re-doing my fleet. Not a good combination. At JW’s good-bye launch, Warren said that he thought I’d be flying M’s now. I was flying a J420. He was right. Man, once you’ve experience that power, it’s hard to go back. 8)

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