Single Shot Sweepstakes 2006

[denverdoc]

well that you lube launch rails suggests an oversight 😮
Heres a proposal, I’ll bet 100 dollars the club record dies,
J

[Bruce R. Schaefer]

You guys are right. Forget what the pot is, this IS about skill. Make ’em as polished and slick as possible. Period. This IS gonna be fun this year.

[Chris LaPanse]

Warren – side bet (gentleman’s bet – I’m poor right now from Mayhem 🙁 )

THe winner will be >6k

[Ed Dawson]

Most definitly the club record will die.

I’ll not take a piece ot that $100 side bet… or perhaps I should to double my 2006 SSC winnings.

🙂

[Bruce R. Schaefer]

Now we’re talkin’, gentlemen. Hey, put the side bets in the pot! Let’s find others to join in. This is really good; this is what it’s about. The only luck involved in this is that everything works, and who can predict that? Gluing fins on a naked body tube and slapping a motor in with any nosecone just won’t cut it. The skill is keeping the Cd low (<.60, at least) on an efficient design and knowing when and where to make the classic tradeoffs. NAR people know about that... or we'll see. 🙂

[Warren B. MusselmanModerator]

$100 side bet? hmmm… this is getting interesting. My focus this MHM is the Tripoli (and club) L altitude record. I have a couple other tentative shots including the 24mm G bird I mentioned as well as (hopefully) another shot at the Tripoli J altitude record. If I get a spare 10 or 12 hours in between here and there, I may take another shot at the F altitude record, this time with an Apogee F10.

I should say that NONE of these records will I consider as big of an accomplishment as flying the same 54mm minimum diameter bird on an L1300BB – at a predicted Mach 2.6, if I have the balls to do it, THAT will far outshine any altitude record I might take in terms of being a commentary on my composite construction techniques. The closer I get to MHM, the less inclined I am to do it though – my heart says that the filament wound needs a layer of carbon aerosleeve to hold up on top of the 7 layers (4 tip to tip) across the fins.

Warren

PS: John, let’s talk turkey here, I personally plan to kill the club record with my bird so a mere $100 that the record will fall isn’t sufficient motivation nor personal enough. How about we say $100 that YOU take the contest AND take the club G record in the same flight against same terms for me? That makes the stakes even and personal. Aside from the currently $200 pot for the 2006 Single Shot Sweepstakes, how about we go head to head on this side bet. If one of us takes the club record AND the SSS, the other ponies up $100? If neither one of us do, no one’s out a dime.

[denverdoc]

$100 side bet? hmmm… this is getting interesting. PS: John, let’s talk turkey here, I personally plan to kill the club record with my bird so a mere $100 that the record will fall isn’t sufficient motivation nor personal enough. How about we say $100 that YOU take the contest AND take the club G record in the same flight against same terms for me? That makes the stakes even and personal. Aside from the currently $200 pot for the 2006 Single Shot Sweepstakes, how about we go head to head on this side bet. If one of us takes the club record AND the SSS, the other ponies up $100? If neither one of us do, no one’s out a dime.

Warren,

lots of interesting gamesmanship going on here–just wanted to get you to admit that you were sandbagging us with predictions of high 5’s taking the pot. 😛 But I still like the idea of a sidebet pool–if others want to throw in 20 bucks with a number of feet, believe it should be done prior to first SSS.

The sss has less interest for me tho I will definitely give it the college try, than the ssss–just because the odds of finding it (luck) play such a significant role. Maybe losing my e alt record attempt out at Crash recently dampened my enthusiasm and/or having seen what a g80 in a min diam rocket does–neck snapping, vanishing act–has something to do with it. But I will consider any mano-a-mano proposal for the super sss. Not being a wimp here, like you have many irons in the fire, and flying an N/M to 30k out at LDRS is taking huge amts of time from other projects, in fact has virtually monopolized all of my building time and resources. I think the L1400 shot you propose is very ballsy–I may use one friday in a wring out flight for my L3 if Tim is here with the goodies in time. Even a 4 inch 8.5 ‘ 15 lb rocket hits mach or w/in spitting distance on the motor so a min diam shot is just incredibly gutsy, and as mentioned may exceed the speed of FWFG. Best of luck on that and the L record,
John S

[Bruce R. Schaefer]

We’re all thinking (and spending) on MHM, and this event (SSS) goes on until the end of the year. There’s time to sim, test, and launch. I haven’t even spun the right nosecone yet. Takes time. I just bought my first MAWD… and while I’m not thrilled about the chance of losing it, this is what we do. It’s the challenge. Competition under the same conditions is what it’s all about. We all love high power, but this is all about skill and modeling techniques (not that HPR isn’t; it is). Yeah, luck, too. And, we will all learn from each other. That’s also what it’s all about.

[denverdoc]

Bruce,

agreed, and equally in need of the perfect NC. God how I need a lathe. Anyone out there with one? Electronics and propellant ingredients have just slaughtered my budget–good news is I have enough to make something like 50 # of APCP. Thats one Hoag event and small change 🙁
JS

[Warren B. MusselmanModerator]

Entries into the Single Shot Sweepstakes will be accepted through the close of flight ops on Sunday at MHM OR when the first person takes a shot at it. I’m personally planning on a test flight of my bird at MHM, but probably won’t make the real flight until later in the summer when the air is hot and thin.

Warren

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