I launched a small pop-pod glider ("sparrow"? From some plans on the net) on a 1/2A3-2t. It broke it's boom durring acceleration (losing the tail), went unstable and arced over, and PART of it smacked me the top of the head. Must have been the top of the glider, cause there wasn't any singed hair. Or maybe it just bounced.
BillW
Way back when I was in junior high school I launched a rocket I had built from plans. My first one that wasn't a kit, IIRC. But I messed up positioning the engine block and used too little noseweight. Upon stuffing in a C and pressing the button it rose off the rod and made three big vertical loops, burning out partway through the third loop. My friends hit the deck yelling something like "We're all gonna die!" As it came around the bottom of the last loop exactly at ground level it slid to a stop completely undamaged. A few seconds later out popped the streamer which neatly unrolled...I just stood there laughing!
+McG+
R O F L
Model rocketry is "inherently safe" :)
Where is Lew Garrow? Saw one of his hybrids do a "land shark" around the field at LDRS in '99 (IIRC). Talk about a potential "pain in the rear".
;-)
I don't know about "of all time", but it's certainlyt he neatest flight I've seen this year! A well deserved cover...
Bob Kaplow NAR # 18L TRA # "Impeach the TRA BoD" >>> To reply, remove the TRABoD!
Best flight or not it is among the best photos ever on the cover.
Ok, I finally sat down and figured out how to put a video online. Here is the link for the 10x mars lander video...
- Mike Stoop
WOW! I have got to GET me one of those.
Hannukah card list?
Bob Kaplow NAR # 18L TRA # "Impeach the TRA BoD" >>> To reply, remove the TRABoD!
Can we get a thread going where we argue the transliteration of that holiday name?
I only know these: Channuka, Channukah, Chanuka, Chanukah, Chanuko, Hannuka, Hannukah, Hanuka, Hanukah, Hanukkah, Kanukkah, Khannuka, Khannukah, Khanuka, Khanukah, Khanukkah, and Xanuka.
I didn't know all of them until the Google search.
Zooty
My daughter Emily (age 13) flies her snitch in CHAD configuration all of the time (D12-0, D12-0, 6-6-0) and it is outstanding to watch. However, we flew her slightly modified Snitch on an Ellis Mountain I134 last Saturday.....It burned forever....THAT was my all time favorite flight.....But I might be a liitle biased ;-)
Mark A Palmer TRA 08542 L3
Jerry Irv> >
Duane Phillips wrote: ...
I think that is called the top half of a "hot air balloon"!!
Fantastic!
John Stein
so when is a kit gonna be released?
It's a phonetic translation. There is no "right" english spelling. It's sort of the school kids dream. Spell it how it sounds, and you're 'right'.
Bob Kaplow NAR # 18L TRA # "Impeach the TRA BoD" >>> To reply, remove the TRABoD!
Been there, done that. 3 times. The third was recovered after a 31 minute flight. The other two are still up there!
Bob Kaplow NAR # 18L TRA # "Impeach the TRA BoD" >>> To reply, remove the TRABoD!
Are you sitting down?
He gave it away.
Joel. phx
The run I posted was for the new guy's flight proposed.
Yet another reason to attend Rocketfest.
Well,
Lots of audio, no video us> Ok, I finally sat down and figured out how to put a video online.
Here's my favorite - an underpowered KN motor that took a sharp left about
20 feet off the pad. And - how handy - I had my video camera!PolyTech Forum website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.