I'll buy one Doug, sounds like a great idea. Every year it gets harder and harder to bend over to those igniter leads, my tummy keeps getting in the way! P.S. I want credit for the name if it sticks.
Doug's FLOM (Fat Lazy Old Man) Launch Pad Idea
Aug 05, 2003
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*chortle* With that kind of marketing, it could work. I'll have to devote more tinker time to it. Call it the "FLOM Tripod Launch Adapter" or something like that. It's appealing as a product; instead of trying to find a tripod that appeals to everybody, let people get whatever pleases them, from a cheapie K-Mart model to a ridiculously expensive professional tripod. I would like it to accept small rails, since I've become a convert to rail launching for LMR and HPR.
Doug Pratt
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The problem I've been having is connecting the clips to the ignitor leads. Even with bifocals, the eyes just don't focus as close as they used to. I do it more by feel now. I REALLY need my launch pad, which has continious audible continuity check to tell when I got it right. At NARAM I taped a couple of the continuity buttons ON so I could hook things up.
Bob Kaplow NAR # 18L TRA # "Impeach the TRA BoD" >>> To reply, remove the TRABoD!
Products for the those rocketeers who need a little help "getting their rockets off" :-)
-Marcus (not quite a geezer) but:
"Can anyone see it, all I see is floaters!" :-)
You've been inhaling too close to the vent line again, I see.
Could have been worse, Doug. I could have called it the "Geezer Gasser(tm)" :-)
-Marcus
It seems to be a growing market. When I went to my first NARAM, at age 21, most of the folks were about my age. Now that I'm nearly 50, most of the folks are about my age...
Bob Kaplow NAR # 18L TRA # "Impeach the TRA BoD" >>> To reply, remove the TRABoD!
Who will be the first to name a rocket kit "Viagra"?
:-)
Bob Kaplow NAR # 18L TRA # "Impeach the TRA BoD" >>> To reply, remove the TRABoD!
I agree. That should tell you something about NAR as a club. And its leadership.
Jerry
You should come to one of the NOVAAR launches. That'll change your mind.
You must have missed the post that raised the issue. NOVAAR is besides the point.
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