[OT][?]Merry Christmas!

I'll take that bet! :)

as Tim would say, God Bless them everyone.

Anybody gonna be flying after presents?

Joel. phx

(hows that for a ontopic?)

Uh, mmm, oh forget it.

Merry Christmas!

If nothing else, an Estes Snitch on a C6-0. My god son is coming over, and I got him hooked about a year ago.

Building...the kids got several kits for Christmas.

I got Hagerty's Spaceship Handbook.

No flying here - got the nasty flu!!!

Cool! Anyone else? The market's pretty well saturated with this group. Most of them are selling through Amazon and other catalogs now.

- Jack

Jack Hagerty ARA Press

Dang, I WISH I had wrote that!

Joel. phx

I got not'n for Christmas.

Got mine _last_ year. Spent this xmas building this from the scale drawing in there:

Good enough to show a nice looking rocket!

tim

Thanks! Let's see what it looks like after the test flight tomorrow.

Don't forget to give us a report, and good luck! :)

It was interesting. Flew it on an H153. Good straight boost, weather cocked a little after motor burn out (gusty 10mph winds). 5.5 second delay was just a little long for my taste. Laundry came out cleanly, but descent rate was high (34" PML chute). Descent rate and lateral drift led to a light to moderate re-kitting on landing ;-) Two pods came off, which look as though they can be easily reattached. I'll post links to pictures when I get them.

Next time I'll either use a bigger chute or two chutes.

That is a *nice* picture, m8.

Chris

Alas, I should have credited Mike Crewe with taking this most excellent picture.

Nice rocket and nice picture. I'm looking foward to seeing the repaired Thunderbird 3 in full war paint!

one of these days i am gonna buy two. one i'll donate to the local library and announce to the club is there. that way they won't borrow mine!