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Comment on A First Look at the New MPC Rockets by warren

warren — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 01:21:26 +0000

i had an alpha in high school ,great rocket they gonna be in stores or online order only?

Comment on Testing the Estes Pro Series II Igniters by roger

roger — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:48:09 +0000

“The test results are not conclusive.” But, I guess it shows that a high-current controller doesn’t somehow cause the igniter to fail before the pyrogen ignites which was one theory of why they were failing for some users.

Comment on Testing the Estes Pro Series II Igniters by roger

roger — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:45:27 +0000

When I did the tests, I didn’t expect the big flashes so I zoomed the camera in too close. Estes Solar igniters just go “pffft” for a second which is what I expected from these igniters. But, I jumped when I fired the first of the new igniters. The report was much louder than I had expected and the flash was pretty cool.:-)

As I said in the post, things looked different in person. The 6V test seemed to produce a bigger flash. If I get the chance, I’m going to try the tests again with a wider field of view so you can see the extent of the flashes.

Comment on Testing the Estes Pro Series II Igniters by Mark Kulka

Mark Kulka — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 08:00:52 +0000

Gee I don’t know, Roger — to me the igniter fired with 12v looks a bit more impressive and fiery. They both look like they’ll do the job, but the 12v one on the right looked like it had more output, at least to me, and I have watched the video a few times now. They flare up at slightly different moments but both burn fiercely and completely, judging by how they looked on the video. I have some of these igniters but I haven’t tried them out yet, so I have no direct experience with them.

Comment on Submitting A Review to RocketReviews.com by Clifford w Crawford

Clifford w Crawford — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:30:22 +0000

I noticed arrows on my pictures I uploaded: Is there a reasone for this? The arrows are blue turning counter clockwise?

Comment on Add an Event to the Event Calendar by Steve Lindeman

Steve Lindeman — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:27:50 +0000

I just added NARAM-54 to the national list but I put in the NAR address for a link instead of our club link. http://smashnar500.homestead.com/ If you could change this I would most thankful.

Steve

Comment on January ROCK Launch Photos by Steve Lindeman

Steve Lindeman — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:21:37 +0000

Great photos, as a lover of Goonybirds and odd rockets my vote is for Pigsus. LMAO over the count down. Love it dude.

Comment on January ROCK Launch Photos by Jean Marie Ivery

Jean Marie Ivery — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:54:27 +0000

Nice pictures — it was a grand day.

Comment on A Handy Little Scale by Gary Tortora

Gary Tortora — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:23:14 +0000

I picked up this scale a few months back, Great! buy and cheap, Its great cause while trying to weight a tall bird in the house I can’t cause mine are usually taller than my ceiling, With this I just made a sling for the bird and can weight it sideways. Perfect.

Gary T.

Comment on Ellis Kansas Declared ‘Rocket Town’ by Steve Arthur

Steve Arthur — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:51:07 +0000

Thanks!
The program grows larger each year. The 2011 launch netted 39 participants from Ellis and a small contingent from Hays as well as one rocketeer from Colorado.