Ray "AcroRay" Miller's Page

AKA: AcroRay

Location: Uniontown, PA

Club Memberships: Tripoli Pittsburgh

Favorite Rockets: Custom's "Ion Pulsar" & Quest's "Striker AGM"

Biography:

BAR after about a 28 year absence from rocketry.  I'm primarily a kit builder, so I obsess over making my rockets look as pretty as possible.

Club Home Page: http://www.tripoli-pgh.org/

RocketReviews.com Pages:

• Rocket Gallery
• Flight Log
• Flight Statistics

2012-05-19

X-30 National Aerospace Plane

Flight

Another shallow arc into the wind, but stable and very aeroplane-like! Late chute depolyment. Bad motor? Fine recovery. - C6-3 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, Uniontown, PA [More]

X-30 National Aerospace Plane

Flight

Cleared rod and arced into the wind in a tight spiral. Ejection popped the friction-fit motor & NC, but not the 24" chute. Shallow glide to the ground, resulting in dented front of body. Can fly again. - C6-3 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, Uniontown, PA [More]

X-30 National Aerospace Plane

Flight

Good flight, straight up, good chute deployment. (A 24", rather than the two 12" the kit is supplied with). Motor clip torn almost completely out: common problem.  Only good flight of this bird. - C6-3 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, Uniontown, PA [More]

TriStar

Flight

Straight, good flight.  Used a long streamer because I've seen others of this float away.  Came down hard on the tail, and broke a fin. Can be repaired. - A8-3 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, Uniontown, PA [More]

U.S.A. E2X

Flight

Nice, straight flight. Forgot to repack the chute after storage, and recovered tail-down undamaged via chutewad. - B6-4 [More]

Striker AGM

Flight

Again, it arced into the wind, and didn't quite make the altitude it should have.  Safe recovery. - C6-5 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, Uniontown, PA [More]

2011-09-18

Rockets by Manufacturer / Estes

Photograph

Alpha III at Tripoli Launch

2011-09-17

Alpha III

Flight

High, straight flight.  Streamer deployment after apogee.  Safe recovery.  Classic performance! - B6-4 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, Uniontown, PA [More]

Long March Three

Flight

Nice flight.  Straight up.  Chute after apogee.  Drifted into tall weeds and brush. Current status: Lost. - C6-3 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, Uniontown, PA [More]

Long March Three

Flight

Nice flight.  Straight up.  Chute after apogee.  Safe recovery. - B6-4 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, Uniontown, PA [More]

Striker AGM

Flight

Significant weathercock into the wind.  Expended a lot of flight distance in a shallow ark.  Chute well past apogee.  Safe recovery. - C6-5 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, Uniontown, PA [More]