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2012-05-24 - March Plaster City - Bullet on I435
Nothin' fancy here but this flight was turbo!: [Read More]
2012-04-29 - Building again!
On the left Megan's kindly rebuilding my Madcow 4" Nike Smoke. Middle is my DarkStar "Heavy Duty" motor tube assembly. Right is the booster tube for my upcoming 2000MPH president's challenge on a CTI M3100. That is, by far, the best carbon fiber layup I've done yet. Megan helped a great deal but I also laid the shrink tape up without seams, used a heat gun to squeeze out the excess resin, and... [Read More]
2012-04-12 - Belated: January '12 Lucerne Launch Report
Catching up... For once I'd planned realistically and took only one complex flight with me on that day. This would be my first five-motor clustered air start in Der Red Mix II. I fired a CTI 1874K740 C*Star on the ground, then 2-sec delay, then 2 x 282H399 White Thunder, then 2-sec delay, then 2 x 150G50 Imax. Let's jump into the Flip MinoHD onboard vid and then I'll provide details. As... [Read More]
2012-04-03 - Belated: Plaster City January 2012 launch report
I've really got to post these entries right after the launch. Otherwise these protracted delays result. Ugh. I decided to keep it simple that day and fly motor ejection only. I captured two onboard video segments: Super Raven on CTI 867J244 White and DarkStar Lite on CTI 298H159 Green3 propellant: I was surprised at how punchy that little J was and, as you saw, the Super Raven ejection... [Read More]
2012-02-18 - Frenzy Massive kit + Pro98 6GXL casing on deck
I still owe two launch reports from January but did not fly in February (I've been traveling). In the interim I wanted to preview what I'm hoping to fly at BALLS 21 this September: That Frenzy Massive kit is 10.5' tall (3.23m for those down unda) once constructed and you see the Pro98 6GXL casing will barely fit the length of the main tube! (for reference I'm 6'2", 1.88m). I'm considering one of... [Read More]