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Mike Caplinger's PageLocation: San Diego, CA Certification Level: L3 NAR Club Memberships: NAR, DART/Tripoli San Diego Biography: My first rocket was a Centuri Javelin circa 1968. In the late 60s and early 70s I built about half of the Estes and Centuri lineups, though I built more than I flew in those days. My first flight as a BAR was on New Year's Day 2009, an Estes D-Region Tomahawk on a D12; I did my L1 and L2 about three months later. Following a series of complex flight attempts in the fall of 2010, I figured it would be easier to go ahead and do my L3, which I finished in March of 2011.
Favorite Quote: it is simplicity that is difficult to make. — Bertholdt Brecht
Club Home Page: http://www.dartrocketry.org/ RocketReviews.com Pages:
2012-05-05Wildman Jr.  Flight GPS tracker test flight - I224 - Plaster City [More]
Argo D-4 Javelin Flight stage breakwire hung up and third stage dragged second unstably; no damage. - G64-7/E15-7/E15-ALTIM - Plaster City [More]
LOC/Precision Big Nuke-3E  Flight a little corkscrewing during ascent. - K740 - Plaster City [More]
Madcow Rocketry Skipper  Flight GPS tracker test flight - G106 - Plaster City [More]
2012-04-07x51lite  Flight First successful staged flight for this rocket; some ignition damage to the interstage. - I345/I175 - Plaster City [More]
Wildman Jr.  Flight Nice flight. - I224 - Plaster City [More]
Performance Rocketry G3  Flight Motor CATOed and entire booster destroyed. - L935 - Plaster City [More]
Performance Rocketry G3  Flight Very nice flight. - K750 - Plaster City [More]
2012-03-25Aerotech Arreaux Flight nice flight, stayed on field - F35-8 - Fiesta Island [More]
Tethys Lite Flight ejection slightly late - G64-7 - Fiesta Island [More]
2011-06-02Wildman Rocketry Extreme Wildman (Kit)  Review
Brief
The Extreme Wildman is a 4-inch-diameter 100-inch long 75mm MMT all-fiberglass 3FNC kit. I bought one during Wildman Rocketry's "Black Saturday" sale right after Thanksgiving 2010 (1/3 off!) with the idea of using it for my NAR L3 flight.
Components
The kit is quite complete. ... [More]
2009-12-10Performance Rocketry G3 (Kit)  Review
Brief:
The G3 is a bare-bones 3FNC dual-deploy kit with high-quality G10 fiberglass parts.
Construction:
The kit comes with a gel coated 3:1 ogive fiberglass nose cone, two sections of 3" G10 airframe tube (22"
long payload and 44" long booster), 3... [More]
2009-02-15Madcow Rocketry Super DX3 (Kit)  Review
Brief: The Super DX3 is a 4" 38mm version of the Madcow DX3. It's a 3FNC with a large payload section.
Construction: The kit includes a pre-slotted body tube, a payload tube, plastic nose cone, 3 laser-cut 1/4" plywood fins, 38mm x 18" cardboard MMT, 1/4" plywood centering rings, a cardboard... [More]
2009-01-28Madcow Rocketry DX3 (Kit)  Review
Brief:
The DX3 is a fairly simple 2.6" diameter 3FNC mid-power rocket with a large payload section.
Construction:
The kit is complete, with a pre-slotted body tube, a payload tube, plastic nose cone, 3 laser-cut 1/8" plywood
fins, 29mm 8" cardboard MMT, plywood centering... [More]
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