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/
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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

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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]