https://wallyum.blogspot.com/2024/0...moist-heat.html
Sweatin' with the oldies.

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Bill Eichelberger
NAR 79563

http://wallyum.blogspot.com/

I miss being SAM 0058

Build floor: Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Mini Aero-Dart, Shrike, SST Shuttle

In paint: Canaroc - Starfighter Scorpion

Unflown: F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Jayhawk, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II, Microsonde 3 Payloader, Aerobee 300, Cyber III, Scrambler

Great launch report as always, Bill !
Keep 'em coming.

One of these days I'm going to get some flights in. I have like 50+ unflown but built/finished .
The precious little flight time I have, I use to stay "current' as a competent R/C pilot.

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When in doubt, WHACK the GAS and DITCH the brake !!!

Yes, there is such a thing as NORMAL, if you have to ask what is "NORMAL" , you probably aren't !
Failure may not be an OPTION, but it is ALWAYS a POSSIBILITY.
ALL systems are GO for MAYHEM, AGITATION, CHAOS, TURMOIL, FIASCOS, AGGRAVATION, INSTIGATION, NUISANCE-ACTION, and HAVOC !

Mini-Dactyl AND ST-10 Centuri Scram-Jet upscale! I've often wondering how the latter bigger version fared when it came to the tail wiggle scenario.

--Oh, wait. I was thinking of the "backward glide" when the chute doesn't work.

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Jay Goemmer
"Centuri Guy"/"Tau Zero"
YORF Member 28
Semroc SAM #0029
NAR 86131


"I think about organizing things all the time. Never seems to happen. I find something that piques my interest and I'm off on a quest. Or a Centuri. "

--Bill Eichelberger, 02/22/2022


“Centuri fret buzz in an updated form.”
Bill “Wallyum” Eichelberger re: Estes Flutter-By
03 Sept 2014

Most excellent report. I am envious of all your opportunities to fly. It has been awhile since I have launched any rockets, the last time was December 2022! I do hope to fix that at NARAM-65 in a couple weeks.

It will be dry at the launch, so lots of preventative care needed to avoid dry, cracked skin. It must be so nice to have high humidity, leaving one with luxuriant, moist and supple skin.

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Lee Reep
NAR 55948

Projects: Semroc Saturn 1B
In the Paint Shop:
Launch-Ready:KFD Mini Satellite Interceptor

I'm not even "current" as a competent rocketeer. Just prolific, when given the opportunity. And I'm good with that.

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Bill Eichelberger
NAR 79563

http://wallyum.blogspot.com/

I miss being SAM 0058

Build floor: Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Mini Aero-Dart, Shrike, SST Shuttle

In paint: Canaroc - Starfighter Scorpion

Unflown: F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Jayhawk, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II, Microsonde 3 Payloader, Aerobee 300, Cyber III, Scrambler

Someone is selling the Enerjet size Dactyl. Looks cool, but it's pricey, especially when this is the result of my first flight.

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Bill Eichelberger
NAR 79563

http://wallyum.blogspot.com/

I miss being SAM 0058

Build floor: Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Mini Aero-Dart, Shrike, SST Shuttle

In paint: Canaroc - Starfighter Scorpion

Unflown: F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Jayhawk, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II, Microsonde 3 Payloader, Aerobee 300, Cyber III, Scrambler

I have another opportunity to fly in the morning, assuming that there isn't a softball tourney up at the field. Not very humid at the moment, so whatever moistness and suppleness I picked up last week will have to suffice for a while.

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Bill Eichelberger
NAR 79563

http://wallyum.blogspot.com/

I miss being SAM 0058

Build floor: Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Mini Aero-Dart, Shrike, SST Shuttle

In paint: Canaroc - Starfighter Scorpion

Unflown: F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Jayhawk, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II, Microsonde 3 Payloader, Aerobee 300, Cyber III, Scrambler

As always, a fun read. Thanks for sharing!

I'm going to assume Lee is being facetious about it being nice to have the humidity.....

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Bernard Cawley
NAR 89040 L1 - Life Member
SAM 0061
AMA 42160
KG7AIE

Bernard, definitely being facetious. :-)
We used travel with our kids to Florida after my sister, mother, and grandparents moved there.l back in the 80. We liked going at Thanksgiving. No humidity! And the beaches were mostly empty. Except for locals (I assume), wearing long pants, hat, jacket. We were running around in swimwear. I think I occasionally heard one say ?Northerners!? with a hint of disdain in their low whispers. :-)

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Lee Reep
NAR 55948

Projects: Semroc Saturn 1B
In the Paint Shop:
Launch-Ready:KFD Mini Satellite Interceptor

I flew on Sunday, but ran into launcher issues that cut my day short after only two flights. Two weeks ago I soldiered on with my old Quest launcher and managed 8 flights before the battery stopped. Sunday I used my big Estes Pro Series II with six fresh c-cell Energizer batteries. I got two flights before it gave up. The first one was my recently repaired Semroc Snipe Hunter on a 1/2A6-2. It didn't leave the pad at zero, more like zero.785. The second flight was a Mach 10 clone on a B4-2. I had almost given up on it taking off and was letting up on my pressure on the button when it took off. I tried to fly a third rocket, but got nothing. Disappointing. I think the next time I go out it will be with an Electron Beam. If that doesn't work, I may go back to peeled Black Cat firecrackers.

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Bill Eichelberger
NAR 79563

http://wallyum.blogspot.com/

I miss being SAM 0058

Build floor: Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Mini Aero-Dart, Shrike, SST Shuttle

In paint: Canaroc - Starfighter Scorpion

Unflown: F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Jayhawk, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II, Microsonde 3 Payloader, Aerobee 300, Cyber III, Scrambler