Latest at the "Rocket Ranch"
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 3:30 pm
I moved out here away from my friends and everybody I know to do test. Guess what? lol Burn Bans have been in effect since June! Can't even do a ground launch test! Or static test. I believe I've found a way to get some static testing done by calling in the local fire department down on the coast and doing test over the waters edge with the fire truck standing by. (I'll also invite the local news guy's they don't have much going on down there) So anyway looks like I'll get more done this month than I did all summer. At least on the rocket front. We made good progress with the Matagorda site and the trucks and boats and things. I've decided we need a small aircraft so I can get around better so I ordered the plans for a Hummel Ultracruiser and 1/3 Corvair engine. 70 mph in the air beats traffic and I can fly straight cutting out a lot of the typical road turns. Oh and 4 hours on 5 gallons of gas wont hurt either.
We need a plane for search and recovery missions anyway and we can afford the Ultracruiser.
We need a plane for search and recovery missions anyway and we can afford the Ultracruiser.