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I Belong To:: National Association of Rocketry

About Me:: Member of MC2 flying at Manchester, TN

High power flyer
Level 1 Flying a LOC IV on a H250G
Level 2 Flying a LOC Forte' on a J350W

My Interests:: Rockets, RC Airplanes, RC Helicopters, Shooting Sports, Fishing, Raising Cattle

Favorite Rockets:: Honest John, HV ARCAS, V2, LOC IV, Arreaux, Hi-Tech 45, Thor, Cheetah, Forte', Little Dog, Saturn V, Nike Smoke ...........

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Build Project for 2010 Level 3 Cert.

I've decided to take the plunge and begin a L3 project. The rocket I'm building is a 5.5" diameter upscale of one of my scratch 2.6" diameter rockets pictured below, called the Vengeance. I gave the 2.6" Vengeance to my son as a Christmas present last year, but the 5.5" version will definitely remain in my rocket hanger.…

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Posted on August 24, 2009 at 10:30pm — 16 Comments

Level 1 Cert. Flight

I successfully completed my Level 1 cert. flight today, 3/1/2008. I flew my LOC IV on a 29/240 Mojave Green H250G-M. It was a great looking flight with parachute deployment just as the rocket began to arc over. I’m not sure about the projected altitude because I don’t have a good set of data for the Mojave Green motor to edit in my wRASP engine data file. Many who watched the flight said that motor was a perfect choice for this… Continue

Posted on March 1, 2008 at 11:00pm — 5 Comments

Rocket Storage & Transportation Rack

Recently, I built a storage and transportation rack out of PVC for my rockets. The fact that I needed a better way to transport them to the flying field undamaged motivated this project. It works better than I had imagined it would. I can carry (6) mid to high power rockets wherever I want similar to carrying a suitcase. It will NOT tip over! That was a key concern in the design. I wanted something I could put in the back of a pickup truck…

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Posted on November 2, 2007 at 10:36am — 1 Comment

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I built this rocket we call the Vengeance to give as a Christmas present to my son. The plan for the maiden flight was 3/7/09. That plan didn't happen.

We made the maiden flight at Southern Thunder 2009 on June 20th.

The Vengeance flew for the first time on a J335 Red Rhino.

The altimeter reported 5801' and it sim'ed at just over 725mph max speed.

Everything performed flawlessly!

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At 6:56pm on November 2, 2007, Darrell Mobley said…: Rich, welcome to Our Planet! I hope you enjoy it as much as I am!

At 4:46am on November 4, 2007, Johnnie Paul said…: Nice Hi-Tech H45 you got there. I hope to get one from Mrs. Claus this Christmas.

My name is Johnnie, I live down here in HARA country.

At 3:53pm on December 19, 2007, Whitney Richard said…: Great job on the Hi-Tech 45. That should get you to L1 and L2. Good Luck

At 12:06am on January 9, 2008, Kevin Davidson said…: Hi Rich
I was looking at your Ebay and was wondering what you used for the arming switch?

I am building one from scratch and like that is is not attached to the tube.

Kevin