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I Belong To:

National Association of Rocketry, Tripoli Rocketry Association

About Me:

Professional Engineer - Specialty: Automation and Project Management
Prefect of Tripoli Montana/Big Sky Rocketry Association
Section Advisor for NARMontana/Big Sky Rocketry Association
I have two grown daughters and one grown wife who keep me sane and humble.

My Website:

http://www.bigskyrocketry.org

My Interests:

family, rocketry, computers, firearms, building stuff.

Things I'd Like To Do:

Travel in space, work for aerospace start-up, design a better launch pad for high-power rocketry, design a better launch control system for high-power rocketry.

People I'd Like To Meet:

The people I "meet" online at Rocketry Planet and Our Planet.

I Can Provide Expertise On:

electronics, programming, construction, automation, GIS

Favorite Rockets:

PML Explorer, Estes Fat Boy, Estes Silver Comet, Orbital Transport, Mars Lander

Favorite Music:

Folk rock, blues, bluegrass, anything by Jimmie Buffet, pretty much all music.

Favorite TV Shows:

Man from U.N.C.L.E., NCIS, The Unit, The new Battlestar Gallactica (I did not like the original)

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Congratulations "Our Planet" on reaching 100 members

As of today OP has 100 members! Congratulations Darrell, thanks for building OP.

Posted on September 6, 2007 at 10:04am — 1 Comment

A funny thing happened on the way to the forum...

Lately I have noticed that rocketry forums are not as fun as they used to be. Good people who would have a great time together at a launch are treating each other with suspicion and derision. Normally friendly people challenge each other and butt heads. We are hurt and we hurt others with words. I think there are several underlying factors: the rough and tumble competition that is going on for the smaller quantity of hobby rocketry dollars, the stress and fatigue from supporting a seemingly endl… Continue

Posted on September 1, 2007 at 3:53pm — 2 Comments

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At 1:49pm on June 1, 2008, Gary Frasier said…: Steve, Frasier here.....could I get you to post pics of that
Phoenix recovery (under chute) so I can copy them to
my page? Thanks....GRF

At 11:43pm on February 2, 2008, Brad Shea said…: Steve - I agree - sorry I'm slow responding.

At 5:12pm on January 8, 2008, Kevin Davidson said…: By tone dowm the BP story. This flight was my first with alt. contraled ejection and I had gotten some advice from the EXPERTS on how much BP to use. BAsed on the 29mm aerotech motors I had launched I was looking at a small red cap full. Someone joked that I should use half of something and someone else chimed in that half a can was'nt enough and so on. I did make giute a puff of smoke though and now know that the half a can was really too much.

At 8:15am on September 8, 2007, Danny D. Daniels said…: Hey Steve, I should have read your bio before sending a reply for answering my question about Balls.
I've been coming to Bozeman/Big Sky for the past 25 years to ski and snowmobile. Sounds like you have a long building season ;-)

At 7:14am on September 7, 2007, Hans said…: Hey Thanks for the word of advice. I have received more help in one week on this site. Then one year of researching

At 1:29pm on August 25, 2007, Howard Palechek said…: That would be a Pat G. SPR M1392? 76mm great flight, that rocket has 6 flights on it that is the flight after my LVL 3 Cert. I'm doing some rework so I can use one of Pat G's N4000's 98mm WWI motors

At 10:52am on August 25, 2007, Howard Palechek said…: Ok so I fat fingered the keys again, it's fixed Howard

At 5:13pm on August 24, 2007, Steve Shannon said…: Did you hear the insane giggling going on after the flight? None of us were prepared for that kind of takeoff. I halfway expected to see the fins hanging in the air for a second, like Wile E. Coyote after he runs off the edge of the cliff.