Recent content by R.J.West

9 years later and we fast forward to 2015.... I never got the boat, all I got was a couple PM's of excuse's... I gave up many yrs ago....

back in 1999 i bought my first SUV, a mercury mountaineer with a 5.0 V8. its a gas guzzler but back then fuel prices werent that much over a buck a gallon. my mother on the other hand thought i was silly to get a gas guzzler. recently she goes out and buys a fully loaded BMW telling me how great...

Heres a pretty good forum that I hang out at. There is a way to figure out rocket weight to recovery ratio but I don't know the formula.... Im sure its here somewhere. http://www.rocketryforum.com/ Theres tons of good info and pics on this site too. B)

well the rc flying field I use down here is roughly 3/4 x 1/2 mile. I replaced most of my rockets that use a 12" chute with streamers made from 1.75" wide crepe paper from Hobby Lobby and any rocket that had a 18" chute with a 12" one thinking that would help recover my rockets back instead of...

15-20mph winds are common place down here in south Texas, I havent flown yet because of my work. but i wonder if anyone has flown in that type of wind? my only guess is that you may have to walk further to recover it, but it would still fly up there wouldnt it? :unsure:

I worked 6 years as a cert. auto mechanic for Firestone. I would suggest getting more than one price qote. Stay away from dealers, most of them charge upwards of 65 bux per hour or even more. The most inexpensive way to do it is to either pull out the black light and try to find the leak...

maybe She did slipped me a mickey?..... :unsure:

a lot can happen in a year. That was another one of those things where I went to bed and woke up in a different world. :lol:

Hmmmmmm.... stop putting ideas in my head Andy :blink:

I came home from work the other day around 6pm. i was tired so i took a nap, when i woke up it was daylight still, so i went down for dinner, only to see my wife making breakfast.... needless to say i was horribly confused.. :huh:

hey guys the readily available Estes CC Express is a great 2 stage rocket, and a great kit to bash.... using most of the parts in the kit you can build either the old 70's Cherokee-D or the Defender. Heck if you wanted too, you can made a Cherokee Double D or a 2 staged Defender using most of...

Just picked one of those SR-71 kits on clearance at Hobby Lobby today for $7.49!!!! :lol:

Norton is very good, but it does take up a lot of your Pc's resources.

Really cool little 14" payload rocket. uses standard 18mm engines and 30" streamer recovery instead of the supplied 12" chute...