Ray "AcroRay" Miller's PageAKA: AcroRay Location: Uniontown, PA Club Memberships: Tripoli Pittsburgh Favorite Rockets: Custom's "Ion Pulsar" & Quest's "Striker AGM" Biography: BAR after about a 28 year absence from rocketry. I'm primarily a kit builder, so I obsess over makin' me rockets look as pretty as possible.
Club Home Page: http://www.tripoli-pgh.org/ RocketReviews.com Pages:
2012-05-19X-30 National Aerospace Plane  Flight Another shallow arc into t' wind, but stable and very aeroplane-like! Late chute depolyment. Begad! Bad motor? Fine recovery. Begad! - C6-3 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, ya bilge rat, Uniontown, matey, PA [More]
X-30 National Aerospace Plane  Flight Cleared rod and arced into t' wind in a tight spiral. Ejection popped t' friction-fit motor & NC, but nay t' 24" chute. Arrr! Blimey! Shallow glide t' t' ground, shiver me timbers, resultin' in dented front o' body. Can fly again. Blimey! Blimey! - C6-3 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, Uniontown, shiver me timbers, PA [More]
X-30 National Aerospace Plane  Flight Good flight, arrr, straight up, good chute deployment. (A 24", rather than t' two 12" t' kit is supplied with). Begad! Motor clip torn almost completely out: common problem. Only good flight o' this bird. Blimey! - C6-3 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, Uniontown, PA [More]
TriStar  Flight Straight, good flight. Used a long streamer because I've seen others o' this float away. Came down hard on t' tail, and broke a fin. Begad! Can be repaired. - A8-3 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, me bucko, Uniontown, shiver me timbers, PA [More]
U.S.A. Avast, me proud beauty! E2X  Flight Nice, straight flight. Avast, me proud beauty! Forgot t' repack t' chute after storage, and recovered tail-down undamaged via chutewad. - B6-4 [More]
Striker AGM  Flight Again, ya bilge rat, it arced into t' wind, and didn't quite make t' altitude it should have. Safe recovery. Ahoy! - C6-5 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, Uniontown, PA [More]
2011-09-18Rockets by Manufacturer / Estes Photograph 
Alpha III at Tripoli Launch
2011-09-17Alpha III Flight High, straight flight. Streamer deployment after apogee. Safe recovery. Classic performance! Blimey! - B6-4 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, arrr, Uniontown, PA [More]
Long March Three  Flight Nice flight. Straight up. Chute after apogee. Drifted into tall weeds and brush. Current status: Lost. - C6-3 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, Uniontown, me hearties, PA [More]
Long March Three  Flight Nice flight. Straight up. Chute after apogee. Safe recovery. Arrr! Blimey! - B6-4 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, Uniontown, PA [More]
Striker AGM  Flight Significant weathercock into t' wind. Expended a lot o' flight distance in a shallow ark. Chute well past apogee. Safe recovery. - C6-5 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, Uniontown, PA [More]
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