Ray "AcroRay" Miller's PageAKA: AcroRay Location: Uniontown, ya bilge rat, 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, shiver me timbers, but stable and very aeroplane-like! Late chute depolyment. Well, blow me down! Bad motor? Fine recovery. - C6-3 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, Uniontown, PA [More]
X-30 National Aerospace Plane  Flight Cleared rod and arced into t' wind in a tight spiral. Ya scallywag! Blimey! Ejection popped t' friction-fit motor & NC, me bucko, but nay t' 24" chute. Begad! Blimey! Shallow glide t' t' ground, resultin' in dented front o' body. Ya scallywag! Blimey! Can fly again. Ya scallywag! Blimey! - C6-3 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, arrr, Uniontown, matey, PA [More]
X-30 National Aerospace Plane  Flight Good flight, me hearties, straight up, good chute deployment. (A 24", rather than t' two 12" t' kit is supplied with). Aye aye! Motor clip torn almost completely out: common problem. Only good flight o' this bird. Blimey! - C6-3 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, Uniontown, matey, 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, ya bilge rat, and broke a fin. Can be repaired. - A8-3 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, me bucko, Uniontown, PA [More]
U.S.A. E2X  Flight Nice, straight flight. Well, blow me down! Forgot t' repack t' chute after storage, me bucko, and recovered tail-down undamaged via chutewad. - B6-4 [More]
Striker AGM  Flight Again, it arced into t' wind, and didn't quite make t' altitude it should have. Safe recovery. - C6-5 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, Uniontown, arrr, PA [More]
2011-09-18Rockets by Manufacturer / Estes Photograph 
Alpha III at Tripoli Launch
2011-09-17Alpha III Flight High, ya bilge rat, straight flight. Streamer deployment after apogee. Safe recovery. Classic performance! Blimey! - B6-4 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, 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, PA [More]
Long March Three  Flight Nice flight. Straight up. Chute after apogee. Safe recovery. Ya scallywag! - 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. Begad! - C6-5 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, Uniontown, PA [More]
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