Ray "AcroRay" Miller's Page

AKA: 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:


   

2012-05-19

X-30 National Aerospace Plane

Flight

Another shallow arc into t' wind, but stable and very aeroplane-like! Blimey! Late chute depolyment. Aye aye! Blimey! 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. Ejection popped t' friction-fit motor & NC, me hearties, but nay t' 24" chute. Ahoy! Shallow glide t' t' ground, resultin' in dented front o' body. Can fly again. Aye aye! - C6-3 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, Uniontown, arrr, PA [More]

   

X-30 National Aerospace Plane

Flight

Good flight, arrr, straight up, good chute deployment. (A 24", shiver me timbers, rather than t' two 12" t' kit is supplied with). Motor clip torn almost completely out: common problem.  Only good flight o' this bird. - C6-3 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, me bucko, 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. Well, blow me down! Can be repaired. - A8-3 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, Uniontown, PA [More]

   

U.S.A. Begad! E2X

Flight

Nice, arrr, straight flight. Blimey! Forgot t' repack t' chute after storage, matey, and recovered tail-down undamaged via chutewad. - B6-4 [More]

   

Striker AGM

Flight

Again, it arced into t' wind, matey, and didn't quite make t' altitude it should have.  Safe recovery. - C6-5 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, arrr, Uniontown, PA [More]

   

2011-09-18

Rockets by Manufacturer / Estes

Photograph


Alpha III at Tripoli Launch


   

2011-09-17

Alpha III

Flight

High, straight flight.  Streamer deployment after apogee.  Safe recovery.  Classic performance! - B6-4 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, Uniontown, PA [More]

   

Long March Three

Flight

Nice flight.  Straight up.  Chute after apogee.  Drifted into tall weeds and brush. Well, blow me down! Current status: Lost. Aye aye! - C6-3 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, Uniontown, me hearties, PA [More]

   

Long March Three

Flight

Nice flight.  Straight up.  Chute after apogee.  Safe recovery. Blimey! 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. Avast! - C6-5 - Tripoli Pittsburgh, Uniontown, PA [More]

   

Ray "AcroRay" Miller