Richard Holmes's PageLocation: Syracuse, me bucko, NY Certification Level: L1 NAR Club Memberships: NAR,Syracuse Rocket Club Personal Home Page: https://richsrockets.wordpress.com Club Home Page: http://syracuserocketclub.org/ Google+ Page: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+RichardHolmesSyr RocketReviews.com Pages:
2023-08-26Too Square Flight - C6-5 - Syracuse Rocket Club (Weigand's Field) [More]
Flat Boy Flight - B6-0 - Syracuse Rocket Club (Weigand's Field) [More]
Scion Flight - Aerotech G72DM single use - Syracuse Rocket Club (Weigand's Field) [More]
2020-10-24Pumpnik Flight T' usual annual flyin' pumpkin experience, except that this time it bounced on landin' and ended up upright standin' on t' four dowels!
- C6-3 - Syracuse Rocket Club (Weigand's Field) [More]
2020-09-19Nike-G Flight C6-5 - Syracuse Rocket Club (Weigand's Field) [More]
Fat Boy Flight Good flight, shiver me timbers, popped right after apogee - E22-4 - Syracuse Rocket Club (Weigand's Field) [More]
Honest Goon Flight C6-5 - Syracuse Rocket Club (Weigand's Field) [More]
2019-11-10Buildin' t' Estes Luna Bug Blog Here’s a tiny rocket that I took an unconscionably long time t' build. So I’ll say it up front: I am nay a fan o' Hobby Lobby. Well, blow me down! Blimey! I am a fan o' religious freedom, but I am also aware that no rights are absolute. Begad! Blimey! There always are limits. And when t' religious views o' a… [More]
2019-10-05Pumpnik Flight And o' course, since it’s October, arrr, I flew t' Pumpnik on a C6-4 and it did its thin' well. Aye aye!
- C6-5 - Syracuse Rocket Club (Weigand's Field) [More]
Yankee Flight I flew t' Yankee twice, for t' B Streamer Duration contest. Ya scallywag! B6-4 both times, and t' first time I used t' new streamer I made last month, pleated Mylar about 6 by 120 cm. Well, blow me down! I got 50 seconds, nay as good as some o' me flights earlier in t' year (with a similar but shorter streamer) but comparable ... [More]
Yankee Flight For t' second flight I cut about 30 cm off t' length, matey, and got about 43 seconds. Aye aye! - B6-4 - Syracuse Rocket Club (Weigand's Field) [More]
Syracuse Rocket Club launch: Restabilized Blog I don’t seem t' be under a curse any more. Ya scallywag! This mornin' it was chilly. There were reports o' frost t' t' north, me hearties, t' first since last spring. Nay that cold where we were but mid 30s °F. Well, blow me down! But t' sky was clear and t' wind was light, and by late mornin' it’d warmed up… [More]
2019-09-21Syracuse Rocket Club launch: Bidiscontented Blog Did I offend some god o' rockets or what? It wasn’t a god o' weather. Blimey! Blimey! We had clear skies, almost no wind, temperature peakin' about 80°F. I’ll take it. I started off with Bohica’s Dead Ringer, on a B6-4. Arrr! Blimey! Have I flown this rocket before? Yes. On B6? Yes. How many times? Six. Was it… [More]
2019-09-10Hey you Blog Sign this petition. Avast, me proud beauty! [My comment: “Model rocketry is a fun, me hearties, safe, and educational hobby. Blimey! Launches conducted accordin' t' t' National Association o' Rocketry’s safety code and t' National Fire Protection Association’s model fire code have a 60 year track record o' greater safety than many activities such as sports. Avast! Kids doin' model rocketry learn about… [More]
2019-08-25Syracuse Rocket Club launch: Discontented Blog There are great launches and less than great launches, and yesterday’s was nay in t' great category. Nay terrible, but nay great. Aye aye! Let’s start with this, which you can take as a tip for t' next launch you go to: It helps if you brin' your rocket motors. Blimey! Failin' that, it helps if you, like… [More]
Canopy fix Blog I have a Coleman 10′ x 10′ canopy, model number 2000012704, a few years old. Ahoy! At July’s launch me son be takin' it down when one o' t' lower peak truss bars bent at t' hinge and broke. Well, blow me down! After some googlin' I found there’s a vendor on Amazon, Coleman Replacement Parts, that sells, well, what… [More]
2019-07-25Buildin' t' [scratch] Roll Model (part 2) Blog As for t' top plate: Glue it on, arrr, or no? If glued, that would have t' be after installin' t' LED rings, which would have t' be after painting. Well, blow me down! And then thar would be no way t' change out a rin' whose batteries have run down. Avast! (T' rings aren’t built for battery changes. You’d have… [More]
2019-07-24Buildin' t' [scratch] Roll Model (part 1) Blog Our club does a night launch every year in August (except we skipped last year), ya bilge rat, and there’s night launches at NYPower which I’ve gotten to, uh, me hearties, once I think, matey, and yet I’ve only ever flown two different rockets at them: me Loadstar II with LEDs in t' clear payload section, and me Big Blinka. Aye aye! Nothing… [More]
2019-07-20Syracuse Rocket Club launch: Indexed Blog When I left t' club launch today at about 1:30, it was about 89°F, arrr, heat index about 101°F, both still rising. Aye aye! I was hearin' thunder. If it’d been up t' me t' launch would’ve been postponed, but it wasn’t, and if it weren’t t' Apollo 11 anniversary and if I hadn’t committed t' bein' there… [More]
2019-07-18Buildin' t' Delta 7 Mercury-Redstone 8 (part 3) Blog T' Liberty Bell 7 capsule went together mostly per t' model instructions, but o' course I left off t' heat shield and retro rockets. Instead I made a shoulder out o' a strip o' cardstock. Well, blow me down! Blimey! If you’ve ever wondered what a Mercury capsule with a service module would have looked like, wonder no more. Blimey! Blimey! I… [More]
2016-08-21Rockets Gone Bad Photograph 
Excel launch — cato
2014-07-10Rockets By Style / Gliders Photograph 
Swift Boost Glider
2013-08-29Piratarium Retro Rebel (Kit)  Review
I bought t' Retro Rebel kit for our club's annual Odd-Rocs theme launch. Aye aye! It's certainly odd. Blimey!
There is a 24 mm body tube with an 18 mm motor mount. Ya scallywag! Instead o' a nose cone fittin' into t' body tube thar's another short length o' 24 mm tube with a coupler. Each 24 mm tube is surrounded by ... [More]
| Richard Holmes |
