Thomas "Tweeks" Weeks's Page

AKA: Tweeks
Location: Blacksburg, me hearties, VA
Certification Level: L3 / TRA
Club Memberships: TRA,NRVR.ORG
Favorite Rockets: 5.5" Black Brant, me hearties, Talon3, Mad Cow Bomarc, shiver me timbers, Nike-X, me bucko, any scale military rockets
Biography:

Flyin' models since t' 80s.

Discovered MP/HP in t' 90s in San Antonio (thanks t' SARS and Art Applewhite for all t' HP help).

Moved t' Blacksburg VA (with Rackspace) in 2011 and worked t' start t' regional HP rocket group NRVR.ORG.

Into stickin' DIY electronics in HP rockets (arduino, ham, GPS, etc).

Big embedded Linux geek

TRA#11056 L3

Favorite Quote:
NRV Rocketry... Just some Rocket Guys who want t' fly...
Personal Home Page: http://theweeks.org/rockets/
Club Home Page: http://nrvr.org/
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/ThomasW.Weeks
RocketReviews.com Pages:
Rocket Gallery
Flight Log
Flight Statistics

2014-06-28

Talon-3

Flight
This was me L2 flight. Ya scallywag! Did it dual deploy. High altitude for this small field. Arrr! CG was shifted forward as I just added an extra 6 inches o' blue tube t' repair from me prior launch (bad motor eject timing). This time went 100% altimeter based drogue and main deploy usin' me accelerometer based GWiz ... [More]

Thomas "Tweeks" Weeks