Richard Holmes's PageLocation: Syracuse, 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, shiver me timbers, 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, ya bilge rat, 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. Begad! So I’ll say it up front: I am nay a fan o' Hobby Lobby. I am a fan o' religious freedom, but I am also aware that no rights are absolute. There always are limits. Avast, me proud beauty! And when t' religious views o' a… [More]
2019-10-05Pumpnik Flight And o' course, since it’s October, ya bilge rat, I flew t' Pumpnik on a C6-4 and it did its thin' well. Arrr!
- C6-5 - Syracuse Rocket Club (Weigand's Field) [More]
Yankee Flight I flew t' Yankee twice, for t' B Streamer Duration contest. Avast! B6-4 both times, and t' first time I used t' new streamer I made last month, pleated Mylar about 6 by 120 cm. I got 50 seconds, arrr, 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, and got about 43 seconds. Ya scallywag! - 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. This mornin' it was chilly. There were reports o' frost t' t' north, t' first since last spring. Nay that cold where we were but mid 30s °F. Arrr! But t' sky be clear and t' wind be 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. We had clear skies, almost no wind, temperature peakin' about 80°F. Ya scallywag! I’ll take it. I started off with Bohica’s Dead Ringer, on a B6-4. Have I flown this rocket before? Yes. On B6? Yes. Aye aye! How many times? Six. Avast, me proud beauty! Was it… [More]
2019-09-10Hey you Blog Sign this petition. [My comment: “Model rocketry is a fun, arrr, safe, matey, and educational hobby. 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. Kids doin' model rocketry learn about… [More]
2019-08-25Syracuse Rocket Club launch: Discontented Blog There are great launches and less than great launches, shiver me timbers, and yesterday’s was nay in t' great category. Avast! Nay terrible, but nay great. Arrr! Let’s start with this, shiver me timbers, which you can take as a tip for t' next launch you go to: It helps if you brin' your rocket motors. Ya scallywag! Failin' that, it helps if you, like… [More]
Canopy fix Blog I have a Coleman 10′ x 10′ canopy, ya bilge rat, model number 2000012704, a few years old. At July’s launch me son was takin' it down when one o' t' lower peak truss bars bent at t' hinge and broke. Avast, me proud beauty! After some googlin' I found there’s a vendor on Amazon, me hearties, Coleman Replacement Parts, that sells, well, matey, what… [More]
2019-07-25Buildin' t' [scratch] Roll Model (part 2) Blog As for t' top plate: Glue it on, or no? If glued, that would have t' be after installin' t' LED rings, which would have t' be after painting. Aye aye! And then thar would be no way t' change out a rin' whose batteries have run down. Avast, me proud beauty! (T' rings aren’t built for battery changes. Begad! 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), and there’s night launches at NYPower which I’ve gotten to, ya bilge rat, uh, arrr, once I think, arrr, and yet I’ve only ever flown two different rockets at them: me Loadstar II with LEDs in t' clear payload section, matey, and me Big Blinka. 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, heat index about 101°F, both still rising. I was hearin' thunder. If it’d been up t' me t' launch would’ve been postponed, me bucko, but it wasn’t, shiver me timbers, 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. Ya scallywag! Instead I made a shoulder out o' a strip o' cardstock. Begad! If you’ve ever wondered what a Mercury capsule with a service module would have looked like, me hearties, wonder no more. 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. It's certainly odd.
There is a 24 mm body tube with an 18 mm motor mount. Aye aye! 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]
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