So I guess glitter is out. It was just a thought. I have a jug of blue
carpenters chalk but if the sky is blue.... I'll see about getting some
orange. I'll be sending a minimum diameter rocket to 9K with no electronic
tracking so I at least wanted to get an idea of where it is in the sky. Oh
yeah, main at apogee.
Kurt
On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 3:04 PM, James Dougherty <jafrado@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yes, that is what they used. I saw them with a a big jug of it, one guy
had a white shirt
that turned orange. Was really cool to see that.
RIchard Hagen used to fly Orange and Grape Kool-Aid (about 1 pint) to 15K
or above, then
you would see purple or orange clouds for a while... had a pretty good
hang time.
On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 3:02 PM, Chris Attebery <
chrisattebery1971@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've used orange carpenter's chalk in the past. It works pretty well if
you can get enough onboard. It also gets all over everything, so be aware.
On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 2:59 PM, James Dougherty <jafrado@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I've used mylar streamers before, the problem is they usually rip off in
the lower altitudes but they look
really cool at higher altitude - almost like some UFO space-craft. When
they are 30 feet long they are
really cool.
At BALLS last year some students flew with carpenter chalk to about
15-20K agl and it was spectacular!
Worked great.
On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 1:22 PM, Kurt Gugisberg <kurtgug@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Has anyone ever thought of using glitter, silver or otherwise, for a
tracking powder. I wonder how it would work.
Kurt
