[roc-chat] Re: Please, share your wisdom and experience!

  • From: Troy Monroe Stacey <tstacey001@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2015 07:35:30 -0700


Don't let anyone around the relay box while connecting ignitor clips to your L
motor.


Best,
Troy Monroe Stacey



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On Jun 26, 2015, at 8:58 PM, "Adrian P. Bailey" <adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I learned to fly out of SJC and got my license in Lodi. My examiner was a
cropduster. They don’t use instruments… ;)


From: roc-chat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:roc-chat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of David Smith
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 8:00 PM
To: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [roc-chat] Re: Please, share your wisdom and experience!

At least it was only on a rocket.

On my third or fourth flight it was rolling for takeoff and the airspeed
indicator didn't respond.

I look out at the Pitot tube to see a remove before flight banner flying
proudly.

I will never forget the importance of a preflight checklist after that one!

Which also applies to rockets...

David Smith
NAR 78668 L2
Amateur Extra, W6DPS
ROC Board Member

On Jun 26, 2015 7:49 PM, "Kurt Gugisberg" <kurtgug@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I think Rick McGee, our glorious Prefect, also watched his "Remove before
flight" flag waving proudly from the side of his rocket as it took to the
sky.

Kurt

On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Chris Attebery <chrisattebery1971@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
that screw driver in your hand was for arming your electronics before the
flight, not after.

Really? Who would do that? Oh, wait. I did that around 1998 at Black Rock and
then came close to doing it again at TCC last summer when I got back into
HPR. I even taped a Remove Before Flight flag on both of those rockets so I
wouldn't make that mistake. Duhh!


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