[tccrockets] Re: Laundry list of things to consider for the equipment trailer
- From: James Dougherty <jafrado@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 12:33:54 -0800
One thing, I bought an entire bag of copper alligator clips a few years ago.
With the price of copper and all precious metals on the rise, I was shocked
at the new price of these. There should be at least a hundred or so of
them left ...
Richard, the idea on the Kevlar is another really good one, maybe we should
also
insulate the wires with nomex sleeves ...
On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 12:31 PM, James Dougherty <jafrado@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> I love the list.
> Sign me up for #12, I will send out some connectors (the Mil-spec variety)
> later for review.
> -james
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Richard King <drrbk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I was making a list of ideas for the yearly TCC trailer/cleaning ritual.
>> Please feel free to add to this list or come up with better ideas! Here
>> are mine in no particular order......
>>
>> 1. Better PA speaker anchoring and a few new ones that can go in the
>> front/top area.
>>
>> 2. Store ALL rails on the side wall so that no rails are on the floor.
>>
>> 3. That wood box/storage thingy has to go! Suggest we either use a big
>> tube made of sono or PVC for what stakes are still needed to be stored.
>>
>> 4. Consider a system of loading that doesn’t distribute as much weight
>> towards the front.
>>
>> 5. The hitch could use some grease.
>>
>> 6. Make more keys so others that can’t wait to pull the trailer to the
>> launches will have one.
>>
>> 7. I was talking to Jack about ordering more quad pods such that all HP
>> pads would be such, with the possible exception of two old ones that would
>> be “stake” types and only used for 1/4” and 3/8” rods.
>>
>> 8. Store quad pods in the trailer “on their heads” and not in the
>> wagon. Plenty of uses for the wagon such as spools, tool boxes, etc.
>>
>> 9. Can we “bundle” a LOT of flight cards in one of the smaller rubber
>> maid containers so we aren’t always running short? Say, a few thousand?
>> We go through a lot. Maybe we could also consider smaller and briefer ones
>> for Estes? The kids could fill them our faster and we
>> don’t really need so much info. More complex Estes could still use
>> the standard cards.
>>
>> 10. The Estes pad needs some new rods and set screws.
>>
>> 11. The pad sign cart needs serious help before it falls apart
>> completely.
>>
>> 12. Lastly, I was thinking about modifying the HP clips/leads. No
>> matter how many times anyone says to hook up the clips to the igniter wires
>> such that they aren’t fried, we all know it is still going to occur from
>> time to time. What if we modified the leads by adding banana clips about
>> two
>> feet from the clips? Then, if a lead gets fried, we simply unplug
>> the damaged clip/2’ lead and attach a spare one in a matter of seconds. We
>> could make up a half dozen or so to keep as replacements. I don’t know if
>> my idea of slipping about ten inches of tubular kevlar over the clips
>> and zip tying them in place is workable or not, but the idea is
>> worth kicking around.
>>
>>
>> OK, that’s it for my list. We need to set a cleaning party date to get
>> this done. It would be nice to do before the March launch, as things start
>> getting busier for everyone.
>>
>> Richard
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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