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Cape Brewing said:
Used to quite a bit but havent been on my bike in forever. Wouldn't mind getting back on my bike but the magic issue is always time. I don't have time to take a dump never mind getting back into downhilling. I have a pile of hobbies as it is.
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I hear ya about the hobbies! Brewing, biking, skiing, and DIY within all those hobbies…
 
paulthenurse said:
What's the DIY part of skiing? Waxing a couple times a year? That must take up a ton of your time!
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Sharpening and waxing are the basics. Making your own skis is a hobby. A 4 ton press and some old ski molds from a defunked ski company will get you started.
 
DakotaRules said:
Sharpening and waxing are the basics. Making your own skis is a hobby. A 4 ton press and some old ski molds from a defunked ski company will get you started.
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OK, we gotta talk. I ski, but building my own skis is not something that interests me. HOWEVER! I fly rockets. BIG rockets. Tripoli level 3 certified. I've done many methods to make composite components. Carbon fiber, foam, glass, wood all used...Somehow I am thinking that ski making technology could be adapted here. Fin cans? Nosecones? hmmm....

For those who still dont know, this is what a level 3 launch looks like, and yes, this is a very technical and DIY hobby:



This was NOT my rocket, but I used the same PML Ultimate Endeavor design, and upscaled it for my L3 cert. I flew a Hypertek M hybrid motor in it. I used duplicate altimeters and radio controlled backup for deployment. I have tape. Ugg, tape! of my cert. I gotta digitalize it someday for posterity.

This is what a Hypertek M looks like at launch.

 
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homebeerbrewer said:
Is there a big enough motor to launch Pauly?
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Hmmm... maybe they've got two.
 
paulthenurse said:
I'll give you 50 bucks if you put a little extra gas in the tank of one of those bad Larry's and let us strap Yeager to it.
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homebeerbrewer said:
Is there a big enough motor to launch Pauly?
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Cape Brewing said:
Make that $100
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As much as I would love to oblige all of you, there are these pesky rules about launching vertibrates. I know, right? Besides, it would prolly cost 20 times that amount in motors and electronics alone to compensate for the extra weight.
 
barneygumble said:
I wanna boink her in front of my swmbo. She's my free pass. Does this make me a bad person?
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Really Zoey? I'd do her but it more like my sister kinda thing. Creepy.
 
barneygumble said:
Sweet! Have you posted pics of the build?
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Not yet. I'm documenting it though and there will be photos.

Here's one
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I ran out of steel to finish and fine tune burner height. I did get the pumps mounted, ordered castors, and cut what steel I had left. Have a small parts list left.
 
barneygumble said:
Looking foreward to seeing the rest! How is it gonna be controlled?
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It's all manual for now. I do have a control box but don't know if or how I'll mount it. When I finish this week I'll create a thread and go into detail.
 
Cape Brewing said:
You're gonna run a diagonal across the back and the sides right?

If you don't, once you put a couple of full pots on it, it'll scissor on you and fold up.
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I wasn't planning on it. All the other rigs I've seen don't have any. Some do have corner plates. I've tighten the bolts and that thing isn't moving. I may add the corner braces but wasn't planning on it.
 
I'm sorry, Dakota, all I can think of when I see that kind of setup is this:

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I'm of the opinion that you cannot build something too robustly. Tell you what, have Paulie take a seat on it; if it doesn't buckle, you're good to go.
 
On a serious note, though, I'd be worried that it's "strong enough" right now but it might not be by the end of a hour-long boil. You're going to be adding a lot of heat to the metal, not sure how much it would impact it's strength but it's got to have SOME effect. Overbuild.
 
the_bird said:
I'm sorry, Dakota, all I can think of when I see that kind of setup is this:

I'm of the opinion that you cannot build something too robustly. Tell you what, have Paulie take a seat on it; if it doesn't buckle, you're good to go.
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That's absolutely the thought! A few other threads have mentioned this same thing.

I do understand the overbuild for safety thing and will add some rigidity support for the "scissor" effect.
 
It's not funny but I can't stop giggling... Anyone see the news about the al-Qaida leader dude that the CIA just iced in Yemen yesterday or the day before?? He was supposedly responsible for the bombing of the USS Cole.

I have read the AP release a dozen times and giggle every time at this actual line, "Fahd al-Quso was hit by a missile as he stepped out of his vehicle,"

CIA got permission from the Yemeni government, flew a freakin drone over this dude's head which I am sure was completely invisible to anyone on the ground, watched this guy and then as he stepped out of his car, hit him in the freakin chest with a missile.

CIA... AIN'T.... PLAYIN'!!!
 
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