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Seeing My 2020 Resolutions Clearly
Comrades:
Time for my annual reflection and encouragement for you to do the same. Last January, I listed eight rocketry goals of which I accomplished exactly one, finishing a Blossom V-2. On the other hand, I did finish my NARTrek Silver, learning a bunch about Boost-Gliders along the way. I scratch-built a 1/10 Ute booster that flew very well. I built 3 Tomahawks to launch off of it that need a final paint day to be complete. An Enerjet Aero-Dart, a 1340 and a Zooch Saturn V were completed, too. I repaired and repainted my TLP Hellfire but got bogged down rescuing a Centuri Stiletto and an Interceptor. I did get three good launch days. So for 2020, my totally-doable list of things to do is: 1) Finish the rescue of the Stiletto and Interceptor; 2) Complete the Paiute booster I started; 3) Complete my NARTrek Gold; 4) Drastically reduce the number of started but incomplete projects laying around my desk; 5) Finish the Atlas 541 before the Mars Rover launch 6) Launch! I have a bunch of stuff that needs launching. It's not a rocket 'till it flies. My son is heading up his high school TARC team so I'm hoping that translates to more launch days over the next few months. What about you guys?
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NAR 79743 NARTrek Silver I miss being SAM 062 Awaiting First Launch: Too numerous to count Finishing: Zooch Saturn V; Alway/Nau BioArcas; Estes Expedition; TLP Standard Repair/Rescue: Cherokee-D (2); Centuri Nike-Smoke; MX-774 On the Bench: 2650; Dream Stage: 1/39.37 R-7 |
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Do you mean "clearly" as in 2020 vision?
Parump bump. Just one resolution for me, thin down my build piles. So it's build, build, build. Laters.
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My rocket-related resolution is to finally begin work on my BT70 based Gemini Titan with the 3D printed parts and John Pursley's wraps. I've had the parts and wraps for over a year and I always talk myself out of starting it.
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The parts kit came with an acrylic tube and acrylic fins to attach for flight.
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Never trust an atom. They make up everything. 4 out of 3 people struggle with math. Chemically, alcohol IS a solution. NAR# 94042 SAM# 0078 |
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MarkB,
Thank you for the reminder to actually make a list. Your #4, to finish up started projects, is my top item. I have a Maxi Honest John that was started in the 90s, but I removed the poorly assembled fins, and have recently been working on it. I have a huge Astron X-Ray a friend started in the 90s. He gave it to me, it really just needs paint. I have a 2.3X Astron Trident I started in the 90s. (Notice a trend? ) I have 6 of the 9 balsa nose cones done, just need to turn 3 more. More recents include a Mars Snooper, an Estes Phoenix, an Estes Saturn V I never finished in time for the 50th anniversary, and an Estes 1:100 Saturn 1B that is built but not painted. Lastly, getting to launches is a top goal. I burned pathetically few motors in 2019 — two As, and a C, but at least the latter was in my 1:200 Estes Saturn V on July 20.
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Lee Reep NAR 55948 Projects: Semroc Saturn 1B, Ken Foss Designs Mini Satellite Interceptor In the Paint Shop: Nothing! Too cold! Launch-Ready: Farside-X, Maxi Honest John, Super Scamp |
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Mine is simple. Get my shop cleaned up enough that we can fit a weight set in the room. My wife has Osteoporosis that she's controlling well to this point, but her doctor says that lifting weights will help even more than the treatments. I've already got a bunch of my rockets in Tupperware containers, but I still need a bunch more. Some of the big ones are going to be tough to store, but the little ones won't be a problem. I'm in the middle of a build orgy with my backlog of kits, but I'm also buying the occasional clearance bird from Estes and Semroc. There are old cabinets in the shop that are full of early low number Semroc kits and other Estes kits I've picked up to build over the years. The cabinets are going, so I might be eBaying some of the stuff that's in them. On January 3, everything is pretty fluid, but my wife is much better than I am at organizing. If she gets an eye trained on the project, things will start moving quickly.
And I also have a stalled Blossom V-2 project in the shop. Among others.
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Bill Eichelberger NAR 79563 http://wallyum.blogspot.com/ I miss being SAM 0058 Build floor: Centuri Design Contest F-150 Hurricane Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Marauder, Shrike, SST Shuttle In paint: Canaroc Starfighter Scorpion Estes F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II Semroc Cyber III Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark, Groonie Der V 1/2 |
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