I just learned that the Town of Castle Rock, Colorado had recently re-drafted their Municipal Ordinance. One of the changes specifically prohibits the launch of model rockets within city limits.
This means I lost the use of that really nice B-engine field adjacent to the high school, that is a mere half-mile from my house.
Bummer!
Oh, well, I can at least still use the field to hand launch all of my gliders for glide trimming....
An amendment to this post... Maybe all is not lost. I contacted the Castle Rock fire department, and received an email which spells out model rockets not being permissible during stage 1 or higher fire danger, which the area is under right now. I sent an email response asking if rockets are permissible at times there are no restrictions in place. Still awaiting a reply.
Thursday, July 5, 2018
MPC Lunar Patrol, Part 18 - The Final Decals
This morning, I was up at 4 a.m. merrily affixing the final decal to one of the gliders. This is a remake of the same decal I hopelessly muffed up on a week ago, and had to discard. This time things went very smoothly.
I also managed to apply some CA to the end of the booster tube, and get the shock cord and mount glued in place.
All that remains on this build is to apply some sealant over the decals, shoot a finish coat of black paint on the glider noses, take the gliders out to a nearby field for hand-toss glide trimming, and glue the noses in place.
It's been a long drawn out build, but I greatly anticipate seeing this model finally take to the air under rocket power!
I also managed to apply some CA to the end of the booster tube, and get the shock cord and mount glued in place.
All that remains on this build is to apply some sealant over the decals, shoot a finish coat of black paint on the glider noses, take the gliders out to a nearby field for hand-toss glide trimming, and glue the noses in place.
It's been a long drawn out build, but I greatly anticipate seeing this model finally take to the air under rocket power!