01-01-2007, 07:28 PM
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BARCLONE Rocketry
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Posts: 5,357
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Hello, everyone!
1. Real Name and City/State: Craig McGraw, in Mobile, Alabama
2. Local flying club: Not affiliated with any club. I fly at a local area elementary school on weekends.
3. Year started flying: Approximately 1970/1971 with a plastic Vashon-style freon-powered "toy" rocket received as a gift. An Estes catalog was part of the package. My first "real" rocket was the Astron Avenger which never flew, but it wetted my taste buds...
4. What you hope to gain from this experiment: Pushing the limits of current design technology; experimenting with different design ideas; making model rockets that are more challenging and personally satisfying.
5. What you want the team to accomplish: To become a force to be reckoned with in the model rocket industry. To be every bit the equal of Estes, if not their superior. To be able to alter the course of the hobby. To lead, not simply be pulled along by the dominant industry player.
6. Your primary interest area (engines, rocket design, support, building, etc.): Design and flight testing.
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