*Ah.* _The Completion Backward Principle._ "--She's a one in a million girl..."


And it *doesn't* help that I think things need to look "just right."


Carl,

I'm just going to plunge ahead with my primitive method, and let you worry about fitting everything onto the pages. Once you get done with the initial layout, you can alert me to any looming problems.


Hmm. I didn't do much that was different on the first few pages, aside from the "About the Tau Zero TM."


Bob, I feel your pain, and I fully agree.


Cheers,

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Jay Goemmer
"Centuri Guy"/"Tau Zero"
YORF Member 28
Semroc SAM #0029
NAR 86131


"I think about organizing things all the time. Never seems to happen. I find something that piques my interest and I'm off on a quest. Or a Centuri. "

--Bill Eichelberger, 02/22/2022


“Centuri fret buzz in an updated form.”
Bill “Wallyum” Eichelberger re: Estes Flutter-By
03 Sept 2014

The Tubes?

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Bill Eichelberger
NAR 79563

http://wallyum.blogspot.com/

I miss being SAM 0058

Build floor: Centuri Mini Dactyl 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, Xarconian Cruiser Semroc Cyber III

Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark, Groonie Der V 1/2

Jay,

Having watched Sandman create any number of kits now I can tell you you're in good company. The instructions generally take him as long to create as the kits themselves, sometimes longer.

If you promise not to tell anyone (because it is a complete and total secret), for a recently un-named holiday I received a kit which doesn't yet exist from an un-named manufacturer. The kit was marked "prototype" because it contained all of the pieces, but no directions.

If you and Carl want to send me a directionless Tau Zero prototype to build I'd be happy to keep that a secret too!

Gus, that was one of the issues we've tried to resolve. Jay ran into that problem early on using a "C" motor...

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Thanks for the reassuring words!!


(Jay's unable to pass up a *horrible* pun.) --But Steve... if the package containing the Tau Zero is *directionless,* how on earth will it make it from either North Carolina or Idaho to Michigan?

I'll have to get back to you on that...

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Jay Goemmer
"Centuri Guy"/"Tau Zero"
YORF Member 28
Semroc SAM #0029
NAR 86131


"I think about organizing things all the time. Never seems to happen. I find something that piques my interest and I'm off on a quest. Or a Centuri. "

--Bill Eichelberger, 02/22/2022


“Centuri fret buzz in an updated form.”
Bill “Wallyum” Eichelberger re: Estes Flutter-By
03 Sept 2014

Actually, it wasn't directionless. --If you can call "pinwheeling" a direction.

Cheers,

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Jay Goemmer
"Centuri Guy"/"Tau Zero"
YORF Member 28
Semroc SAM #0029
NAR 86131


"I think about organizing things all the time. Never seems to happen. I find something that piques my interest and I'm off on a quest. Or a Centuri. "

--Bill Eichelberger, 02/22/2022


“Centuri fret buzz in an updated form.”
Bill “Wallyum” Eichelberger re: Estes Flutter-By
03 Sept 2014

I have MS Publisher, if that is helpful. I produce our club newsletter using that. I haven't done a lot of exotic stuff with it, though. I'm OK writing instructions, but much better at improving on them. It's hard to do without building the model, though, and does get boring at times.
James

Some guy over on the "Jay's Tau Zero" thread is babbling on about something or other :

http://forums.rocketshoppe.com/show...8&postcount=200


--Just in case you wanted to know.


Cheers,

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Jay Goemmer
"Centuri Guy"/"Tau Zero"
YORF Member 28
Semroc SAM #0029
NAR 86131


"I think about organizing things all the time. Never seems to happen. I find something that piques my interest and I'm off on a quest. Or a Centuri. "

--Bill Eichelberger, 02/22/2022


“Centuri fret buzz in an updated form.”
Bill “Wallyum” Eichelberger re: Estes Flutter-By
03 Sept 2014

Jay and Craig,

Sheryl is already getting requests for reserves of these kits. ARGH! We do not have a clean method of reserving kits (and getting rid of them later.)

We need to work out some details offline.

But... does any one have better ideas of reserving kits in general?

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Carl McLawhorn
NAR#4717 L2
semroc.com

One possible method: DON'T...

Another possible method: A web page with a simple data entry screen listing only those kits you intend to take reserve orders for. Use a drop-down list, and add kits to that list only when you're good-n-ready to; eliminate from that list those kits which are already shipping. If it isn't on the list, the computer cannot take reserve orders for it; tell everyone who lands on that page "If you don't see it listed yet, don't ask about it yet!" Save the captured data in a MySQL (or SQL) database and don't worry about it until you're ready to ship. You're already taking "votes" for other kits folks want to see; perhaps expand that one to accept requests for kits not yet on that master list. Purge the reserve lists once the kit has shipped; only accept one kit per request, and use that as the "key" for purging later.

I can't think of another way of reducing the hands-on labor besides letting the computer do the hard work. Doing this means you only update the drop-down list whenever you ship or add a kit, and you let the computer add names to the database until you're ready to ship. The computer will automatically stop taking orders for a specific kit once the kit name has been removed from the drop-down box. Sort the list using the kit name "key", and print only that portion of the database to get the reservers' names, then purge just those entries.

The fact that you're getting reserve orders for these kits means our designs are striking a chord with folks. It's probably some from this forum who have already seen the designs and know we've been discussing them together. Jay's TZ has been built by at least five people on the forum, one in Australia. It's a good design, it builds well (those alignment guides are a must!), and it flies nice when the balance is right. That's what we all want!

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