Click here
to download PDF instructions
(272k) for Little Joe 6, a flying scale model that's
free and printable on your desktop inkjet printer. Requires card
stock or Bristol paper and foamcore and is for the person who desires
to do serious modelling.
The massive
Saturn-Komorov is the largest free flying paper
rocket in the known universe (printable on a desktop printer).
It towers 47.5 inches tall and is 3.8 inches wide. Video
of an F23-5 flight here.
Download the
instructions and wickedly satirical "back story" (forward
story?) here. 1.5mb
Diversity
forum? No,
a TEA party event at Acacia Park in Colorado Springs on Tax Day,
2010. Photo album of people protesting taxation without representation.
A 2-hour event, somewhere between 2 and 3 thousand people attended.
Pan of the TEA party
crowd during the singing of the Star Spangled Banner. Large HD file,
takes awhile to upload.
OK, we
sang it twice. So sue us, we like it. Large HD file,
takes awhile to upload.
Here are the PDF files
you print, then cut out, then build the Little Joe.
Brandango assumes no
responsibility or liability for injury or damage caused during the
use of these plans.
Important
note: Adobe’s Acrobat Reader could not be made to print
these models the corrrect size (it printed too small, even though
it was set to print at 100%). Setting Acrobat to print at a higher
percentage didn’t help. Apple’s Preview, on the other
hand, worked perfect every time. If you’re working on a PC,
we recommend rasterizing the PDF files into Photoshop or similar to
better control the final printed size. Test print the "little
joe foil wrap" on plain copy paper to get the size right before
trying the more expensive foils and papers. The correct width of
the foil wrap body panel is 8.125 inches. 2/18/07
Must have Quicktime
7 with H.264 codec.
6/26/07 Oracle
flight at the COSROCS/La Plata Investments Grand Lawn "Thunderous
Groundbreaking". The Oracle was flown out of the middle of
~280 rockets that were launched with a single button. ~350 people
attended the event. 1.9mb
Two-stage Oracle
video from 6/17/06. D12-0/D12-7, temperature 83 degrees,
wind 3 mph. CRASH at Bear Creek Lake Park. Quicktime 3.1
mb.
The
incredible Wachovia Mortgage/flood zone swindle. Wachovia is
trying to force collect flood insurance and has admitted in a recorded
conversation that they are following inhouse policy rather than
FEMA guidelines. This could happen to you! This is not fun stuff,
but it is scary.
First Hot Wheels car,
a red 1968 Corvette. Received for Christmas in a set with curves
and straight pieces. This was always one of my fastest cars. Photo
of actual car. Well loved.
In the same set, there
was an antifreeze Silhouette. The wheels eventually broke, and Mattel
replaced it for free with this blue-green car, which is in gorgeous
condition.
Colorado
Springs Rocket Society holds many oddball records, like the
most documented rockets in a mass launch and the highest launch and recovery
(from Pikes Peak). Check the schedule for upcoming launches.
Essence Model Rocket Reviews has an incredible amount of information,
tips, thousands of kit reviews and contests.
