Glenn Weiss's Page

AKA: GlennW

Location: Randolph, NJ

Club Memberships: GSSS

Biography:

Did rocketry as a kid and occasionally as an adult.  Got into it on a regular basis around 2003 when my oldest son showed an interest.  We are low power flyers primarily with an interest in scale rocketry.

Club Home Page: www.robnee.com/gsss

RocketReviews.com Pages:


   

2021-07-31

Quest Navaho AGM

Flight

Rocket went up then arced over and flew sideways before second stage lit, chute tangled in cord but recovered with no damage - C6-0/A8-5 - GSSS [More]

   

Estes Bullpup 12D (Second round)

Flight

Nice straight boost and successful recovery - B4-4 - GSSS [More]

   

Estes Loadstar

Flight

Good boost and close recovery - B4-4 - GSSS [More]

   

Estes Mercury Redstone

Flight

Boost was fine but after apogee, Chutes for capsule and booster got tangled and capsule shroud line broke, resulting in capsule plunging to the grass but with minimal damage to tower - C6-3 - GSSS [More]

   

Estes Mosquito

Flight

Good flight and recovered close to pad - 1/4A3-3 - GSSS [More]

   

Estes Wizard

Flight

High straight boost but shock cord separated at ejection, all parts recovered - A8-3 - GSSS [More]

   

Estes "Retro Look" Alpha

Flight

Nice flight but chute caught a thermal and was seemingly up there forever floating around, drifted but recovered - A8-3 - GSSS [More]

   

2020-08-22

Estes Prospector

Flight

Great boost but lousy rubber shock cord that came with the rocket broke, recovered all parts intact though - C6-3 - GSSS [More]

   

Estes Mosquito

Flight

Motor kicked out at ejection and landed right near us with a loud thud - 1/4A3-3 - GSSS [More]

   

Estes Wizard

Flight

Rocket went nearly out of sight on the B, streamer did not fully eject and had a little buckling on the BT at impact, not a big deal - B4-4 - GSSS [More]

   

Glenn Weiss