Paul Nortness's PageAKA: paul.nortness Location: Bothell, WA Favorite Rockets: S.C.R.A.M. Biography: I started in rocketry back in the 80's, launching (and losing) many Mosquitos. As is the common tale, I discovered girls and my interest in rockets waned. Then, I got married had a kid...and at the age of 37 came back to rockets.
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2012-09-28Patriothan Flight Beautiful green flames shot the Patriothan up FAST! Definitely the best flight out of this rocket to date. Despite 1600 feet of altitude, the rocket came down less than 100 yards away. PERFECT - G76-7G - 60 Acres, Redmond WA [More]
Patriothan Flight HUGE blast of black smoke shot out of the black jack motor and off Patriothan went. Slight weather cocking despite a lack of winds, mostly due to the lower thrust of the Black Jack and the added ballast of the camera. Still, landed within 50 yards. GREAT flight - G53-7FJ - 60 Acres, Redmond WA [More]
2012-09-14Patriothan Flight Simply awesome! The Leviathan belched bright flames and tore off the pad with a scream. The rocket came down on the gravel parking lot and dinged up a fin, but I should be able to get it to flight status relatively soon. - G76W-7 reload - 60 Acres, Redmond WA [More]
Patriothan Flight Awesome flight. This rocket loves G's! Big flame shooting out of the back, lot's of white smoke and that characteristic roar of the White Lightning..awesome! - G40W-7 - 60 Acres, Redmond WA [More]
2012-09-07BT-60 Viking Upscale Flight Maiden flight. The rocket looked great going up, straight flight path on the D15 Blue Thunder. We heard the pop of the ejection charge, but the nose cone never separated...later inspection found an incorrectly installed delay grain to be the issue. The rocket entered a horizontal tumble and came ... [More]
Ventris Flight Ventris lifted off the pad in an impressive cloud of black smoke and went straight up. It seems that the 24 inch parachute that Estes includes might be a tad on the small side. Everything worked flawlessly, but the rocket still came down a bit fast and did some damage to one of the spirals on the ... [More]
SLUF (Short Little Ugly Fella) Flight Another perfect flight for the SLUF on E28s. This rocket just loves em! Straight up like a bat outta hell. 4 seconds seems a perfect delay for this motor, chute pops right as it starts to nose down. - E28-4T - 60 Acres, Redmond WA [More]
2012-08-07Ventris Flight Ventris lifted about 2 feet off the pad, and a loud "POP" came from the rocket and the nose cone and laundry came spilling out. Motor casing had split in half. Yet another Pro Series II motor failure. - F50-6T - 60 Acres, Redmond WA [More]
SLUF (Short Little Ugly Fella) Flight First launch of SLUF on a composite reload. WOW! SLUF sat and smoked for a minute and then just disappeared! Nice loud launch, angled rod slightly to launch into light wind. Absolutely perfect flight, recovered SLUF about 70 feet from the pad....if rockets had emotions, SLUF would have had a huge ... [More]
2012-07-19Vagabond Flight Loaded a E28T-4 into Vagabond. Screamed off the pad. Seriously underestimated the power of the E28. If there were any winds, rocket would have easily been lost along with my reloadable case - E28T-4 - 60 Acres, Redmond WA [More]
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