Well the group has been hard at work getting ready for our trip to Balls18 in the Black Rock Desert, out on the playa of the Black Rock dry lake bed.  Brian and Tom have been getting the bus ready for the long trip.  Many of the group have been active in mixing propellant for test motors, beer keg rocket, and today the mixing is for Locomotive Breath.

Below are some photos of the group working on Locomotive Breath.  I have photos of this because this is the project where my time has been focused.  If anyone in the group has been taking pictures while working on ‘Cross Eyed Mary’ or the bus, let’s get them posted.  The photos are not representative of everyone who worked on this project, only the those who happened to still be around when we thought of taking a picture.  Enjoy.

Dave Leininger laying out pieces before we started working on them.

Steve Anderson tapping a miriad of holes.

Gary Stroick, Wayne Johnson, and Tom Tweit with motor casing/lower airfram after all holes are tapped.

Coupler

Electronics Bay before being turned on the lathe, welded for us by Jim Brown.

Key Lime Green. Painting before assembly.

Fins now painted yellow, looks like a John Deer. Propellant grains in background.

Below are photos from the ‘Cross-Eyed Mary’ project.

Nose cone being made by Pat Arneson, for 'Cross-Eyed Mary' the beer keg rocket.

Nose cone after creative sanding & some paint.

The keg sits in this part, and the nose cone & threaded rods slide down around the keg to hold it in place.

Booster section of Cross-Eyed Mary, the keg rocket.