03-04-2009, 12:44 PM
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Craftsman
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 312
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Initiator001
Korey Kline/ Ace Rocketry.
He came up with some really wild stuff which I was lucky enough to see him fly at Lucerne launches in the late 80s/early 90s.
The neat thing about what Korey designed was that most of it worked.
One fin/no fin rockets, 'I' powered monocopter, R/C controlled rockets (Not gliders).
Korey is credited by many to have produced the first 'effects' hobby rocket motors.
Very creative fellow.
Bob
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Bob,
I was also over at Korey's house in San Gabriel Valley back in the 80s (IIRC; one of the fog filed valleys around L.A.) and he showed me a radio controlled rocket patterned after a Sparrow Missile. The forward fins were connected to servos.
Is Korey still alive? Haven't seen or heard of him in years. Last thing I heard he had done was to fly a hybrid out of Wallops to 106K.
All those pioneers. To bad they are gone now. Two of them I know of who were dynamos in the early history of HPR are now dead; one of stroke and the other of cancer.
And where is Bruce Kelley? He was a main factor in the creation of TRA.
So many wrecks along the side of the road in our journey to personal space flight ...
Bob
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