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How tall are rails?Just curious, why do you ask how tall? Extreme rails can be (“can be” because they come in two sections, 6′ and 6′, 6′ and 8′) 12′-14′. The 1010’s are about 6′, I think. If you’ve built…   Read more»

The rocket is moastly built, but, I was thinking about it as I went. The aft ring isnt installed yet. And moast of the other tubes are still accessable. I was thinking of using three.The one in the middle may…   Read more»

It is possible to get good enough at doing rocketry that your rockets wear out rather than are lost or destroyed. Really it is… eventually I may actually figure it out myself.Knowing exactly how your rail buttons are mounting on…   Read more»

After they wear out? Arnt most rockets lost or destroyed long before?What kinda milage (footage) does one expect from a rail button?

Scott, How were you going to mount your rail buttons? Maybe this is better for another topic thread, but there are more ways to mount them than there are sizes and everyone has their own opinion which way they would…   Read more»

I think I have some that came with the kit. I need to ckeck them out.I was just worried, because some one told me, at one of the launches, that they had the wrong size rail buttons on thier rocket….   Read more»

Scott, I have a couple of 1010 buttons if you need them. Just let me know.Ken.

Thanks WarrenJust wanted to make sure there wasnt umpteen thousand sizes.Hate to get there and find out the Rocket won’t fit anything.scotte

For that size rocket you almost certainly want to use buttons for 1010 rail and I wouldn’t consider going larger until I passed 25 or 30 pounds or so and even then it’s probably overkill until you hit 45 pounds…   Read more»

Oh man, I’m dead! But it’s gonna be fun!

where I got my parts for my new project …. I will be ready to to that drag race later Bruce…. So far its called project Top Secret… MHM or Oktoberfest? I can have mine flight tested and painted by…   Read more»

where I got my parts for my new project …. I will be ready to to that drag race later Bruce…. So far its called project Top Secret… MHM or Oktoberfest? I can have mine flight tested and painted by…   Read more»

Another source for PR kits and parts is Rockets Magazine. Its where I got my parts for my new project …. I will be ready to do that drag race later Bruce…. 😀 So far its called project Top…   Read more»

Very nice shop setup. I’ll have to see if I can use the bandsaw here at work when I start on my PR Competitor3 (my Christmas present to myself… do you see a trend here?)For PR components, I highly recommend…   Read more»

The sander is in front of the Corvette (Z06) on that side of the garage, so it was ‘mostly’ coincidence that it was there as I was trying to find light to take the picture, standing next to the sander….   Read more»

Back on topic… My level 2 rocket is my Christmas present (to myself). My wife bought her own gifts too. After 27 years of marriage we are never dissapopinted. However, I had to put it by the tree so there…   Read more»

The sander is in front of the Corvette (Z06) on that side of the garage, so it was ‘mostly’ coincidence that it was there as I was trying to find light to take the picture, standing next to the sander….   Read more»

Hey MikeI noticed in picture 5 how you subtley 8) showed the emblem on you Yellow Corvett in the back ground. Scotte 🙂

Ya gotta love machine shop tools. I have access to one, but have never used it for G10 tubing. A definite improvement over the cutoff wheel – the slow speed keeps the dust down.Warren

Hey thats all moast as high tec as the hack saw I use! Must be nice to have an ebay that size.Scotte