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Hey all, I’m just wrapping up parts for a project.Anyone have about two feet of 98mm fiberglass or carbon fiber body tube from Performance Rocketry?I thought I would try locally, before giving the Wildman a call.Ed

Hey brother, PM me here.. 8) Tim Thomas, Lawndartman

What does the club think of an outreach section to the site, specifically targeting schools with a STEM program? i.e. a portion of NCR University dedicated to NARTrek or TARC efforts.It sounds like some members are doing that on a…   Read more»

I’m not sure if this is the right forum to post into, but came across this tonight and thought others might find it intersting when designing something other than 3FNC.-Greg INTRODUCTIONOpenVSP is a parametric aircraft geometry tool. OpenVSP allows the…   Read more»

I found an almost full 4′ x 8′ sheet of 26 g galv sheet metal that we can cut into deflector plates. It should work fine for the smaller stuff (Class 1) but we might want a heaver (stiffer) gauge…   Read more»

Congrats to David Bishop and David Bishop for winning the 2011 Contests. It was but three years ago when David was a club newbie, now he’s taking down the veterans.1MMM Contest— Three entrants. Chad Moore’s rocket shredded at Mach 1.1…   Read more»

We are looking for 4 judges for the Upscale Contest at Octoberfest. Should take about 3 hours of your time on the Saturday of the launch and 2 hours of your time on the Sunday of the launch. Judges should…   Read more»

We announced 3 new contests at the annual meeting, and will be carrying over the Upscale Contest from 2011. Full details shortly.1) UPSCALE- to be judged and flown at Octoberfest. First, second, and third place chosen on build quality, accuracy,…   Read more»

We have decided to move the Upscale Contest to Octoberfest 2012. We’ll be posting the slightly revised rules shortly. About 10 flyers indicated their interest to participate at the annual meeting.Chad- NCR Contest Director

Launch rails: I know I was speaking with Ed today after the meeting about getting new launch rails and how they could be shipped in greater than 8 foot lengths by FEDEX LTL Freight Lines, so no problem getting longer…   Read more»

Well, I’m finally able to start looking at Rocketry again .. it’s been years. I started on this initially back in ’08 before losing my job, house, etc like so many.Here’s the Proton on it’s awesome launch erection system.I’m looking…   Read more»

I think it appropriate to start a thread specifically devoted to getting input from the users of this website about what could make this website better. This thread will be made “sticky” so that it stays prominent and so that…   Read more»

Found rocket, atlas site, Jan 7th, small blue rocket with silver flames, Apogee E-6-8 motor in a BT-60 Estes airframe. l.haynes@cenpow.com.

All Colorado Rocketeers,Back for the 6th year!Sixth Annual All Colorado Rocketry Family Reunion and Hero Awards BuffetSaturday Feb 25, 2012 at 7:00pmItalian MarketThis has be come a long awaited event every year were all of our rocket family can get…   Read more»

I was just wondering… how many people are in NCR, and how many are active? Also, does anyone know how many people are active in tripoli and NAR nationwide?

There is a reason why I have not altered our website.At the moment, I have been trying to reproduce the entire website (to include the database) on my personal computer. Even if I do something horribly stupid, the public website…   Read more»

Tipoli Colorado have set a date For this years Annual All Colorado Rocketry Dinner. This year it will be Fed. 25, mark your calendars and we will get you the details as quick as we can.If you have anything to…   Read more»

Team, you probably saw me there with my camera. I got some nice snaps of several rockets going off; I’ve cut down the images to be small enough to show on the web but can give you the 4+ Mb…   Read more»

Your contest director is working on ideas for 2012. First we have the previously announced upscale contest. Second, we are thinking of running another incarnation of the alphabet contest. Third, we may have an altitude contest in 2012 or a…   Read more»

Ken Reilly will be holding a vacuum bagging class in Longmont at 1400 hours (2:00 PM) on January 21st, 2012 at Centerline Power, 1910 Pike Rd, Ste. C. Anyone interested in learning the procedure is welcome. Please contact l.haynes@cenpow.com for…   Read more»