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Anyone want to sell me a small baggie of kevlar pulp at the annual meeting? I have glass pulp, but want to step up a bit (but too cheap to order the full gallon bag).Thanks,Chad Moore

So I just got finished building a curing oven, and laying up my first fiber glass tube. For my first try it was a good learning experience. I used a length of coupler tube as a mandrel and wrapped with…   Read more»

New launch year – Weather looks favorable – GO for launch. We need a trailer tow and help on the range. Hope to open Waiver and range 10 AM.

i finished the layup on my first t-2-t job. i used peelply, but i noticed that there is still some “unwanted topology” on my fins. my first thought was to sand everything flush, but i quickly noticed that i was…   Read more»

I teach rocketry to 25 middle schoolers at my school. This will be our third year of rocketry and I am looking for suitable mid-powered rockets for team building exercises. Of the 25 students, six students are up to the…   Read more»

Incredible videos from this year. Space is really cool!http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/31/space-time-lapses-2011_n_1176832.html#s581185&title=Geminid_Meteor_Shower

As hard as it may be to believe, I’m mostly getting rocket stuff for Christmas. I know… it’s a stretch, but my best to you all!

My Quark upscale is almost done. It is 29mm up to an H.Nose cone has a bulkhead to make room for chuteand shock cord.One picture has My LocPrecision ‘ATHENA 3’ setting next to the Quark.Have modified the Athena to be…   Read more»

Paul Allen, billionaire co-founder of Microsoft has teamed with Burt Rutan of Scaled Composites and re-formed their partnership, the team that built the Spaceship One that went to space and won the “X Prize”, and are planning on building the…   Read more»

There was an NCR executive meeting this evening. Discussion included things we think should be discussed with all of you together. Contact me so we can arrange a time and place.Warren

Please mark your calendars for these upcoming very important dates in 2012.Saturday, January 7th , 10 AM – Start the New Year off with a Rocket Launch. NCR Launch at the Atlas Site, weather pending..Saturday, January14th – Annual membership and…   Read more»

I’m looking for Carbon Fiber Cloth suitable for tip to tip vacuum bagging fins in place. Any recommended sources and products?Thanks in advance!

With the December launch canceled, is the annual meeting our next get-together? When is it? Is there a January launch planned? If so, it’s not on the CO rocketry calendar.

I’ve asked for 3 years to have someone step up and take over this website. I have had literally no one contact me who was even vaguely qualified to take the role. As of this years annual meeting, I’m done….   Read more»

I just noticed the following post on Rocketry Planet//www.rocketryplanet.com/content/view/3706/38/#axzz1f4IIcwM6This tiny satellite deployed from the last Shuttle mission on July 19th, and had 4 Aerotech E28T motors on-board!Looking at the Air Force space track data, PSSC-2 is predicted to re-enter the…   Read more»

This is one complicated landing…. This probe was launched today. In early August, we’ll see if the sequence below works. Sure hope so!!!https://news.slac.stanford.edu/video/new-nasa-animation-shows-curiosity-rover-landing-mars

I will have no problem towing the trailer Saturday 12/3.To and From.

Let me introduce myself as your newest member:My wife and I have recently moved from Minnesota to Fort Collins, where she obtained a great job in September. For the last two months, I have done nothing but drive back and…   Read more»

Hi everyone in NCR.I was hesitant on sharing this idea on your forum, because I have a great deal of respect for all of what NCR’s has done for rocketry, pertaining to altitudes and sport rocketry etc.So here goes…I have…   Read more»

How about what size of Kevlar shock tube for a 30 to 35 lb. rocket? Does anyone use swivels on the parachute connection to the shock cord?