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So we are discussing the possibility of attending Oktoberfest as our departmental offsite. Along with this I figured everyone could build low/mid power kits. But I also wanted to see about having the team build a rocket to fly on…   Read more»

Back on the 20th when Scott Harless was getting his bird ready to fly under the canopy, I was talking to a guy that does R&D Radio Control stuff for the Govt AND races RC cars/trucks. He drives a van…   Read more»

The thread on “Velocity records” got me to thinking about gees and velocity. I’ve never been afraid of gees… I’ve flown I600s in minimum diameter rockets that weighed less than a pound. I’ve flown J570s in mimum diameter rockets that…   Read more»

My ThorX is just about ready for paint. Just a little moresanding and off I go.Something funky with my ‘putfile website’.. could not upload photosbut it would take a short video. So here it is.Please note: Pug will not be…   Read more»

What is the largest motor anyone has used with QT and survived in one piece?Just curious cuz I got many tubes lyin around.

On behalf of the Boulder County 4-H Model Rocketry program, I’d like to thank Ken Plattner for judging the 2008 Boulder County 4-H Rocket Shoot on Tuesday, July 29th 2008.The Longmont Times-Call ran a nice article of the event in…   Read more»

Altitude records are great fun, but how about speed?How hard would it be to keep speed records? Using the same format as altitude.Any thoughts?Mark

All,Just wanted give everyone a little update as to my view of the out come of the meeting. First off if they did not know that we are here they do now, they actually said that in the last week…   Read more»

TRA Contest and Records Committee AnnouncementJuly 28, 2008In the past few weeks, there has been considerable discussion in the rocketry forums about a number of issues related to TRA Contest and Records, particularly altitude attempts in excess of 30K feet…   Read more»

This is pretty cool.http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1165-space-shuttle-launch-as-seen-from-a-plane-air-canada-flight?referer=sphere_related_contentKen.

I was saddened to learn that Kent Burnett’s mother passed away earlier today. Many of us in NCR know Kent Burnett (of Giant Leap Rocketry) quite well; Kent has flown with us a time or two. If you never met…   Read more»

Interesting article on wired. HPR in the mainstream press…http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2008/07/geekdad-rocketr.html

Not quite rocketry, but my hunch is this will strike a chord with many folks visiting this forum. Very powerful.http://www.grayeagles.org:80/video.htm

I was a member of the CompositeRockets group in yahoo groups for a while, but turned it off, because I was too busy to read the post.Ive been trying to find CF Tubing in the 4″ to 5″ range with…   Read more»

Includes the 12 and 16 gram holders and mounting flanges. I’ve drilled and threaded three holes in both mounting flanges. Also includes 3 x 16 oz. cartridges and 8 x 12 oz. cartridges. I flew it twice, ground tested two…   Read more»

From what I have read and what I have listened to, Aeropoxy is thebest on the market.Question: Haw far will one quart go?Assuming one fallows the instructions.I will be using it with easyglas socks.Thanks Mike

OK, I realize that “site suggestion box” may not be quite the right forum, but I thought I’d start here. For a couple of days I have noticed that new posts (with the yellow flagging) are not showing up on…   Read more»

If you fly a Perfectflight MAWD altimeter, it is important that you know about a serious potential flaw in the device firmware. While the bug is relatively complex, the symptom is not. IF you have a flight that turns in…   Read more»

Fancy-pants archive of NASA images made public today:Press Release @ MarketWatchFrom the About page:NASA Images is a service of Internet Archive ( http://www.archive.org ), a non-profit library, to offer public access to NASA’s images, videos and audio collections. NASA Images…   Read more»

O.k, I’m taking a break from finishing altimeters and my regular job to bring you data from John Wilke’s K record shot.First, a note on the altitude. Parrot #118 was along for the ride, and it has had a rough…   Read more»