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Argonia Relief

Argonia Relief

On Saturday, April 14th, 2012, some of the landowners near the "Rocket Pasture" suffered damage when the area was struck by a large tornado. KLOUDbusters have established a fund to help the local landowners. This is an opportunity for rocketeers to help.   Read more......
CAR Leadership Change

CAR Leadership Change

The Canadian Association of Rocketry - L'Association Canadienne De Fuséologie (CAR-ACF) announ...
Rocket Electronics announces release of ROCKONTROLLER 1

Rocket Electronics announces release of ROCKONTROLLER 1

SANTEE, California USA — Rocket Electronics is pleased to announce the release of its latest product lin...
First Look: Giant Leap, the ultimate rocket hardware store

First Look: Giant Leap, the ultimate rocket hardware store

At some point in every rocketeer's stint in the hobby, the urge to scratch build a rocket or upscale an ex...
New WRC+ from Missile Works

New WRC+ from Missile Works

Missile Works introduces the new WRC+ Wireless Remote Control System, which opens up an entirely new dimension...
Dutch Rocket Boys Attempt Records

Dutch Rocket Boys Attempt Records

In the first week of May, 2012, the Dutch Rocket Boys will fly an amateur rocket named EDAN I in the Scottish ...
 

Leading Edge Rocketry releases ParaLite

Leading Edge Rocketry releases ParaLite EUGENE, Oregon USA — Leading Edge Rocketry is thrilled to announce the release of ParaLite—a nighttime tracking recovery aid that is guaranteed to change the night skies...forever. The heart of the ParaLite is an...
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Vandenberg annual event benefits Operation Kids Christmas

Vandenberg annual event benefits Operation Kids Christmas VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, California USA — It's not often Lt. Col. Eric Kolb can bask in the glory of winning an award for style following a rocket launch. But the leader of the normally tight-lipped National Recon...
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Commemorative launch held last weekend in Titusville, FL

Commemorative launch held last weekend in Titusville, FL The U.S. Spacewalk of Fame and the City of Titusville, Florida, held a commemorative model rocket launch to mark 50 years of manned space flight on June 18, 2011. In addition to paying tribute to manned space flight, the...
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Violent Agreement 2: Adrian Adamson's BALLS 2010 project

Violent Agreement 2: Adrian Adamson's BALLS 2010 project Featherweight Altimeters' owner Adrian Adamson, father of the lightweight Parrot altimeter, has a real penchant for high altitudes and getting there in a hurry. Adamson is an engineer who worked with NASA's Jet Propul...
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TLV101: Building a 'Totally Trash' Trash Launch Vehicle

TLV101: Building a 'Totally Trash' Trash Launch Vehicle A paper company had a contest running this past fall. What project could a person come up with to re-use the rolls from toilet paper and paper towels? They even gave the contest a catchy name, "Imagination Unrolled"...
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Leading Edge REACTOR hits the rocket scene this summer

Leading Edge REACTOR hits the rocket scene this summer EUGENE, Oregon USA — Leading Edge Rocketry is excited to announce the newest addition is 2011 fleet, the Reactor! With its sleek Sci-Fi styling, the Reactor is a great introduction rocket to mid-powered flying. Made wi...
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An insider's view of the NASA Student Launch Program

An insider's view of the NASA Student Launch Program At most rocket ranges these days, a gathering to fly 40 to 50 high power airframes won't generate much buzz. NASA Student Launch Program flights, however, are a little different. First, the participants in the Student La...
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First Look: Rocketman Ballistic NASA Mach II parachutes

First Look: Rocketman Ballistic NASA Mach II parachutes Earlier this year, Rocketman Enterprises, Inc. announced the expansion of their Ballistic line of heavy-duty parachutes with the addition of their new NASA Mach II products, joining the existing Mach I line-up of recovery gea...
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Website Review: Sunward using new software to help users

Website Review: Sunward using new software to help users Angelo Castellano, the owner of Sunward Aerospace Group Limited, got involved with rocketry after his children saw the movie October Sky and wanted to launch some model rockets. From there, their rocketry hobby turned into Ca...
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August 1959 American Modeler features rocketry seminar

August 1959 American Modeler features rocketry seminar "Dramatic proof of the wisdom behind an army directive authorizing service cooperative with model missileers in the series of one-a-month rocket 'seminars' held in New York and Washington with instructors from fu...
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High Power Rocketry's Top 10 Biggest Regional Launches

I have a friend who has the goal of watching a baseball game in every big league stadium in America. He's been to Wrigley Field and Yankee Stadium, to Fenway Park and Chavez Ravine, and a dozen other parks scattered throughout the land. Every year he makes it to a new field, sometimes even two, and returns home with great memories—and enough hats and shirts—to last a lifetime.His most recent journey—to Progressive Field in Cleveland—got me thinking about high power rocketry's biggest venues and how this hobby has continued to grow in the last ten years. Some impressive traditions are alive and well out there at the biggest regional events in America.

 

DREG101: Building the Estes D-Region Tomahawk

The Estes D-Region Tomahawk is back for its final segment in this How-To Classroom Series. Sporting a traditional white paint job with black, red and brown trim, the D-Region Tomahawk makes a great statement in scale model rocket kits. Follow along as we finish out this final lesson.In this edition of the How-To Classroom, we are focusing on building a hardened version of the new Estes D-Region Tomahawk (#2037). This kit is 38.8" long, 1.8" in diameter and comes with a 24mm motor mount. I got my Tomahawk from Belleville Wholesale Hobby for just $24.49. Features of the kit include a very detailed blow-molded nosecone, a very detailed fin and fin canister section, a twist-lock motor retainer and a rip-stop nylon parachute.

 

HJ101: Turbocharging the Estes Maxi Brute Honest John

This edition of the Rocketry Planet How-To Classroom is based on the Estes Maxi Brute Honest John, a 1/9 scale model of the venerable ballistic missile used by the United States Army. This class covers the Estes first edition Maxi Brute kit #1269 released in 1975, the Estes second edition Collector Series kit #1269 released in 1993 or the third edition Maxi Brute kit #2166 released in 2000.This kit is approaching collector status, if it hasn't already, and you can still find them occassionally on eBay for reasonable prices. This class project features dual deployment with an altimeter bay, fiberglass airframe reinforcing and fiberglass fins to replace the thin styrene shells that come in the standard kit. In fact, of the original kits, we are mainly using the styrene fin canisters and the two-piece styrene nose cones while replacing most everything else — this is imperative to be able to fly these kits on 38mm and 54mm motors.

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