OF LATE I HAVE BEEN PONDERING the state of our art: the building of sport rockets. The future of the hobby is on our minds a lot, what with the regulatory battles and the NARAM waiver being denied. This opinion is not about that, but concerns something we all hold much closer to our hearts, namely, how we construct our rockets.

Electronic recovery deployment is an important consideration for recovery system deployment in any rocket that doesn't have an ejection charge built into the motor.  Dual deployment™, hybrid or plugged motor configurations all need a way to eject the parachute.

I decided to team up with Dynacom and Kosdon for a TRA Level 3 attempt at this year's LDRS XVII Launch at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. I will be building one of Dynacom's new 76mm motor mount-equipped Scorpions and will power it with one of Kosdon East's 76mm M1130 motors.

When I lived in Dallas, I had the pleasure of hanging out with numerous individuals, some more dubious than others, but all of whom enjoyed a sincere love for the hobby of high power rocketry. My first opportunity to participate in a major event was at the Heart of Texas I launch in July of 1995. There I met two of the individuals pictured below.

This feature segment is on Paul Warren's Rocketry Photo Gallery. Paul is 30 years old, and works at AT&T. Paul works there as a Senior Software Engineer who is responsible for the layout, format and production of the AT&T residential long-distance bill.