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I have a relative who works for Hobby Lobby.

The owner/president is either a cheap bastard or thinks managers can't make ordering decisions. The owner thinks that if employees are always running...

Ooooo... Laser engraving... That'll look much more professional.

Can anyone recommend a place to do laser engraving in the Houston, TX area? We just want to make it OBVIOUS who the computer...

The school district I work for bought about 120 laptops for students to check out and use at home. We're going to paint the lids with "Property of bla bla bla;" we expect this to be somewhat of a...

Here's the basics on how the RIM-8 Talos works. The solid rocket booster brings the rocket up to speed to engage the ramjet engine, then the booster drops off and the flight is sustained by the...

You don't post in the scale forums much, do you? :)

That just creates a cycle of "you can't have anything famous/important because you don't have enough famous/important stuff." Houston has 4 million people in the metro area and and about 70 million...

GIMP: GNU Image Manipulation Program

1. Open your picture
2. Menu-Layer-Transparency-Add Alpha Channel
3. Erase/delete all the colors you want to be transparent
4. Export as .png file
5. Print...

We decided not to go inside the gate and get closer, because there must have been about 1000 people in line, the sun was setting, we had our 2 month old baby with us and we hadn't had dinner yet. I...

We got there at about 7 pm. Strangely, I took us 20 minutes to get across I-45 (constructing an overpass at Dixie Farm Road which leads into Ellington Field), but only about another 10 minutes to...

Main assembly is complete. All I need to do is glue in the fore most ring to keep the laundry where it belongs and attach the parachute and swivel. Here's a picture of it painted, but I''m still...

Thanks! I totally forgot Testors had that.

My MIM-23B Hawk is in the latter stages of painting, it'll all be over soon. I just need some markings before the send off.

In regards to our known rocketry sticker/decal vendors:

Do vinyl or...

Filler then primer, wash, rinse and repeat. No pictures in that state, yet. Drilled holes and fitted 1010 rail buttons.

I'm waiting on a spray paint order. Sometimes I'm a bit of a color Nazi. ...

Probably already mentioned Space Truckin' by Deep Purple


http://www.youtube.com/embed/5LR2_t9dE0M

Sabbra Cadabra as covered by Metallica


http://www.youtube.com/embed/JNBIf7WVQyk

If I was picking one Van Halen song, it would be Eruption.


http://www.youtube.com/embed/OCwigPhpiXs

Stone Cold Crazy by Queen


http://www.youtube.com/embed/AnGaEk0rZdU

Ash: "Klattu Barada Nithmmmnkhph..."

Later...

Ash: Look, maybe I didn't say every single little tiny syllable, no, but basically I said 'em, yeah.

I know what I'm watching tonight. Maybe...

I tend to paint a little heavy, so I don't secure the nose cone until I'm done painting. Even on my first rocket, at about age 13, I thought painting a model with it's removable parts on was a...

"Don't blame me. I voted for Kodos."

From Marty and The Wild Bunch to Sponge Bob Square Pants and Basketball, I never disliked him in anything.

Estes AMRAAM on Estes A8-3 (not recommended)
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Estes Photon Disruptor on Estes C6-3
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Estes Viking on Estes A8-3, a little late on the camera trigger.
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Stock built Estes AMRAAM, at least 12 years old. I'm pretty sure all I used on it was Testors plastic cement (I don't need an adhesives lecture anymore).

The day's first flight (not the rocket's)...

Both would be nice. I think free form tabs could allow designers to more easily create fins onto transitions/tailcones, or allow points on free form fins to go below the y-axis.

Auto adjusting...

Free form fin tabs, please...

I don't see a way to hide components in OpenRocket. Am I missing something? It'd be nice to hide some things to better focus on components you're currently working on or easily see what their...

I removed one set of "wire guides"/fins, and I simply extended the ones on the transition to cover the length of the rocket body. This removed the "too many parallel fins" message, as there are no...

While I don't think I'll go terribly wrong if I go with my gut... but where and how far apart should I put rail buttons on a kit that comes with a launch lug? I'm using 1010 rail buttons and well...

I've modeled my nearly completed MIM-23B Hawk in OpenRocket with as much the external components as possible. I added the 2 "wire guides," by tricking OpenRocket into thinking they are very short...

I have mine in a large, Radioshack project box. I haven't used it in a while, but I need to add a keyed switch and double check some wiring. I don't have a continuity test circuit, because my...

Here's what I like.

A 12v 7A "alarm battery" and charger. You can launch rockets for days...

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Welcome!

Starting small and keeping flights relatively low is, certainly, the way to start, until you find a club or get permission to use someone's large piece of land. Good luck! The size of...