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As a BAR I would have to say Semroc, followed closely by LOC.

But as a kid and as an early BAR it would be Estes, it is great they are Still getting it done since the 60s.

I will always love...

I did L1 because I wanted to fly sparky motors. Then I saw J and larger sparky motors were louder and more sparky than H and I sparkies, So I went for L2. L2 opens up so many more options, J, K and...

Testor's in a red tube? That is model glue, which works by softening the plastic ... So you can not remove it per se. You will probably be best served by sanding the area down.

When you said...

Mostly because it is fairly small and light for a High Power rocket. It is designed to fly well on F and G motors. It is probably the best Mid power rocket kit in history.

For a true "Level 1"...

I use Dog barf because it is so cheap. In my Larger HPR rockets I use Nomex Blankets. I never much cared for baffles. But, what ever you do, do not use fiberglass insulation.

Acetone will likely damage the plastic, and make it a worse gooey mess than you have now. That is nasty stuff! Rubber cement might just peel off of plastic, I have not used it on plastic, just...

Well the season has been wrapped up at Battle Park. It was a great event Saturday. It was pretty windy on sunday but still flyable. There were two M flights, one of which was a Level 3 cert, which...

The Leviathan is a great rocket... but for L1 .. It is really going to scoot with any kind of H motor. It turns in pretty impressive flights with F and G motors. But if you have a large field, low...

I had another commitment sunday but it looks like the flying was not so good. But missing out on seeing everyone is the worst part.

Great news. I was fearing another mudpocalypse! Now i do not have to finish two avbays in 4 days. :)

I will be there ... My work schedule changes next month and I may have a hard time getting to launches in the coming year so I am going to try to live it up as much as I can this time. I better get...

The issue I found with that is that since it is a cone, using an altimeter that requires ventholes is problematic. I am trying to recycle what I have, which in this case will be a Stratologger. How...

This rocket will be about 4 feet long, Dual Deploy so 2 20 footers? I ordered 50' from our generous benefactor, Fuddrucker.

So if everything else I ordered shows up in time The Optima38 will...

I was thinking I need a new 4" rocket, my poor Binder Design Excel is pretty trashed from hard landings and some mistakes I made during construction.

I relaized I have an Expediter that I do not...

It was mudpacalypse but there were some good flights, and Like Handeman said last week, any chance to fly rockets and hang around with the rest of the club is a good day.

I am building an optima clone, but this time it is 38mm, heavy card board tubing, ttw fins.

I have the fin/motor mount assembled and I realized since this is a 2.6" it would be hard to mount an...

Let me go water the money tree...

Hehehe all kidding aside i will be there but saturday looks like it will be windy. :(

Great ideas. It has a plastic bed liner so I will need to see what is underneath. Cargo net looks like a good solution for the short term.

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I have recently purchased a pickup truck, and I would like to use it to travel to launches. At the moment it has a cross bed tool box. I plan to get a tonneau later but as of now it is...

I have a LOC doorknob with the optional payload extension and av bay. With a cti j381 it only went to about 800'. No joke. the main was set for 600' ... it was the most underwhelming DD flight ever....

I could not agree more. The optima will finally get the power it needs. It is the best looking rocket Estes ever made.

I am a fan. Check out the recordings on archive.org if you have not already. The dead are unique since they allowed taping, almost their entire history is documented. I am a bit young as well, at...

Well it was another dreary day. We did fly a lot of Lpr all day and managed to stay under the clouds, and the celing kept creeping higher. Finally, after 3 pm, the skies magically cleared , so I...

Ground testing complete on the big nuke with shear pins. I almost had the nose cone come loose with friction fit last month.

I should also have my Semroc nike-tomahawk ready for some Low power...

Semroc offers a ranger kit. I lost mine on the first flight with 3 c6-7s :mad:
The Semroc Defender is also a fun one.

Uncle Mike's rocket shack and Sunward have a great selection of cluster...

You are quite welcome. Mid power is certainly the best bang for the buck in the hobby. You can have pretty impressive flights with good sized rockets for not much more than Low Power. If there is a...

The Mega Max needs an F at a minimum. Even with something like a G77 it only goes under 1000 feet. I have flown my Leviathan on F-52 and F-40, which are spectacular. The recommended engines start at...

What are looking for? Big MPR? HPR? If you want a good MPR try the Semrcoc SLS Brighton. the Mega Max and Leviathan are both great rockets.

I was going through my old Range box and I found the Hawkeye face card. I built a hawkeye as a kid during my first rocketry period but due to circumstances I never ended up flying it. I do not know...

That seems like over kill, The G Force is pretty light. What are you planning to do with this G Force? Go high power?

You could use one of the Estes motor retainers, and swap out the elastic shock...