GonMD
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Hey everyone!
The past week I have been eating, drinking and sleeping everything rocketry based. I've learned so much about homemade motors, hybrid motors, and recently I've been reading about toroidal aerospikes. Those seem awesome! So, a quick back story, when I was a kid, 8-10 years old, I built rockets. Information was not as easy to come by then, and I mostly learned through the library and trial and error. I had a big red rocket that flew on a D motor, and when I tried an E, I lost it. I also managed to build and fly my own custom smaller rockets based entirely on balsa wood and cardboard tubes and B motors. Well that was awhile ago, but I got the bug and bought a model rocket after work last Friday, painted and assembled it on Saturday, and flew it 3 times on Sunday at my buddies ranch.
I bought a Quest brand Seeker rocket from HobbyTown USA for ~$38 which included a launch pad, and three motors [A6-4,B6-4,C6-3]. I haven't touched a model rocket since I was small child [only 27 now] but it feels like forever ago. If I thought I had the itch coming back just reading as much as I could about the hobby, this launch sealed the deal. I'm now reading on how to make a custom rocket that I hope will carry an electronics payload to 5k-7k feet and return everything safely and reliably. I am very excited to find some new friends here and learn as much as I can, as quickly as I can. I am a Hardware Engineer by day in Biometric Security, but I have aspirations of building my own launch vehicles. Hope you enjoy!
Eric
San Antonio, TX
[video=youtube;yOXwJcvK8QE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOXwJcvK8QE[/video]
The past week I have been eating, drinking and sleeping everything rocketry based. I've learned so much about homemade motors, hybrid motors, and recently I've been reading about toroidal aerospikes. Those seem awesome! So, a quick back story, when I was a kid, 8-10 years old, I built rockets. Information was not as easy to come by then, and I mostly learned through the library and trial and error. I had a big red rocket that flew on a D motor, and when I tried an E, I lost it. I also managed to build and fly my own custom smaller rockets based entirely on balsa wood and cardboard tubes and B motors. Well that was awhile ago, but I got the bug and bought a model rocket after work last Friday, painted and assembled it on Saturday, and flew it 3 times on Sunday at my buddies ranch.
I bought a Quest brand Seeker rocket from HobbyTown USA for ~$38 which included a launch pad, and three motors [A6-4,B6-4,C6-3]. I haven't touched a model rocket since I was small child [only 27 now] but it feels like forever ago. If I thought I had the itch coming back just reading as much as I could about the hobby, this launch sealed the deal. I'm now reading on how to make a custom rocket that I hope will carry an electronics payload to 5k-7k feet and return everything safely and reliably. I am very excited to find some new friends here and learn as much as I can, as quickly as I can. I am a Hardware Engineer by day in Biometric Security, but I have aspirations of building my own launch vehicles. Hope you enjoy!
Eric
San Antonio, TX
[video=youtube;yOXwJcvK8QE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOXwJcvK8QE[/video]
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