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Some time ago I asked if anyone would be interested in a Fantasy Football league for Rocketeers. There was some interest, so I have created a 10 Team Private League on ESPN. It's a free league, no prizes so it's just for fun. Most importantly no cost! So... Who's in? Send me your email...

It's time to try something new. What do I need to get started with hybrids. I thought about starting with the RATTWORKS H70 29mm kit as a first step, but I realize I will need more than just the motor and reload kit to get things running. What do I need in the way of ground support...

Believe it or not, it's almost that time of the year again. Would anyone be interested in a Fantasy Football League where all the team owners are rocketeers?

I am trying to model a HAACK / Von Kármán nose cone using OpenSCAD and the formulas I find published here and on Wikipedia. Below is what I've come up with but the numbers I'm getting do not even come close to making sense. Where did I screw up? function pi()=3.14159265358979323846; module...

I've been an Open Rocket user up until now, but there are few things it does not do that I find I now need, so I decided to try RockSim. I find I need to simulate tubefins and a database that I can actually update would be nice. I downloaded the V9 trial and installed it. I then gathered...

It is my sad duty to inform you that recent budget cuts are forcing us to start laying off letters of the alphabet. We simply cannot afford to keep all 26 letters on staff. We are going to start by getting rid of non-essential letters whose work can be taken over by other letters...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—In the wake of the deadly bombing attacks in Boston, U.S. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) today announced that he will reintroduce legislation he has proposed in a prior Congress to require that sales of explosive powder be subject to a background check. He will also file...

I picked up a can of "ACE Epoxy Paint" at my local hardware store and decided to give it a try. Has anyone else used this or any other Epoxy Paint? I got the first coat on and it looks amazing, however I will need an additional coat to get proper coverage. I'm now reading that I need...

Has any one here experimented with or used Smokeless Powder instead of BP for ejection charges? As a Re-Loader I have several shelves full of various types of Smokeless Powder, and it seems to me that if the differences between SP and BP can be compensated for, it should actually be superior to...