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I am looking at a 4” Black Brandt build and am trying to choose between the Composite Warehouse and the Madcow Rocketry versions. The specs look like the Composite Warehouse version is significantly heavier. Anyone have any thoughts on these two kits based on your experience?

Hi All, I am looking to install two Additive Aerospace Surface mounts for screw switch PCB's in a 7” long AV bay. The AV bay is canvass phenolic from MAC Performance Rocketry. Is CA glue adequate for adhering the mount on the inside or would a 5 minute epoxy be better? Also, does anyone have...

Any chance that anyone might have a Rocksim file for a 4" Polecat Aerospace Black Brandt? Thank you, Rich

Hi, I am building a space in a fiberglass Nike Smoke nosecone. I am placing a BRB 70cm GPS in it and I need that to add weight for stability. Any suggestions, for weighted material to epoxy into the cone? Part of that weighted material may surround part of the GPS unit and/or antenna and I do...

Hello, Our rocketry club, Eugene Rocketry(Oregon), will be hosting a rocket building party on January 13, 2013 that would be open to the public. We are planning on having new members and kids attend an indoor event where we work on building a model rocket...perhaps an Alpha kit. I would be...

Hello, I am looking for a RocSim file for a Polecat Aerospace 4" V2. I checked with Jack Garibaldi and he does not have one. Any help would be appreciated. Rich

Hi, I am building a Polecat Aerospace 4" V2 kit. It has a 54mm motor tube. The V2 boat tail is fiberglass with a smooth gel coat finish. The fins are plywood. Jack Garibaldi, from What's Up Hobbies, suggested that I consider doing a tip to tip lay up, of fiberglas cloth, of the fins if I plan...

I recently bought a Polecat Aerospace 4" V2 kit (54mm motor tube). I would prefer not to use the kit maker's suggested method of motor retention which consists of running steel wire through holes drilled in the inner edge of opposiing fins. Are there folks here in this forum who have built...

Hi, Does anyone out there have a Rocksim file for an Always Ready Rocketry Predator 10K rocket? Rich

OregonRocketry – September Sage Xtreme 2010 – Labor Day August 17th, 2010 | Author: Robert Krausert OregonRocketry is proud to announce something new. September Sage Xtreme 2010 is the first annual of a special 4 day event. You are correct, OregonRocketry is doing a 4 day event. The event is...

Hello, I am rebuilding a PML Io into a dual-deploy configuration. I am building an avionic bay using a four inch coupler. Obviously, room is tight. Does anyone have experience or pictures from a similar avionics bay project? I am using a G10 sled. Do you have any recommendations for what...

Hello, I am considering a purchase of a 4" Nike Smoke Kit. I was wondering if anyone had input on the pros and cons of the MadCow Rocketry kit vs. the PoleCat Aerospace kit? Are the plywood fins in the PoleCat kit(after glassig or coating with carboin fiber) going to be stronger that the G10...

Hi there, I came across this video of a Godly launch of a two-stage Mike/Nike Smoke Rocket adapted from a PoleCat Aerospace kit. See it here at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKsZi8ddDHw&playnext_from=TL&videos=MCkm9QTr9mI My questions are: What kind of coupling system is used to...

Hi All, I recently bought an AT Cheetah kit and I was considering making a few modifications and I'd like to see what experience some of you may have had in trying similar things, First, I've read that some folks are not happy with the mesh cooling baffle system and have opted to go without...

Hello, I was wondering if anyone out there has any experience with fitting a PerfectFlight MAWD Altimeter into a PML CPR 3000 2.1" electronic payload assembly? Are there many modifications needed to make this fit and work properly? Rich

Can anyone tell me if they know the location of the CP on a Cosmodrome Nike Smoke rocket? Rich

Hello, I am building a 1/4 PML Patriot. I plan on flying it at high desert areas of Oregon which is a rather hard surface. The kit came with a 48" nylon chute with a center spill hole. This will allow for a faster decent that may cause a problem on harder landing surfaces. I would...

Hello All, Does anyone have a decent picture that would show the paint scheme for an operational Patriot Missile? I understand that the tube is usually painted with a sand or army olive color. I've seen some stock photos on-line but they are not good quality and aren't helpful. Rich

Hello All, I would like to apply a light 5/8 glass weave cloth to a balsa nose cone of a Cosmodrome Nike Smoke using finishing epoxy. since most of my experience is with fiberglassing fins, I am new to doing this with a conical (a very pointy one at that !) surface. One thought I had was to...