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I was recently in the local HobbyTown and all rocket kits and supplies are 50% off. I was talking with one of the sales guys and asked if they were closing out the rocket kits and supplies and he said yes, but it wasn't their choice. According to him it was due to the conditions Estes was...

Purchased these two Rocketarium kits at the recent club launch and have been trying to locate any information about when they were produced. I did find a build thread on here for the Sandhawk from 2012, but nothing for the Aster. Both are single stage with 24mm motor mounts. I haven't opened the...

Fun and easy kit to build. This is the third Rocketarium kit I've built and I'm looking forward to building more.

Found this kit in a LHS. After starting on it, read on the forum where Starlight is back in business. Fun kit to build and looking forward to launching it this summer.

Fun build but fins/wings required a lot of sanding to get the different sections all the same thickness. Hoping to fly this spring.

Built over the winter but not flown yet. Really have to plan out the painting before building.

I'm slowly working on a Semroc Orion kit, and have ran into a situation I'm not sure how to correct. There are two wraps in this kit, and both seem to have issues with the embossing being very faint in some areas. Is there a way to improve the embossing on the wraps without damaging them? I...

Built this a few years ago, and has been flown once on a C6-5 (good flight). I really like the looks of this rocket.

I wanted a rotary tool for awhile, but as I was planning on only using it for light duty jobs, didn't want to pay for a Dremel or similar tool. I was a diesel mechanic for years and know that sometimes your foolish to not get the best tool you need, but this wasn't one of those times. I've been...

Anybody else tried using heat shrink tubing on Kevlar to try and reduce/eliminate zippering? I've put it on most of my rockets (all LPR) and have not had one zipper yet , but I've not flown any one rocket more than a couple times so I'm not sure that is a big enough sample group. I also use it...

Recently bought the set of 3 NCR fin taper guides, and have used them on two sets of fins so far. Here is my review of them so far-- Pros--(1) Give a nice, uniform rounded or tapered edge on 1/32" thru 1/8" thick material (2) Were sturdier and more well built than I thought they...

A few months ago, I received an Amazon gift card. I ordered a Lance Delta and a Super Big Bertha and received 2 tracking numbers. After a few days ,received the Lance Delta, but no Bertha. Checked with the PO and checked the tracking numbers online, but both said everything had been delivered...

I am working on a small diameter 6 fin rocket, and have been trying to get on Payloadbay.com for about a week to printout a fin quide. I can get to the home page, but when I click on the "tools" section, it says " sorry, but the website is down". Anybody know if this is just a temporary issue?

Am I wrong to think the experts that predicted the Y2K crisis were pretty close, only 20 years to early?

Fun build. Painted with Testors "Color Shifting Purple Sunrise" paint.

Recently, my wife and I have been cleaning out old photos and documents. I had found a few photos I had taken at the Morton Thiokol location located outside Ogden, Ut. while on vacation. These were taken around 1994 if I remember correctly. I wish I had taken more, but these are the only 3 I...

Only flown once so far--on 2XC6-3. Est altitude approximately 800'.