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I had wondered if that might work. Good to know it's been done.

Good idea. If I can make this weekend's launch I'll do that. Not sure if I can be there - maybe mid-day only.

Well this has certainly taken me longer than expected. Seem life gets in the way of rocket building - I'll have to fix that. I have managed to cut the four tube fins, lightly sand, fill a bunch of spirals and sand again. Oh, and I used my new dremel that my wife bought me to cut holes to fit...

Yep, house is on a hill. Three steps down from ground level into the basement. Nice light from the windows but it still stays cool in the Texas Summer. I'm very fortunate.

After he picked up his jaw from the floor he just laughed. We passed the inspection.

My house is a Bed and Breakfast. No, not an AirBnB - it's a real, old fashioned B&B with breakfast and daily maid service. As such we have to be licensed by the City and inspected each year. Recently, a local Fire Department official stopped by (unannounced, of course) for a fire safety...

Kintsugi (金継ぎ, きんつぎ, "golden joinery"), also known as Kintsukuroi (金繕い, きんつくろい, "golden repair"),[1] is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer dusted or mixed with...

Very cool kit. Nice addition of the F9 logo. I may add that to mine. I built one but added some 3d printed landing gear and first stage grid fins from Boyce Aerospace Hobbies. Just stick them on with some CA. Flew it first on an Estes D12 then later on an E9.

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I use the free version of MediaMonkey. I edit whatever details I want to see, rip to FLAC and store directly on my Synology DS213 NAS. My Sonos system is configured to read directly from the NAS so I can play music anywhere in the house. Put some thought into how you want to organize the files...

The 2nd launch of Nuclear Scream yesterday didn't go so well. Since my first launch on a D12-5 went just fine, I thought I would push the envelope a bit with an Aerotech E20-7W. RockSim projected 785 altitude with 275 ft/sec max velocity so double the previous launch. Nice fast liftoff but...

Don't know how I haven't seen all these replies until today. Thanks. The face was from an image I found online but the flames are completely freehand. My lack of true artistic skill kept them simple, which worked well I think. Pem Tech! Yes! I would be honored. BTW, my next build is your King...

Thanks for the tip. It was recommended on the Apogee site for this kit so I picked some up just to see what it was. Feeling spendy I guess. Thought I would research it here before applying it.

Though I'm still pretty green, I've decided to start my L1 Certification build. It's only my 3rd rocket build since re-finding rocketry earlier this year so I hope I'm not getting ahead of myself. I plan to take it slow and not attempt anything really outlandish. Should be able to do a few more...

HaHaHa! Great answers, all of them. Hopefully you all understood that I'm not seriously worried about the carbon impact. My friend was making a joke and I'm making one back to him. Neither of us actually thinks the carbon impact of rocket launches adds up to anything we need to be concerned...

Yeah, that's an oddball question, I know. I recently posted on FB about my latest kit purchase. Biggest I've done so far as it's for my L1 certification. (More on that in a separate post.) Anyway, old buddy of mine likes to give me a hard time about being kind of a "crunchy, granola, hippie...

Back again. After some trial and error I've learned a few things about finishing and painting. Thanks again to everyone for the helpful hints and support. My next build will go faster and perhaps better, but I'm pretty proud of this one. My first rocket build in almost 50 years and the only one...

I chose a Screamin' Green Meenie kit for my first rocket build in almost 50 years. As a kid I built several Estes models, that was all we knew about. Re-discovered the hobby and wow, it is different now. Bought the kit from Apogee, notice they spell "Meenie" with a double "e". Had some fun with...