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Hello all, have not posted in a while. Still read regularly. Im working a LPR rocket that cannot blow the nose cone for parachute recovery. I am looking for ideas for alternate parachute ejection. I also cannot do the conventional rear "pod" ejection. As of now I am designing a...

Hello group, HELP- BAR on life support I have a daughter in College. Who plays field hockey. I have a daughter in high school. Who plays field hockey, softball, choir, etc A son in middle school. 3 baseball teams I have a million house projects that need to be done. I went from building...

MORE BLACK FRIDAY FUN!!!! HOBBY LOBBY HAS A 40% OFF 1 ITEM AND FREE SHIPPING 0VER $25 INTERNET SPECIAL. CORNYL

Hi All, Pink book states: Here is my question. When it states "commercially available" does that mean the model kit is still being produced by a plastic model manufacturer or does it mean you can use a kit that is out of production or both? Thanks for your help! Cornyl

https://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2010/11/15/news/doc4ce1187539427152061587.txt This is a sad story about a very bright young man. I did not know him personally and TRF'ers are not motor mixers (makers) but we must be diligent in all of our rocket activities. My prayers are with his...

Hello genius rocket community, What manufacturer makes the lightest tubes. Preferably a bt-60. I guess I could buy every manufactures tubes and weigh them and I'd rather not roll my own for this project. Thanks for your help!!!!! Cornyl

Hi All, I really like Estes new website. I noticed they have utube clips of some of the rockets being prepped and launched but some of the flights are not very good. A saw one with a Big Bertha were the rocket does not fly straight at all? Another I saw is of this patriot were it looks like...

Does anybody have any sources for inexpensive walnut veneer for repairing some furniture i picked up. I looked on line and the prices vary widely. Size: 30inchX 48inch aprox. I would like some decent stuff from a quality vendor. Thanks, cornyl

Hi all, I was looking at the Naram 51 coverage in Sport Rocketry. There is a reference to models using "G10" fins in streamer recovery. I know this refers to the shape of the fin Is there a chart that references different fin shapes? :confused2: Thanks, CornyL

Happy 1 year Anniversary to the newer TRF!!!!!!!!!! Great job to everybody involved. I was really depressed when it went down last year. This site and the people on it make my day...... every day!!!!! :cheers: CornyL

And now for some more totally useless information........ We have the family Christmas party this year so my wife decided to ditch the window shades and we bought new blinds. Well it turns out that the the hollow cardboard rolls in the blinds are exactly and I mean exactly the same...

An appeal to the camera/data savvy, While on vacation my camera was in this split screen mode and I tried everything to make it display normally. I finally pressed the "reset to defaults" and the display returned to normal. Problem is that it erased the sd card in the process. I have...

If you could trade in one of your clunker or lemon rockets, you know the ones that would not and could not fly straight or fly at all, and after repairs they still would not fly. Which rocket would you trade in and which rocket would you like to get? TRADE IN :I think I would trade in my...

Hi All, Is it possible for a standard rocket ( 3 fins,tube,nosecone) to be stable and not pass the swing test? I'm working on some basic designs for PD and SD for Naram next week. I built a clone design from plans that is not stable at all according the swing test. Have you ever seen...

This has been alot of fun. Here we go. Championship Round (final round) (6) Estes Saturn V vs (2) Estes Interceptor Everybody votes!!!!!! Polls will be open till Friday.

Hi all, We are Flying to Pheonix, Then Grand Canyon for a few days then Bryce and Zion for a few days then to Las Vegas. Does anybody have any good advice on affordable nice places to stay near the Grand Canyon, and/or Bryce Zion area's. We are not campers but more the Hotel/motel /resort kind...

tHIS POLL IS CLOSED PLEASE DO NOT VOTE . THANKS CORNYL

Vote for your favorite. Winner moves on to round 2.

The brackets are complete for the Field of 64 Rocketry Mach Madness. The polling will start tomorrow. The selection comitee will be listing about 5 "rocketoff " matches a day. The polling time will last 24 hours only. Who will be the champ? Will there be an upset? Who Knows? If anybody sees...

OK had this idea . Like the NCAA field of 64. TRF rocketry march madness. TRF'ers summit a short list of your 3 favorite PRODUCED/Manufactured and sold rocket kits off all time. Top 64 kits make the field. I Will post chart and seedings. Then via the polling function we will have a few...