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Cash sponsors for that type of project are extremely rare. As far as I know, the only sponsors of the Black Brant 2 project were companies like Loki Research that donated their products or sold them at reduced cost. Straw type launch lugs work fine for small models, but they are draggy and not...

My degree helped Loki Research quite a bit. I wasn't shy about whoring it out, but I'm not pretentious and it was only good business. I'm retired now and don't use the Dr.

Derek could have named that rocket "Stalin's Organ" for the sound it made! There are many notable flights in my memory. Shortly after the demise of the Cow rocket, I received a call from some nut out in California who said he was building a scale model of a Black Brant II and could I make a...

The highest production I can remember was when we used up 2 tons of AP in one month, but that wasn't typical. About 60Kg a week was typical for hobby motors. Monday was for phone calls, collating orders, and whatever bullshit had collected in my inbox over the weekend. Tuesday was mixing day...

For several years the biggest revenue generator for Loki Research were propellant cartridges that we manufactured for use in the oil and gas industry. I teamed up with an oil tool company that manufactured a "High Energy Gas Fracturing Gun," a device holds a large propellant charge and is...

I'm proud to say that we never had any close calls at the Loki Research factory (that I know of, often the one that gets you gave no warning). A safety first policy and a healthy dose of fear kept us diligent. This wasn't just lip service either. I have books devoted to accidents in...

Argh! I never hated any rocket motors. My "knob motor" comment was an RMR troll post I made, and something I regretted for a long time. I was just bored one day and decided to "stir the RMR pot". I wrote that effects motors were stupid and low performance, thus not worthy of our time (or...

Hey Todd! Good to hear from you, it's been a long while. Thanks for the many questions to jog my memory. Each one of these will take a post or three to answer. Here we go... In general, I did not take "fliers." New Loki Research designs were always static tested extensively and by the time...

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Sorry for the pause, I was traveling last week. You guys joking about your wallets are missing the point. My wallet wasn't large. If it had been, rocketry might have remained a hobby for me and I never would have gone as far down this road as I did. It was the lack of funds that drove the...

Good used condition. Set includes 29-180 case, 29-240 case, one set Aerotech closures, one set US Rockets closures. $90 shipped.

Good used Condition. $35 shipped

I have several old motors for sale. They might work, but all are at least 15 years old and I don't recommend using them. They are being sold as collectable/curios. 29mm Syner Jet reloadable motor with 3-reloads. All in original bags. Estes Dark Star F62-4 composite single use motor...

It was sometime in 2003 that Loki Research became involved with the JAMSTAR project. Engineering students at the Florida Institute of Technology designed a boosted dart rocket and Darren Wright and I made a 152mm P motor for them. The rocket launched from a tomato field in Florida City, FL...

Getting that letter from Frank was the rocket equivalent of Steve Martin getting his name in the phone book. Now I am somebody!

Frank continued to call me "Dr. Plagiarist" every time he saw me, which was once a year at BALLS. I'm not sure he personally cared that much, but he always had a crowd of fan-boys around at BALLS egging him on. The weird part is I liked Frank and felt like I knew him pretty well because I...

I posted the picture of the scrap burn to give an impression of what happened at the AeroTech plant in Las Vegas in 2001 when a barrel of propellant scraps was accidentally ignited inside their building. The resulting explosion blew the doors off the building and injured several people, one of...

Hi Terry- Good to know you are out there! Annoy away! You've earned it. -Jeff