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My mother passed away on Labor Day. Her health had been declining for some time, but it was still a shock when my father called with the news. She was 68 years old, and she lived and loved with every fiber of her being. It will take some time for me to recover from this. G.D. Oh, her Obit...

I'm very sad. The first apartment building I ever lived in is going to be demolished on Sunday, June 9. Linky, Linky Building 877 on Governor's Island, New York will fall to 250 pounds of explosives at just past 7:30am. My parents moved in there in 1971 and we lived there for two years...

My parents are getting up there in age, but they are still active and in full control of their faculties. They are both smart people, so I have to wonder what happened with the birthday present I just got. Not to be ungrateful, I love the Red River Rocketry Predator they sent me directly from...

In honor of the 20th anniversary of the W3 project at CERN, the original website, on the original NeXT web server, is back online! Check it out here! Be patient, the web server is an old NeXT Cube running on a Motorola 68030 CPU..... :pc: G.D.

On my way home from yoga tonight, I passed a home with these leaning against the trash bin, ready for pickup at the curb. Mine! 8 3/4" in diameter, and 49" tall. The ends are a bit ragged, so I will need to shorten them a bit, but now what do I do with them? I know I will need to fabricate...

This begins my build thread for my L2 project. I plan to build a MadCow 4" AGM-33 Pike and certify at Red Glare in April on a CTI J394 green. I will be using an Adept22 for dual deploy, and an Aeropack retainer. The parts are here! G.D. Sent from my iPhone using Forum Runner

On the advice of my daughter ("That one is cool! Buy that rocket Daddy!") I have a 38mm Binder Design Stealth inbound, and I was wondering if anyone had some information that I can use for planning. Specifically, I'm looking for built weight with and without the av-bay, and if possible an...

So I'm finally getting around to building the Sea Wolf I got for Christmas last year, and I'm looking at this kit. Paper airframe and mmt, plywood centering rings and fins. Now, the kit instructions specify epoxy, but since good quality wood glue creates a bond stronger than the materials...

Please take a moment to pray for my wife and her family. Her mother passed away this morning, just hours after entering hospice care. She and I had a rocky relationship over the years. I wasn't good enough for her daughter, but I did provide her with the granddaughter she doted upon. Peace...

I got my first altimeter in May, the Adept22. I spent some time teaching myself the basics, using a Tupperware vacuum chamber and old Christmas lights in place of igniters. Everything seemed to work as expected, so I installed it in my Das Blitzkrieg. According to the documentation, the...

Apparently I was a very good boy this year, as SWMBO has approved, participated in the acquisition of, or outright bought me new toys from assorted Black Weekend sales. On Friday, from the Madcow Black Friday sale, she bought me a Madcow Sea Wolf, which I know nothing about as it is my...

The following is a cut and paste from an email I got this evening: Happy Thanksgiving! We hope you had a great day with your friends and family. From Friday to Saturday, November 25th thru November 27th, all items on the Quest website are on sale. Discounts are anywhere from 25% to...

Well, I bought one of Eric's Das Blitzzkrieg kits, and I'm very impress with the workmanship. All the pieces parts were beautifully machined and the fit was outstanding. I built it rather rapidly, and then spent some time teaching myself to make my own igniters. Once I was confident of the...

I have my Das Blitzzkrieg nearly complete, just need to build the av-bay, and I realized I had no idea how I'm going to ground test this thing, as it is my first dual-deploy rocket. I have an Adept22, and a pile of homemade igniters, and some centrifuge tubes to use as charge canisters. I...

I launched my first keychain camera today at the NOVAAR sport launch. There was a bit of hang up with the recovery, so the flight ended fairly quickly. eSGUouq0l7g I'll have better luck next month, I think. G.D.

It's been said here before, but I got my first taste of Semroc Shipping and I'm stumped. I placed an order for my first Semroc kit, the SLS Laser-X, on Friday at about 6:45 PM. I chose to spend an additional .40 to upgrade from parcel post to Priority Mail, since the local USPS personnel seem...

I stand here today as a testament to the Wildman Oath (at least the part that says I will stuff the biggest motor I can find up the pipe) I found a CTI 4-grain 29mm H170BS in the onsite vendors stash, and I thought, "hmmmm 24oz unloaded rocket plus H170BS equals either cool or really cool!"...

She puts up with my messy workshop, the collection of rockets that is constantly expanding, and my tendency to disappear from boring or awkward social situations - only to be found later happily cleaning wood glue off of my fingers in the utility room. Tonight, she knowingly and in full...

I just returned from Red Glare X, and I stopped by the Loki tables and got the most wonderful news! Loki motor production will continue! Once the production works have been moved to the new owners location, reloads will again be manufactured, and the Loki brand will live on. Oh Happy Day...

Once I finish the Starblazer X-20 upscale, the next rocket to be built will be the Torellian Invader upscale. I was looking over the kit and (lack of) instructions, and I noticed that the nosecone from K&S does not have the "blisters" that the original Estes kit has. Does anyone have any...