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Fooling around with my new ham radio, it supports ATV, amateur TV. Weirdly for 2024, it wants to send and receive NTSC (or PAL). Racking my brain, all my NTSC stuff is long gone... Finally I realized, waaaay back in storage, on the top shelf... The BoosterVision setup that Art @k8xg sold me...

hey folks, any interest in a classic DG&A Armageddon kit? Armageddon is a 4" diameter 72"? long, 54mm MMT. Heavy cardboard airframe, pre marked slots and glue locations, excellent quality plywood fins and decorations (MMT strakes). recent excavated from my storage, complete kit including...

just got word, Mike Gentile passed yesterday. He had several ailments in recent years, but he's at peace now. Mike started Bay Area Rocketry after he retired from a successful career in construction management. BAR serviced many west coast launches. so, many people knew him and did...

RIP Frank Borman, aged 95. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/09/science/space/frank-borman-dead.html

Probably due to climate change and Earth's shifting magnetic field, my worst fears of Pumpkin Spice invasion are coming true! I've thought for years that the infestation has started earlier and earlier in the year. Now we have data to prove it! We're just a few short steps away from year...

I don't want to interfere with the folks grasping at straws in the "hydrogen as fuel" thread so I'll cause damage with a new thread. here's a great overview article https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/07/hydrogen-clean-fuel-climate-crisis-explainer of the actual reality of H2...

Article about first (publically acknowledged) test of new AGM-183 hypersonic missile https://www.space.com/us-air-force-launches-first-hypersonic-missile (sorry for not posting a thumbnail, having trouble with file extension using my phone, 21st century rrrgh.) This looks very conventional...

Last night we went to see the new movie "Good Night, Oppy". It's about the experience of Spirit (a little) and Opportunity (mostly), MER-A and MER-B, 6 wheeled rovers on Mars. This is a very touching portrait of the rovers, yes anthropomorphized, could be corny, but it's OK because after 17...

hey folks, in the September 2022 NAR Electronic Rocketeer newsletter, safety section, Steve Lubliner suggests ematches and ignitors can be set off by shock, static electricity, and induced currents from large EMI fields. I don't think that is true in any situation. Never heard of any such...

Hey folks, where do you buy quality plywood? By quality, I mean 5 ply, "aircraft" rated. All I can find locally is 3 ply, looks like thin birch veneer over thicker basswood? Several brands, all say "not for aircraft use". The "not for aircraft" stuff has interior checks, splits, and voids...

hey folks, I know you've heard this already about Aerotech and all our TRF vendors - but here goes: THANKS a bunch Aerotech for excellent warantee service!! A few launches ago I had a bad day with a couple mysterious motor issues. Talked with Mark H on the phone and got all the bits...

a while ago, someone made a chicken rocket out of an Estes Shuttle Express nose cone, and some BT55 and a bag of feathers. it was hilarious and I want to try something like it. but I can't find that thread. (TRF search just doesn't work for me.) HELP!!! please! anyone?! thanks!

hey folks, here's a link to the LUNAR April Fools' edition of the newsletter. enjoy!! and, go play a trick on someone :) https://www.lunar.org/docs/LUNARclips/v14/v14n2/index.shtml (download the single file, it's about 1.2 MB and easier than getting each page)

hey folks, I have one BT-60 nose cone slash nozzle assembly from the boosters on an Estes Titan IIIE. I always intended to try to copy it and use it for lots of projects - I think it's really cool. unfortunately now I've learned that Moldin' Oldies is taking a 6 month break. is there an...

I'm surprised noone posted this yet... Today, July 20, is the anniversary of the first manned moon landing, Apollo 11 in 1969. The plaque on the descent section of the lunar module reads: Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the moon July 1969 We came in peace for all...

hey, has anyone ever flown a model of the X-3? https://users.dbscorp.net/jmustain/x3.htm I bought a 1/48 plastic model of the X-3, and I'd like to do a PMC of it. any advice about trimming the model to get it to boost straight? any advice about PMC in general? this is just for fun...

hey folks, yesterday we launched a few hundred Quest A6-4s and B6-4s. One of the A6-4 motors lit OK and launched the rocket, but the rocket crashed because of no ejection... not too unusual but, the clay on top of the motor is intact so it seems the ejection never fired! anyone ever heard...

hey TRF, I am surprised no one has posted anything about the new Estes midpower SS1 kit (#2196). (or, maybe it's just that I am operationally impaired with the TRF-search thingy.) I got one a few weeks ago and started building it today. The body (fuselage), wings, booms, winglets, and...

OK, I broke my rule about never venturing in to "America's Garbage Sale" and checked out EBay - wowie! found one of the old kits I've wanted for a while, at a great price ($5.99!!!). oh boy, what to do? Bid of course, so first I have to establish an account and all that. not difficult, OK...