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So, after a few years into high power the paint on my fleet of rockets has seen better times. The two that spent some months in trees have surely seen better days. I've been toying with the idea of stripping and doing a complete respray on them. Just wondering if anyone is superstitious about...

Well, despite my best efforts I managed to botch the tail cone on my 3" darkstar. I figured I might be getting some snap ring hardware, so I fitted the centering rings and MMT to what I thought was the proper length.... When I use the spacer ring supplied with the tail cone everything fits...

A few weeks ago both INDY and American LeMans Series racing came to Baltimore, and as per usual I got a pair of tickets and went down for the speed festivities with one of my buddies. The past two times the races have come to town all I've had to take away was a lighter wallet, and a case of...

So earlier this summer I was conscripted by our church to teach a weeks worth of Vacation Bible School to a group of 4th graders, and unfortunately I ended up missing LDRS, but fortunately I was able to teach a bunch of young-uns about the bible and such. Well, as it turns out the leaders of...

Since elmers ruined their fill and finish with a new and craptacular fomula I've been using bobdo spot putty to fill spirals, but since the colder weather is driving me inside (and I want to keep a brain cell or two) I had to find a better option. Forgetting the new f&f was quite different, I...

Burrito Bison Revenge It has all the makings of an epic timewaster: a wrasslin' buffalo, gummy bears, and an upgrade to light your shorts on fire! enjoy :grin:

What do you guys do for tracking smoke? I know some motors come with smoke grains that will emit smoke from apogee, but is there some other way? What I had in mind was making my own smoke (for lack of a better word) "bomb" that would light at apogee and smoke for a little while (15-30...

Ok, for some holiday or another I was outa ideas on what to get the madjre, I ended up hitting the LHS and picking up a Big Daddy, crossing my fingers that it would pass. Heck I even got a pack of C11's to go with it. Well, some time later we were at an MDRA launch and Madj got to talking...

No matter how I try to time it, cool weather for the past couple of days [check], breezy today [check], warm enough to paint [check], cant see any bugs flying around [check], right after I lay down a nice coat, no sooner does a bug land right on the fresh paint. :rant: It happens in the...

Is it acceptable to run a streamer in a mini Darkstar? A hefty G will send it up quite aways, and I get enough exercise running my own rockets down. Would a streamer work? and if so what kind and where to get it? Sam

I'm a build thread n00b, so here goes nothing :fly: At RG XI i managed to smash up my only 4" 54mm rocket, core sampled it twice DOH! Anyhoo, I was looking for a replacement for it. Looking for a Darkstar DD, Tim hinted that the Vindicator was going to be on sale and offered me a pre-order...

Had it on the phone, but decided it was time to share :D Top shelf: Estes Executioner, Candlelight special (scratch built 13mm 2 stage built by candlelight), U.S.S. New Jersy, Old estes Renegade (the 2 stage kind), scratch double gnome (kinda), estes Space Racer, estes Comanche 3, estes...

I have a Performance Hobbies 1/4 patriot that is practically finished, 54mm MMT is in, fins are on and filleted, rail guides are attached, about 10 ft of tubular nylon shock cord is mounted to a forged eye bolt to the top CR, it even has a base coat of white paint. The bulkhead, however has not...

Finally got around to taking some pictures of my KK. Unfortunately the color is impossible to get a good picture that will do it justice. I certified at Red Glare X on an CTI I180 skidmark with 'er. Graphic is from Stickershock. It also sports Stickershock's Rocket Protectors inside the one tube...

My KK is almost done and I am building an adjustable nose weight system into the nosecone so that I don't fly more weight than I need to. My only issue is that I've looked around the almighty interwebs and was unable to figure it out. Where the heck is the CP on this rocket???? I can't wait to...