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It's been a long time since I posted a build, and I was just looking at the L1000 project and decided that in that same spirit, I would post this little gem. I had a 2.6" FG nose cone left over from a FG Mad Cow Arcas that crashed a few years ago. I also had a 2.6" plastic nose cone left over...

THis is intended NOT to be a build thread. Many of us have ordered and are now receiving our Saturn V's for the 7/20 launch. Some of us have started, including me. Why don't we share experiences and ideas so that we can make our builds go smoother and avoid potential disasters. Here are some...

It's not too early to start planning for NYPower again. Last year we hosted NSL and over 300 fliers showed up. We may not get that many this year but we should still have a strong draw from the Carolinas to Ontario and from Maine to Michigan. 1 square mile of mowed grass field, Farmers'...

I am suffering from a bout of severe cerebral flatulence. I have downloaded new motor files off Thrust Curve. Someone please detail step by step instructions as to how to add them into the default motor files of each of these programs. Both instruction manuals are very poor at describing the...

Back in August 2017 our club MARS, fresh off making some capital improvements on our equipment, decided to pursue the 2018 National Sport Launch. It was both the 60th anniversaries of NAR and of Estes Rockets, so I out my 100,000 ft. effort on hold to build something big for the event. Knowing...

I have an Adept 22 that has been functioning normally. All of a sudden, the apogee charge has fired with the rocket on the pad. I had it set for the main charge to fire 6 seconds after the apogee when it happened. I removed the jumpers and now when I turn it on, with no circuits complete for...

Flew my Aerotech Initiator on an Aerotech H182 Redline. This is the onboard video. From Spitting the Igniter and "ringing the bell" at the beginning to "Space-Exing" The landing at the end, this was an awesome flight. Make sure you watch it all the way through. The landing is unreal. onBUjgz2O1Q

Very proud to repost this announcement from the NAR... For those of you who have flown in Geneseo, NY, you know how great it is to have this event at this field. For those of you who haven't flown here...YOU GOTTA CHECK IT OUT! We are so proud to host the NSL, and are looking forward to...

Seems like there is no centralized list of launch sites including location, type of surface, and most importantly waiver information. I am trying to find the nearest location to me in Western NY that has a 40,000'+ waiver. I'm pretty sure I am not the only one who would benefit by having this...

It turns on and appears to be working, but I cannot tell if any charges are armed or not. No beeps. No chirps. No nothing. The only contact with Featherweight is an e-mail, and all attempts bave bounced back saying that the mailbox is full. I needed that thing for NYPower and now I look like I...

Version 15.03 has been out a long time and the motor library isn't up to date.

Come to Geneseo, NY for one of the only truly International annual rocketry events of the year...NYPower. Fliers from Canada and the US have been taking to this skies every year since the late 1990's in a historic airfield now known as the National Warplane Museum in Geneseo, NY (Home of...

If you are in the northeastern US or eastern Canada and you are bummed that NSL is on the other side of the continent this year, come to NYPower 21. Our event is within a 6-hour drive from several cities including Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Columbus...

About 2 years ago I built an Estes Plasma Probe for the heck of it because while I love to fly big rockets...I also love to fly little ones. And this one is just gorgeous. It flies exceptionally well on B6-4's and C6-5's. From the time I built it I had always wanted to upscale it. So when I...

In addition to my ongoing 100,000' project which is on hold until after a heavy workload subsides in mid November, I also wanted to have two other winter builds. The first is an upgrade to my Mega Der Red Max and the second is an upscaled Estes Plasma Probe. The Plasma Probe will be the...

I put together a video of my progression from flying mid power rockets to completing a level 3 certification five years later. Hope you enjoy it. Watch full screen in 1080p. 3FAkiWLSRqg

Many of you followed the thread of my Rocketry Warehouse Terminator as I went through the build and then successfully flew it to achieve my Level 3 certification. For many, this is a goal that allows them to fly big and glorious rockets with fantastic displays of airpower and recovery systems...

Maybe like this? This is Archonius IV. Victor in the Alpha Centauri War. It will fly at NYPower on an H53 Mellow Yellow.

I posted an HPR version of this on Facebook and a number of people asked for it in LPR, so here it is. No recovery system and you will need to do some serious nose cone fabrications;. Have fun with it

Spent about 2.5 hours today designing a rocket I would never fly, so I am offering up the Open Rocket files in hopes that someone will build this. This is the "Sprite" from the early 1980's video gam, Galaga. It is the 4-gun version that you had to earn by freeing another Sprite. This is a 12"...