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I started watching last night, and got about halfway through. Never played the game, so really had no idea going into it, and wasn't fully into it til I picked back up this afternoon. Just finished. By the end of episode 5 or so, something clicked and I'm hooked. Pretty dang good, I'm looking...

1/8" tempered hardboard on top of two laminated sheets of 3/4" MDF is what I've always used (last 4 houses with workbenches I built). It's naturally smooth and flat, at least flat enough for building rockets, provides a smooth comfortable work surface, is cheap and can be easily replaceable. I...

Yep. Significant progress beyond FT2, congrats to the SpaceX team 👍

Flight clock is still ticking...

Appeared the booster fuel went to zero before the wheels came off...velocity higher than grid fin system designed to manage?

Years ago when I was in a building frenzy, I ordered a full sheet of plywood from Aircraft Spruce, expecting top quality. It was, except that it was just as warped as pieces I pass over when I hand pick locally. It dawned on me that full scale aircraft builders don't require the degree of...

Being an old moto guy, I've pondered this myself. I figure the chute is also having to support it's own weight, so I add it in. IMHO, YMMV,

Yep, that was my question when I first saw this photo. I'm no aerospace engineer and I don't have my A&P (or whatever they call it now), but I've been around airplanes for a while. I would expect to see nuts on the other end of those bolts, and I would like to think they'd be castellated and...

I resisted Friends, thought it was dumb for many years. My wife and girls have loved it since the beginning. Eventually, I have come over to their side. Resistance is futile 😉😄. But seriously, as much as I hated it at first, I have come to appreciate and love that show. Godspeed Matthew, you are...

I'm sorry to hear this. The stories I've read over the years and the history of HPR, I'm sorry I never got to meet him. RIP Jerry, condolences to family and friends.

Just an idea, maybe at least for the younger one or if time and attention-span are concerns. Years ago, when I returned to the hobby as a BAR, our youngest was still in the younger pre-teen years. I built up two Wizard kits, but before paint I got her involved in the project - one was hers and...

Jeez, check out this resolution! 😮

Hopefully this link will work, video of what is being speculated as HPU failure -

Impressive that the stack held together throughout the flipping until flight termination 😮

Yeah, for you younger guys who may not have seen it, his series "Connections" was, IMHO, one of the most creative and fascinating TV series I've ever seen.

For nose cones, I start off by masking the nose cone shoulder. I use an empty, small moving box as a holder - cut a hole in one side, just large enough for the nose cone shoulder to fit tightly into. I place the box on top of something that puts the nose cone at eye level. After a few nose...

Yep, the rocket rotisserie. Using a couple of stepladders (that you don't mind getting overspray on) and 2x4 blocks, you can get the steps at the same height. I've got several different diameter wood dowels, from Home Depot. I use the largest one that'll fit thru the motor tube, then stuff...

Hmmm. I use and love my RP. First thought that comes to mind, If both applications are from the same mixing batch, the bulkier application sets normally but the thinner one doesn't? Sounds like it might need more heat (for some reason, maybe more than you'd expect or is normal?). I'd probably...

Yeah, when I was getting back into rocketry a few years ago, it surprised me that lots of rattle can paint doesn't tell you what you need to know. I can't say with 100% certainty, but it appears to me that most, if not all, of the Rustoleum rattle cans I search through at Lowes or Home Depot for...

We live in the heart of NC, the area known as the Triangle. Duke Power did an unannounced shut down of our power yesterday morning for several hours. Other than a 4-year stint in SE Washington a couple years ago, we have lived in this area for over 40 years, and this is the first time I can...