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Thanks for all the tips! I'm sure that I'm going to gat a lot of practice with this. I'm addicted to building these little rockets! :D --Erik

Hi all...I've just discovered the joys of cardstock rocketry. Turns out that this is a great outlet for my need to build stuff without spending a ton of money on rocket kits. Anyway, I'm looking for a little advice on body tube rolling techniques. What I have been doing is to apply glue to...

Thanks to the acetone, I was able to get the fin ring separated. I used a paintbrush from my kid's watercolor set. It had nice long brushes that held the acetone. I dipped in and put it around the fin ring. The acetone wicked right in and after a minute or two, I was able to get the parts...

Uh yeah... I guess I missed that. :bang: Thanks for the advice. I did read the directions, but haste makes waste. I was so used to using white glue on all of my previous models. I dove right in on this one and tried to use the CA in a similar way as the white glue. That was really a mess...

I decided that the Initiator would be a good first mid-power rocket and the kit looks great. I started building (my first kit using CA glue). As I was putting the lower fin-lock ring in place, it slid way too low. It is only a quarter of an inch or so from the bottom of the motor tube, way...

Looking at the data on the Apogee site, I think it makes sense that we are talking about payload vs. no payload data. It's not clear in Rocksim but the data on the page at Apogee seems to make sense... Although it still does not explain the 'Q' designation. Thanks for the help! --Erik

Hi all! This is my first post here. i have been building rockets my whole life. My son is 7 and finally old enough to be interested, so I have gotten back into it. We are building some models now before making the leap to mid-power and hopefully a Level 1 certification in the next year or...