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Unfortunately, the time has come. I don’t have time for rocketry anymore, and I’m finally moving out of the parents house. They have asked me to clean out my workshop. I’m keeping a few sentimental pieces, but a bunch of other stuff is going. Rules: > All reasonable offers accepted. Dont be...

Yes! I'm alive. It's been over a year since I've smelt the sweet scent of AP. And I've decided that enough is enough... A certain long box has been sitting in my shop since November 2017... I realized it's looking extremely lonely. So I decided to open it up.... any guesses what I have here?

Hey all, I was digging through some emails and found a notification from TRF and figured I might as well hop back on here some. I know it's been a while since I've been on here, life and school has gotten in the way of rockets. After my L3 attempt at LDRS in Maryland, rockets kinda started...

Well, typical me, I procrastinated till the last second for our floor's Halloween party. So what does a computer nerd do? I'm only a little bit sorry.

Hey all, I'll be heading down to the Childersburg launch on November 18th with UAH, and was wondering if anyone had a Loki 38-740 case I could borrow (standard EULA, if I blow it up or lose it I'll pay for it). Planning on sending my 3" Darkstar for a nice little ride. Hope to see some of...

I know what you're all thinking. "What? BB using a mac?" Yeah, no. Friend of mine is toying with Openrocket, and they're getting a RuntimeException when they try to start OR. When they click on the file in Finder, or use java -jar OpenRocket 15.03, they get the splash screen, and then they get...

Hello all, As it says in title. I'd prefer to do local on the body tube, so pickup either in central NC or Huntsville AL. My vendor only has 30" body tubes. I'd prefer the EF to have the RP-SMA connector, but I'm flexible. All I need is the Tx. I can do Paypal, cash, or ETH. Thanks!

So, I'm home for the weekend on fall break. I decided to go ahead and power on my altimeters from my L3 flight, and see what altitude I actually got. Unfortunately, when I power on the altimeters, they just start beeping a constant tone at a constant frequency. Any ideas? It isn't a POST error...

Hello all, Still a bit new to the Linux field, so sorry for what probably is a stupid question. :) I downloaded OpenRocket, and according to the software manager, OpenRocket is installed. But I can't find it anywhere on my system. I'm on Linux Mint 18.1, Cinnamon desktop. Any ideas? Thanks!

Hello, As some of you know, I'm currently at UAH. Anyway, I'm in the rocketry club here, and our introductory challenge is creating a payload that gets lofted on a balloon to 700 feet and then release it. We're allowed to use any form of descent mechanism OTHER than a parachute/parasheet and...

Alrighty, given that I'm running off to Huntsville this fall to study Mechanical/Aerospace, my mom has declared I have taken over too much of the garage with my workshop and need to get rid of stuff. This will be added to as I collect more stuff that needs to be sold. Some stuff will be free...

Hello all, After losing Hyperion at LDRS, I need to replace the stuff I borrowed. I'd like to see if anyone has any of the components I need before I buy from a vendor. Needed: 1) Cert 3 Large chute (new or very good condition) 1) Loki 76-7600 case (new) 1) AMW 76 nozzle (used) 1) AMW...

Hello everyone, I'd like this thread to be an analysis of what went wrong. Speculation is fine, analysis based off of experience is better. There were 2 major failures on my L3 attempt. 1. Eggfinder Failure I had an Eggfinder Tx with the stock antenna on it. Method of prep for eggfinder...

Hello everyone, I would greatly appreciate any help I can get. On Saturday, April 8, at LDRS36 around 1245, I launched my Level 3 certification attempt: It is a lime green rocket, with a black nose cone and black fins. It is 8" diameter, and 13' tall. My name and number is on the tracker...

What size are the parking spaces at LDRS?

I ordered this from Amazon, but it got hung up in delivery and I ended up buying a can of it at a store because I needed it sooner. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007ZG9TO/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 I really don't feel like shipping it back, so I'll bring it to LDRS. I'm in J1 or K1...

Hey all, Trying to find a sheet of aluminum for a thrust plate. 8x8 is the min dimension i need, if you have something slightly bigger that will work as well. Let me know. Thanks!

I wrote this CP Calculator for a class I'm in. Can anyone give it a look and see if you can spot any problems? The numbers I'm getting are coming out similar but not identical to OpenRocket. With no transitions, I was within 3% of Openrocket. With 1 transition, I was 11% off. I'm curious if...

Some of you may remember Our Children's Future. This was a group project by Connor, Cody, David, and I, under the mentorship of Jim Scarpine. We went to fly it at LDRS 34. However, some dingus decided that the best place to ground test it would be loaded on the launch pad. OK, it was...

If anyone has a copy laying around they're looking to get rid of, please PM me. :) Yes, this is fair warning to get in the bunker.