I searched through the post concerning avatars i didn't see one to let people explain what their avatar is ,or where it came from, or why they use it.
Explain your avatar
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Mrs and her family are from Odesa, Ukraine. Mrs has been here in the states since becoming my wife in 2006. Her brother came over in 2018. Pappa came over Christmas of 21 to keep him out of harms way during petunias’s war. The cousin, his wife and 8 year old daughter are sponsored by us and arrived just over two weeks ago.
My flying the colors of Ukraine, just showing support for where my second home is. Hopefully one day soon we can all go back.
My flying the colors of Ukraine, just showing support for where my second home is. Hopefully one day soon we can all go back.
Mine is what I put on the rockets so I remember which way to rack them.
I wanted something humorous and iconic, hence the choice.
I wanted something humorous and iconic, hence the choice.
Mine is me and the first BIG rocket I built. My wife was impressed and took the picture.
Mine was sketched for another site by an artist friend of mine. He died so I started using it on the forums in his honor.
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My avatar is an OR sim of a scratch built, D powered rocket I designed for a 7th grade school project, mid 70's. Of course it crashed the moment it left the launch rod. 
One of these days I will build a stable, upscaled version of that rocket.
One of these days I will build a stable, upscaled version of that rocket.
Mine used to be an animated GIF, of the little dog (i guess.. what is it really?!?!) in a Zen meditation and floating (animated floating up & down..)
had it for-ever!! like, since I first joined!!
had it for-ever!! like, since I first joined!!
It comes after the letter "L," and before "N."
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A Person
Mine is a photo of my dad and I at MDRA many years ago (2008 or 2009).
It just a Soyuz pic I found on google, I loved the colors so I used it.
Ps the Soyuz is my favorite rocket.
Ps the Soyuz is my favorite rocket.
And which one is you?
loopy
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Mine is a liftoff pic of my first LOC Expediter on an I218R at NSL in Muncie back around 2008 or so. Shortly after this photo was taken, the rocket came in ballistic (no ejection) and made a sickening 'POP' sound as the upper body tube compressed and popped like a can of refrigerator biscuits. I bought another one the following year and still fly it fairly often, including for me L2 cert.
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Dare Mighty Things.
Inspired by the Perseverence rover chute and the message JPL coded in.
8', 36 x 3-piece gores, full bias cut construction, 5-bit binary in three rings. Don't ask how much it would cost for one, please...
Inspired by the Perseverence rover chute and the message JPL coded in.
8', 36 x 3-piece gores, full bias cut construction, 5-bit binary in three rings. Don't ask how much it would cost for one, please...
It’s a photo someone took of me at one of our club’s night launches
Quite logical.
Mine is whimsical. Yep. I like rockets - we all do. But the Ninja Bunny with a nuclear rocket is a photo I saw many years ago and I thought it was appropriate to stay away from being ultra-serious in this rocketry hobby.
Mine is me during our production run of the new AC-130J Gunships my team and I built for Air Force Special Operations Command. Not quite rocketry related but just as fun to put together and fly
My avatar honors the longest burning motor of 54 seconds and the highest total impulse that I tested. USCRPL designed their Traveler 3 & 4 motors with data from that motor. More data is available at the RCS store under
Bill Wood's Report on the "Moonburner" Grain Geometry
Bill Wood's Report on the "Moonburner" Grain Geometry
Estes Fat Boy I built from glass tubing and carbon fiber panel scrap that failed QA on Space Ship 2.
Wish I could have done a better job with the avatar picture.
Call it "Thanks, Sir Richard"
Wish I could have done a better job with the avatar picture.
Call it "Thanks, Sir Richard"
Woody's Workshop
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Mine is a pic of the entry to my wood shop I had once that was my life at the time, and hopefully to supply additional funds for retirement.
Unfortunately, I put trust into someone I was very close to, to make payments. And that didn't happen and I ended up loosing my home and shop after depleting my retirement fund to try and save the home and shop.
I now face a new challenge. Posted under my Update Post.
Unfortunately, I put trust into someone I was very close to, to make payments. And that didn't happen and I ended up loosing my home and shop after depleting my retirement fund to try and save the home and shop.
I now face a new challenge. Posted under my Update Post.
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Mine is of a seagull eating a starfish. I use it on several internet accounts, with the loose message of “I’m having trouble swallowing something.”
Mine is a close up of my favourite WW2 fighter, a P51-D, this one being on display at the RAF Museum, Hendon, North London, UK.
I'd taken my youngest and his friends on an 8th birthday party trip there in 2011, and they loved it (as did I).
Here's the full picture, with some old geezers in the way!
I'd taken my youngest and his friends on an 8th birthday party trip there in 2011, and they loved it (as did I).
Here's the full picture, with some old geezers in the way!
goose_in_co
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Just a good launch picture, with a blue sky
Just me as a BAR getting ready to launch my Odd'l Breakaway, on my old Estes launch pad from the 1970s.
gburke568
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Mine is my scratch built Sandia Sandhawk flying at NSL '99 on an E-30. It's still part of my small fleet.
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Mine is an homage to my first screen identity on CompuServe. My original media moniker was "pyrat", a contortion of 'pyrotechnic ratios' from my love of chemistry and fireworks. Unfortunately, it attracted folks thinking I scammed software. I got so burnt out I was leaving the forums but Darrel Mobley convinced me to try this place. When GMAIL was first born on Google I logged on as "Fyrwrxz" and have been that since. The avatar was created via the game Plants vs. Zombies and imported here just for grins and a nod to my online roots. Straight smoke and good chutes. Peace
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Mine was from 2015 when I tried pipe cleaner art for the first time to create a Wile E Coyote for a Fliskits Acme Spitfire (that I customized as a break-apart recovery version). I really liked his expression! 
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beeblebrox
8 C6-0, 12 D11-9, 20 D20-0, 20 E5-0, 3 Cinerocs
My Avatar is The Slobovian Avenger, My Black Powder Total Impulse Record Rocket from LDRS 2 (Full J Power) 60 Motors and it had Three Cinerocs on pods, Two stayed with the rocket and the third was designed to fall off and parachute down separately, didn't want to have to chase four objects for recovery. Ignition was with 1/4lb Black powder, flash in the pan AKA the Davis Douche method...
I wish that the modern electronics were available then... Ejection happened way too early, the E5 motors were still burning at ejection. Films are cool though.
I wish that the modern electronics were available then... Ejection happened way too early, the E5 motors were still burning at ejection. Films are cool though.
Pre-launch pic of my L1 flight. Heavily modified Leviathan clone. Brothers, OR - in the middle of the Eastern Oregon desert.
Hans.
Hans.
