HandsomeRob
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Ahoy!
As I sit here, waiting for glue to dry, listening to neighborhood fireworks going off, and finishing another cold adult beverage, I figured I've been lurking long enough and I might as well say hello!
Like so many people here, I flew rockets as a kid but, as life took hold, they kinda fell by the wayside. It's probably been close to 20 years since I've flown a rocket but sometime around the beginning of the year, they came across my radar again. Towards the end of May, I went to the Johnson Space Center down in Houston and that really lit a fire under me. I spent the last month researching everything I could on rocketry and 2 weeks ago, bit the bullet and bought an Estes Alpha 3 starter set. I can't believe how tiny that little rocket is! My interests really lie with mid and high power rockets and all the electronic gizmos and doodads that go with them. But, for starters, I want to build a few LPRs and hone my skills before getting the big toys. On Friday I picked up a Der Red Max and started working on it today. As I'm working on it, it looks like it potentially lends itself to some interesting modifications. I may pick up another one and slap a larger motor in there...
I hope to hit up the local club launch here in September and see what that's all about. Anyone else here from Austin?
I'm sure I'll ask a million more questions in the coming weeks, months, and years, but, for now: Howdy!
As I sit here, waiting for glue to dry, listening to neighborhood fireworks going off, and finishing another cold adult beverage, I figured I've been lurking long enough and I might as well say hello!
Like so many people here, I flew rockets as a kid but, as life took hold, they kinda fell by the wayside. It's probably been close to 20 years since I've flown a rocket but sometime around the beginning of the year, they came across my radar again. Towards the end of May, I went to the Johnson Space Center down in Houston and that really lit a fire under me. I spent the last month researching everything I could on rocketry and 2 weeks ago, bit the bullet and bought an Estes Alpha 3 starter set. I can't believe how tiny that little rocket is! My interests really lie with mid and high power rockets and all the electronic gizmos and doodads that go with them. But, for starters, I want to build a few LPRs and hone my skills before getting the big toys. On Friday I picked up a Der Red Max and started working on it today. As I'm working on it, it looks like it potentially lends itself to some interesting modifications. I may pick up another one and slap a larger motor in there...
I hope to hit up the local club launch here in September and see what that's all about. Anyone else here from Austin?
I'm sure I'll ask a million more questions in the coming weeks, months, and years, but, for now: Howdy!
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