Hello from Wisconsin!

[Airship]

Hello! I'm currently a freshman in aerospace engineering, and have been doing model rocketry since covid!
Right now I'm working on learning the fundamentals of custom building model rockets and hope to set up a workshop in my basement with the apogee box fan wind tunnel and some other materials!
Right now, I've learned where CP and CM should be relative to each other and i've flown and built estes kits, but besides that i'm brand new, so any beginner tips you might have would be very appreciated!
The rocket i'm currently finishing is the estes great goblin! Its gonna fly an F class motor when i'm back home to finish the recovery system and will be my most powerful rocket launched yet.
Looking forward to hearing/meeting yall!

 

[jqavins]

[A]ny beginner tips you might have would be very appreciated!

1. Join the National Association of Rocketry (NAR) and/or Tripoli Rocketry Association (TRA).
2. Find and join your local chapter (NAR) or prefecture (TRA). Your chosen association's web site has lists of them.
3. Install and use a design and simulation program. The major two are Open Rocket (OR) and Rocksim (RS). They are similar, and OR has the definite advantage of being free.
4. Joint TRF. (Task complete.)
5. Read, design, build, and fly. A lot, and in no particular order (assuming you have multiple rockets to fly while designing and building another).

Have fun. Remember, if you're not having fun, you're doing it wrong.

 

[Chad Holm]

I would take some time to read a bunch of the build posts that have been done on here. You can learn a lot form the members on how to design and build. Also you can learn a lot form the L3 builds that members have submitted.
https://www.rocketryforum.com/threa...-links-no-third-party-comments-please.137458/

 

[Ronz Rocketz]

Give a man a rocket and he'll have fun for a day. Teach him how to build a rocket, and he'll be poor for a lifetime.

 

[Hobie1dog]

to the forum

 

[Airship]

I would take some time to read a bunch of the build posts that have been done on here. You can learn a lot form the members on how to design and build. Also you can learn a lot form the L3 builds that members have submitted.
https://www.rocketryforum.com/threa...-links-no-third-party-comments-please.137458/

Cool, thank you!

 

[Airship]

1. Join the National Association of Rocketry (NAR) and/or Tripoli Rocketry Association (TRA).
2. Find and join your local chapter (NAR) or prefecture (TRA). Your chosen association's web site has lists of them.
3. Install and use a design and simulation program. The major two are Open Rocket (OR) and Rocksim (RS). They are similar, and OR has the definite advantage of being free.
4. Joint TRF. (Task complete.)
5. Read, design, build, and fly. A lot, and in no particular order (assuming you have multiple rockets to fly while designing and building another).

Have fun. Remember, if you're not having fun, you're doing it wrong.

Thanks for the reccomendation! I heard of rocksim through apogee but its great to hear that theres a free version with similar software out there.

 

[rfjustin]

Hello! I'm currently a freshman in aerospace engineering, and have been doing model rocketry since covid!
Right now I'm working on learning the fundamentals of custom building model rockets and hope to set up a workshop in my basement with the apogee box fan wind tunnel and some other materials!
Right now, I've learned where CP and CM should be relative to each other and i've flown and built estes kits, but besides that i'm brand new, so any beginner tips you might have would be very appreciated!
The rocket i'm currently finishing is the estes great goblin! Its gonna fly an F class motor when i'm back home to finish the recovery system and will be my most powerful rocket launched yet.
Looking forward to hearing/meeting yall!

Where are you located in WI and where do you plan to fly? There are options...
https://www.tripoliwisconsin.org/

 

[Airship]

Where are you located in WI and where do you plan to fly? There are options...
https://www.tripoliwisconsin.org/

Oh sick, looks like the richard bong is only a 30 minute drive from me! I've been flying at a pretty big public park close to my house after getting permission. Anywhere where it doesn't get caught in a tree almost right away is a win for me lol.

 

[Old School Doug]

Also launching at Bong is the WOOSH NAR chapter. Between us and the Tripoli folks you can plan on at least 2 weekends a month where there are active club launches happening at Bong from March through September. Our schedule for 2025 should be posted sometime after Jan 1.
https://www.wooshrocketry.org/

 

[Airship]

Also launching at Bong is the WOOSH NAR chapter. Between us and the Tripoli folks you can plan on at least 2 weekends a month where there are active club launches happening at Bong from March through September. Our schedule for 2025 should be posted sometime after Jan 1.
https://www.wooshrocketry.org/

Sounds good, thank you!

 

[jabelche]

Welcome! It's exciting to see new members joining up.