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Is Pemberton Technologies still up and running? Their website's still up...great designs and good kits. The only reason I ask is that there hasn't been any changes to their website for years. I think that's the issue with hawk mountain, too; when the website never changes, you wonder if they're still operating*.

And I just found my old, square body-tubed/square noseconed low power rocket...I forget the name of the mfg. Owner was selling kits at big Bong launch c. 2010...really nice guy

And what is/was the deal with Edmonds? Balsa Machining was making all the kits for them...they're still up and running; Why would that relationship end...did Edmond get tired of not making kits?

**one of the most beautiful rockets I've ever seen close up & then fly was a flawlessly finished HM Jumanji @bong, again c. 2008-2011. And it was/is so dam expensive...it's my grail rocket, sorta.
 
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deandome said:
Is Pemberton Technologies still up and running? Their website's still up...great designs and good kits. The only reason I ask is that there hasn't been any changes to their website for years. I think that's the issue with hawk mountain, too; when the website never changes, you wonder if they're still operating*.
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AFAIK they are still operating. Try a PM to @Pem Tech and see if Layne, or a llama, responds...
 
deandome said:
And I just found my old, square body-tubed/square noseconed low power rocket...I forget the name of the mfg. Owner was selling kits at big Bong launch c. 2010...really nice guy
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I think you mean New Way? He’s still around. You can buy his kits through Erockets.
 
tsmith1315 said:
Did you purchase through the website?
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I had previously queried Alan via email about a hybridised Raptor and finally got around to ordering it earlier this year. I placed the order thru the website with the reminder about the upgrade. Took a while to get as he had to find bits to fill the order.

deandome said:
**one of the most beautiful rockets I've ever seen close up & then fly was a flawlessly finished HM Jumanji @bong, again c. 2008-2011. And it was/is so dam expensive...it's my grail rocket, sorta.
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A Jumanji has been my goto vehicle for some time now even though I had to completely rebuild the booster section after a cato in 2015. Flew my first 75mm motor in it in April this year. It is a really top notch craft. (See my sig!)
 
Well, it's not rockets specifically, but Wen Mac used to make great line control airplanes. A competitor to Cox back in the day.

Anybody know when they disappeared?
 
Cape Byron said:
AFAIK they are still operating. Try a PM to @Pem Tech and see if Layne, or a llama, responds...
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great if they they are! But vendors...please take note & throw a new message up on your homepage, and/or make other slight changes now & then, that tell us you still have a pulse. You never see these questions about Wildman/Madcow/MissileWorks/etc, cuz there's always something new and/or new notes from vendor on their website (usually homepage) to let us know they're still going strong.
 
OZRoc said:
I had previously queried Alan via email about a hybridised Raptor and finally got around to ordering it earlier this year. I placed the order thru the website with the reminder about the upgrade. Took a while to get as he had to find bits to fill the order.


A Jumanji has been my goto vehicle for some time now even though I had to completely rebuild the booster section after a cato in 2015. Flew my first 75mm motor in it in April this year. It is a really top notch craft. (See my sig!)
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When I was 16-17, I used my hard earned money from Six Flags to buy components from Hawk Mountain to build a 3" rocket. Those were amazing parts. A bit slower than most to deal with since I had to snail mail checks, but the parts were great. I lawn darted the motor section from 5k due to an early charge (I think) and it just came out of the ground with a core sample in it. Cleaned it out, replaced the harness, and we were off to the races. After ~15 years, I finally donated the rocket to a pretty cool glass blowing shop that loves to collect stuff to mount on the walls/hang from the ceilings. It now hangs from their ceiling :)

Now, Dynacom... that's one that I also wish I got into early on. But I was given a built Anaconda earlier this year with only one flight on it (circa 1998). I plan on re-doing the av bay and sending it up again soon.

Scotglas, anyone? Also acquired a built BBII with the "3D" fin can from an estate of a service member that was deployed. I guess he instructed his father to sell it all, or something to that extent. There was some cool stuff in that collection. I still don't know who it was to this day. I will say that his son (or nephew?) is deaf/hard of hearing so if anyone is on TRF that was near the Jefferson City, MO area... Rest easy knowing that I am keeping the BBII alive.
 
John Kemker said:
Tim was always giving rockets and motors to people, encouraging them to push the edge of the envelope just a bit further... 😁
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I remember Ross @ Magnum Rocketry. He was always at Muncie for the launches. First time I went he had a tarp over the cab of his truck, because a rocket went through the roof of the cab. I think that was May 1998.
 
I'm still confused on whether Polecat is back or not - I bought a few kits from Madcow after they acquired Polecat, but they seem to have just sold existing inventory without replenishing.

Not a kit provider, but I will add Attebery Performance Engineering (APE) to the list. I used a lot of his nose cone bays and am still bummed he closed up shop.
 
mrwalsh85 said:
After ~15 years, I finally donated the rocket to a pretty cool glass blowing shop that loves to collect stuff to mount on the walls/hang from the ceilings. It now hangs from their ceiling :)
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Glass blowing is fun, a local studio has classes for amateurs we did w/our kids. Makes me wonder about someone with the skills making a hand-blown, all-glass rocket? You can mold-on the fins, make integral glass loops for attaching cords, even create a forward thrust ring by putting a crimp in the bodytube where you need it. I say it can be done, and recovered safely. That person...for now...is NOT me, and if this idea goes any farther, I'll take it to another thread.

Has anyone done a blown glass rocket before? Maybe a coke-bottle nosecone?
 
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deandome said:
And I just found my old, square body-tubed/square noseconed low power rocket...I forget the name of the mfg. Owner was selling kits at big Bong launch c. 2010...really nice guy
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SecondRow said:
I think you mean New Way? He’s still around. You can buy his kits through Erockets.
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There was another company that had square rockets, Stellar Dimension. I don't believe they used square cardboard tubes but balsa pieces that built up into a square body. Two I have are Vector (built) and VR-T-GO (build pile).
 
ep29030 said:
I bought a kit from Layne at NARAM last fall.
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Yes, we exist and are back from the edge of oblivion. Times were bad, at one point we even considered selling out. However my heart wouldn't let me do such a thing. Try contacting us at [email protected], we've had troubles with our web service and @pembertontechnologies.com webmail. Yahoo is much more reliable.
As far as kits go, we haven't added anything new in ages, but I've about finished with the Destructions on a new Jewel for our stable. Here is a partial glimpse. THIS IS NOT AN ADVERTISEMENT!
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deandome said:
great if they they are! But vendors...please take note & throw a new message up on your homepage, and/or make other slight changes now & then, that tell us you still have a pulse. You never see these questions about Wildman/Madcow/MissileWorks/etc, cuz there's always something new and/or new notes from vendor on their website (usually homepage) to let us know they're still going strong.
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Will do.
 
Pem Tech said:
Yes, we exist and are back from the edge of oblivion. Times were bad, at one point we even considered selling out. However my heart wouldn't let me do such a thing. Try contacting us at [email protected], we've had troubles with our web service and @pembertontechnologies.com webmail. Yahoo is much more reliable.
As far as kits go, we haven't added anything new in ages, but I've about finished with the Destructions on a new Jewel for our stable. Here is a partial glimpse. THIS IS NOT AN ADVERTISEMENT!
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The King Kraken looks really cool. Are they in stock?
 

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