Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Jan 25, 2012, 9:35 am
Sunward announce the availability of 29mm motor mount to 38mm body tube mounting kits. These kits can be used to construct 29-38 mm motor mount adapters or as 29 mm motor mounts for 38 mm body tubes. Included in each kit are 2, 3, or 4 Laser Cut 1/8 Birch Plywood Mounting rings (depending on ...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Jan 3, 2012, 8:00 pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California USA — ShadowAero is extremely pleased to announce in-stock availability of the FATBOY and ULTRA FATBOY! These two iconic designs were originally produced by Public Enemy Rockets, and became known for their rugged, extremely simple construction, and the ability to prov...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Nov 29, 2011, 8:00 pm
EUGENE, Oregon USA — Leading Edge Rocketry is thrilled to announce the release of ParaLite—a nighttime tracking recovery aid that is guaranteed to change the night skies...forever. The heart of the ParaLite is an onboard microcontroller that monitors a 3 axis accelerometer and provides the stro...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Nov 20, 2011, 8:11 am
WINDSOR, Colorado USA — 3 Dogs Rocketry, LLC of Windsor Colorado is pleased to announce the release of their latest innovation, a lightweight, aluminum anchor designed for smaller (24mm-38mm) projects. The anchor is essentially a tiny eye nut with 8-32 threading that doubles both as an anchor poin...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Nov 7, 2011, 4:35 pm
Getting a rocket to the edge of space can be a challenge. But when you put the launch pad at 95,000 feet, things get a lot easier. Such is the theory of JP Aerospace, a small research company based out of Rancho Cordova, California. On October 22, 2011, the company made the trek to Nevada's f...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Nov 7, 2011, 4:07 pm
As the last mission of Shuttle Atlantis was coming to a close, a small hatch in the cargo bay opened and deployed the PSSC-2 spacecraft. PSSC-2 (PicoSatellite Solar Cell testbed 2) is a technology demonstration spacecraft built by the Aerospace Corporation for the US Air Force. The spacecraft...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Aug 31, 2011, 7:09 pm
BoosterVision will be making available their new GearCam HD Real Modular Digital Video Recording Camera at LDRS 30. The GearCam HD DVR-RM is a new high definition mobile video device able to capture exciting video and audio that you can view the on your computer in HD and even your HDMI DVD/BluRa...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Aug 27, 2011, 8:19 am
EL CAJON, California USA — ROCKET ELECTRONICS is pleased to announce the release of the next generation of its flagship product. The RockeTiltometerTM 2 is an enhanced, yet lower cost version of its award winning attitude-based ignition control system. Successfully utilized in several complex...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Aug 16, 2011, 4:31 pm
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colorado USA — Featherweight Altimeters is pleased to announce the release of a brand new rocketry electronics product: a solid-state, magnetically-activated arming switch that can be used with any rocketry electronics. This project has been in development for over a year, a...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Aug 5, 2011, 5:36 am
EUGENE, Oregon USA — Leading Edge Rocketry is excited to announce the newest addition is 2011 fleet, the Reactor! With its sleek Sci-Fi styling, the Reactor is a great introduction rocket to mid-powered flying. Made with the highest quality parts available, the Reactor's main airframe is construc...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Aug 4, 2011, 1:42 pm
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado USA — Michelle Jorgensen of Colorado was the first Girl Scout to win nationally in the Reach for the Stars National Rocket Competition. She competed in 2009 with Troop #337 at the Challenger Learning Center of Colorado under competition host, Tracey Tomme. She was precee...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Aug 4, 2011, 6:51 am
VAN ORIN, Illinois USA — Do you like to design rockets? Do you think your designs are appealing? Why not make some mullah off of your design? Wildman's is have having a contest for our next rocket kit. This contest will call out the best of the hobby to submit designs for creation of the next Wild...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Jul 31, 2011, 9:58 am
HEATH, Texas USA — In discussions on the email discussion list aRocket of the relative difficulty of launching a rocket to 100,000 feet, John Carmack established a $5,000 prize for the first person or group to reach that goal. The following information logs the rules set up for that competition...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Jul 30, 2011, 11:47 am
SOUTHGATE, Michigan USA — Started in 1980 as a fireworks store, Commonwealth Displays partners, Steve Le Fleur and Donald Moore, soon let their interest in model rocketry lead them to add model rocket kits to the company's repertoire soon after they opened their business. Their store is located in...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Jul 24, 2011, 11:05 am
At some point in every rocketeer's stint in the hobby, the urge to scratch build a rocket or upscale an existing kit or simply to make the kit they are building stronger arises. When that urge strikes, many hobbyists surf the Internet, their local hobby shop or even the nearby Home Depot or Lowes ha...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Jul 5, 2011, 3:32 pm
CASPER, Wyoming USA — The next CP Technologies solid rocket motor design course will be August 25 through August 28, 2011 in Casper, Wyoming. The class costs $195 and includes the How To Make Amateur Rockets 2nd Edition book set, all motor/propellant materials and lunches. A $30 discount is giv...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Jul 5, 2011, 3:08 pm
PORT CHARLOTTE, Florida USA — Rocketarium.com is pleased to introduce four more new models to their line of model rocket kits, expanding the company's product line to a total of 24 model rocket kits. Based on BT60 body tubing, these four newest models are made for 18mm and 24mm motors in the A thr...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Jul 3, 2011, 4:00 pm
A paper company had a contest running this past fall. What project could a person come up with to re-use the rolls from toilet paper and paper towels? They even gave the contest a catchy name, Imagination Unrolled . The timing was good for me, as I already had plans to build a rocket out of those v...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Jul 3, 2011, 9:23 am
PAISLEY, Scotland UK — The 22nd to the 29th of August will find United Kingdom rocketeers converging on the Farlie Moor Rocket Site outside of Largs, Scotland for the 26th annual International Rocket Week. Lapwing Lodge, site of the new Base Camp, also has a connection with rocketry in Scotland an...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Jul 3, 2011, 6:24 am
TUSCON, Arizona USA — The Southern Arizona Rocketry Association (SARA) is excited to announce that it will hold its annual October Night Launch in conjunction with the 2011 Tucson Aerobatic Shootout held at the Tucson International Modelplex Park Association (TIMPA) facility on Saturday, October 8...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Jun 28, 2011, 2:53 pm
BATON ROUGE, Lousiana USA — Giant Leap Rocketry is proud to announce the arrival of the Mariah-54, a revolutionary 54mm minimum-diameter kit. Like its smaller cousin—the Mariah-38—it features Giant Leap's new Shotgun Recovery System™. This means that the Mariah-54 is dual-deployment capable...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Jun 28, 2011, 8:51 am
The U.S. Spacewalk of Fame and the City of Titusville, Florida, held a commemorative model rocket launch to mark 50 years of manned space flight on June 18, 2011. In addition to paying tribute to manned space flight, the launch also commemorated the last Space Shuttle Launch scheduled for July of 20...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Jun 27, 2011, 9:31 am
WORLD WIDE WEB — Student rocketeers from France, the United Kingdom and the United States competed today in the Fourth Annual Transatlantic Rocketry Challenge. The four-member team from Rockwall-Heath High School in Heath, Tex., posted the best score to win the international fly-off. Worksop Colle...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Jun 23, 2011, 5:19 pm
CLAREMONT, California USA — U.S. Rockets is proud to announce the re-release of the Sonic 3100 single-stage and Sonic 3100 Phase 2 two-stage high power rocketry rocket kits. These stout birds have 54mm motor mounts and the Sonic 3100 single-stage version comes with a 29mm conversion mount. The t...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Jun 19, 2011, 10:52 am
GAITHERSBURG, Maryland USA — Before he became obsessed with sending rockets into the stratosphere at Mach 2.5 above the playa of the Black Rock Desert, Curt Newport was fascinated and determined to recover Liberty Bell 7. Gus Grissom's Mercury Space capsule sat 15,000 feet below the surface of the...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Jun 17, 2011, 4:10 pm
LUCERNE VALLEY, California USA — This year the National Association of Rocketry held their National Sport Launch on the Lucerne Dry Lake bed in Lucerne Valley on June 10-12, 2011. One of the highlights of the event was the presentation of 2011's High Power Rocketry Technology Achievement Award. On...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Jun 17, 2011, 11:56 am
VAN ORIN, Illinois USA — Wildman Hobbies is pleased to announce the release of the new line of Performance Rocketry filament-wound fiberglass nose cones. The nosecones are wound of G12 fiberglass filament on a cone-shaped mandrel, and then the end is cut off to accept a machined graphite or alumin...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Jun 15, 2011, 12:53 pm
KERRVILLE, Texas USA — Art Applewhite Rockets is proud to introduce our latest product, the Dragonfire launch pad, a simple, safe, reliable and compact launcher that is a perfect compliment to our recently released Forte' Launch Controller. Dragonfire launch pads are ideal for rocket clubs, Team ...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Jun 12, 2011, 9:27 am
The MIM-104 Patriot is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary of its kind used by the United States Army and several allied nations. It is manufactured by the Raytheon Company of the United States. The Patriot System replaced the Nike Hercules system as the U.S. Army's primary High to M...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Jun 7, 2011, 11:14 am
WORLD WIDE WEB — Set to begin in August, German consumers were to be able to buy the Estes model rocket product line through Revell GmbH Co. KG of Bünde, Germany. The Revell name is a recognized leader in the distribution of plastic models world-wide. The partnering trial balloon was set aloft ...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Jun 7, 2011, 5:00 am
LUCERNE DRY LAKE, California USA — This week at the National Association of Rocketry's National Sport Launch (NSL), hosted by the Rocketry Organization of California (ROC), Fruity Chutes will be unveiling its exciting new line of chutes, the Iris Ultra. These chutes are based on a design called p...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Jun 2, 2011, 11:34 am
WORLD WIDE WEB — Earlier this month, we were honored to be invited to the Team America Rocketry Challenge held about 50 miles outside Washington, DC. There, hundreds of middle- and high-school students were participating in a model rocketry competition sponsored by the Aerospace Industries Associa...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - May 29, 2011, 11:41 am
SPRING VALLEY, New York USA — Warm summer days are definitely approaching, and so is NARAM 53! As the exclusive dealer for Qualified Competition Rockets (QCR), Heavenly Hobbies has built up an impressive stock of contest-oriented rocket kits for those hobbyists that have been bitten by the competi...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - May 25, 2011, 11:40 am
DANVILLE, California USA — Jolly Logic today announced the commercial release of the AltimeterTwo, a small rechargeable barometric and accelerometer-equipped altimeter for model rockets that includes advanced flight analysis features. In addition to peak altitude, the AltimeterTwo reports: top sp...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - May 24, 2011, 9:00 pm
Over the last few years, many people have asked Jim Jarvis of Austin, Texas, how he makes his carbon fiber rockets. So when he had an opportunity to make a new fin can, he decided to document the process in detail. The result of that build was Part 1 of the TooCarbYen Tutorial called The Jarvis Il...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - May 23, 2011, 9:14 am
WORLD WIDE WEB — ROC would like to invite everyone in attendance at NSL 2011/ROCstock 33 to join us for a FREE semi-potluck-style barbecue dinner on Saturday night, right in the middle of things out on the lake bed (in lieu of the originally-planned off-site banquet). ROC will be supplying the mai...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - May 20, 2011, 4:00 am
EUGENE, Oregon USA — Meet the Fireball's arch nemesis: SUBZERO! Utilizing high luminous flux LED technology, the arctic soul of this stunning night flier features over 40 parts you install in a translucent nose cone. When assembled, SubZero's icy blue strobe lighting is a serious threat to Firebal...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - May 19, 2011, 12:33 pm
LYONS, Colorado USA — The PET2+ sets a new performance standard with the most advanced and versatile dual event timer functions available in high power rocketry today. It’s the perfect choice for staging, airstarts, or other specialized timing operations from the simplest to the most complex pr...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - May 19, 2011, 4:00 am
TAMPA, Florida USA — Dave Ebersole, owner of Skagit Rocketry of Mount Vernon, Washington, has acquired the Florida business Always Ready Rocketry in its entirety, and will cease the Skagit business operations to operate under the Always Ready Rocketry name, poised to expand the success of Always R...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - May 18, 2011, 4:20 pm
GAITHERSBURG, Maryland USA — The Arizona Rocket Gathering (ARG) is an event put on by the Arizona High Power Rocketry Association, AHPRA, headed up by Mark Clark and Tripoli Rocketry Association board member Robin Meredith. Waysie Atkins is an integral part of the launch and shares the LCO duties ...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - May 17, 2011, 11:21 am
WORLD WIDE WEB — The banquet barbecue that was originally scheduled to be held on Saturday evening, June 11, during NSL 2011, has been cancelled due to low turnout. In addition to the cost of catering the food and drinks, an event like this has a number of fixed costs, including things like venu...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - May 15, 2011, 11:30 am
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana USA — Giant Leap Rocketry is proud to introduce a new 54mm version of the Slimline Bell-Shaped Nozzle Retainer. Like its 38mm cousin, the 54mm Bell Retainer is available in silver and in black. The Bell Retainer not only holds reloadable motors in place, just like other Sli...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - May 15, 2011, 10:50 am
KERRVILLE, Texas USA — Art Applewhite Rockets is proud to introduce the latest addition to his new series of rotary-rocket kits, the X-Fires. The newest member to the X-Fire family is the 13 mm X-Fire. It has the same unique flight characteristics as its larger brethren but uses less expensive 13m...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - May 15, 2011, 6:31 am
THE PLAINS, Virginia USA — A team from Rockwall-Heath High School in Heath, Tex., took first place at the ninth annual Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) finals Saturday afternoon, besting 99 teams from across the country to earn the title of national champion. Rockwall-Heath joined more tha...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - May 14, 2011, 5:48 pm
VAN ORIN, Illinois USA — Wildman Hobbies is pleased to announce they now have the latest creation in from Performance Rocketry, a scale AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile, or to hobby rocketry enthusiasts everywhere, the AMRAAM. The new AMRAAM is a true 1/2 scale model. This kit ha...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - May 12, 2011, 1:35 pm
PORT CHARLOTTE, Florida USA — Rocketarium.com is pleased to introduce five more new models to their line of model rocket kits, expanding the company's product line to a total of 19 model rocket kits. Based on BT60 body tubing, these five newest models are made for 18mm and 24mm motors in B through...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - May 9, 2011, 4:05 pm
LAS VEGAS, Nevada USA — May 1-4, 2011, the National Retail Hobby Stores Association held their 18th Annual NRHSA Table Top Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada, where representatives from various hobby industries displayed new products to prospective dealers around the nation. One of the premiere partnershi...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Apr 29, 2011, 7:16 am
VAN ORIN, Illinois USA — Wildman Rocketry is pleased to announce their first LDRS BBQ Party. The event is open to current members of the Wildman Club and their guest. The party will start after the range closes on Sunday, September 4th, at the Wildman camp. The event will start with dinner supplie...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Apr 29, 2011, 6:13 am
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan USA — eRockets announces their Grand Opening of their new web site. eRockets features a large selection of more than 200 different model rocket kits from manufacturers like Estes, Quest, Semroc, Flis Kits, Starlight and The Launch Pad. eRockets has all the basics to get the...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Apr 26, 2011, 5:28 pm
SHIPPENSBURG, Pennsylvania USA — While many of America's youth spent their winter and early spring shoveling snow, playing video games, texting their friends and simply trying to stay warm, one Pennsylvania university student was spending his time dreaming of ways to overcome outstanding odds. A...
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