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Up Goer Five is a XKCD comic explaining the Saturn 5 rocket using only the ten hundred words people use the most often. It was hard to find a frame for it and just taping it up is lame. Picked up a can of spray adhesive for rocket stuff and I have been finding uses […]
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[SpaceX] Launch of Thaicom-6 on Falcon 9v1.1 Rocket
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Beautiful dusk launch
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There are two main model rocket reloadable motor system motor manufacturers. I have mostly flown Aerotech motors. The Aerotech motors are great and also a bit cheaper because the consumer does some of the assembly. Cesaroni Technology Incorporated motors are mostly assembled and they are pretty darn cool. I borrowed one for my Level 1 […]
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Found a part of the porta potty that got sucked up by a tornado and watched a rocket go 1300 MPH and 14,000 feet into the air
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The launch site got hit by a tornado and it threw the porta potty over a half mile away. While helping a guy get his rocket back after a launch I found the urinal part. I threw it in the pile of porta potty leavings next to the new porta potty after giving up on […]
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Achieved my National Association of Rocketry level 1 license at the THOR launch Saturday with GORLAXIA II
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18 inch tall rocket on an 8 foot aluminum rail 🙂 The launch is at about :50 If you blink you will miss it. A friend sold me the motor and let me use his case and GPS tracker for the flight. It went up on a CTI H133 Blue streak motor. It burned for […]
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I am going for my NAR level 1 certification flight this saturday. This is the rocket I will attempt it on
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This post is huge. There is a link at the bottom that will expand this post without reloading a page. If you are interested in what goes into modifying a regular rocket kit into a sky punching cert rocket check it out. I am attempting my NAR level 1 certification launch this Saturday. To get […]
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