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From National Association of Rocketry President, John Hochheimer:NARAM 62 Update: The COVID-19 pandemic creates significant uncertainty associated with holding our planned summer events. Therefore, the NAR is postponing NARAM 62 and will hold it in 202… […]

I often build model rockets out of order.The Handbook of Model Rocketry emphasizes time and again “Always read the instructions!” And while this is good advice, after you’ve built a number of rockets, you might find it helpful to deviate slightly … […]

Well, two posts in one day. A lot of stuff happening these days.From the Facebook group of the National Association of Rocketry:March 17: Update on COVID-19 for National Association of RocketryRecently, the recommendations from the White House and CDC … […]

Well, two posts in one day. A lot of stuff happening these days.From the Facebook group of the National Association of Rocketry:March 17: Update on COVID-19 for National Association of RocketryRecently, the recommendations from the White House and CDC … […]

From an email issued by The American Rocketry Challenge, or TARC:Hi Rocketeers, As always, one of our priorities is to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our entire community. Therefore, we ask that you follow all guidance you are receiving from … […]

From an email issued by The American Rocketry Challenge, or TARC:Hi Rocketeers, As always, one of our priorities is to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our entire community. Therefore, we ask that you follow all guidance you are receiving from … […]

Happy New Year!If you’ve listened to the latest episode of The Rocketry Show podcast, you know that I recently bought myself a nice, entry-level digital SLR camera. I’m hoping to get better photos of my family, of my rockets for this blog, and better v… […]

I knew this was coming. I knew it for a couple years. I expected it to come sooner, and when it didn’t, I started to think maybe it wasn’t happening.But it has happened. The Estes G40-7 composite motor is gone.This 29mm single use motor was manufacture… […]

This is a little tool I made. I made it to help me create perhaps a dozen or so little rockets and build them all as close to exactly the same as I could. It’s just a used motor casing with a 1/4 inch length of BT-20 body tube glued around the base of … […]