Most low power rockets use a round lug that is attached to the rocket and the launch pad has a steel rod for the rocket to glide along at launch. Sometimes that rod can bend a bit and change the trajectory of the rocket. Extruded aluminum rail is popular for mid and high power rockets […]

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At lunch she kept looking out for the mailman. She said she had a package coming today. Got home from work and she grabs the mail and starts doing the happy dance. Hands me the box from Jolly Logic and says “SURPRISE”. It came wrapped in gold wrapping paper. Seems during my constant rambling about […]

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I will post more on it in the future, but if you are curious follow here. Inspiration for the rocket came from a great artist out of Colorado named Nick Reitenour. His stuff is awesome and he is happy about the rocket design. Great guy.

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Rockets are fun New Way rockets sells kits on ebay. They are unique because they use square tubes. I picked up 4 SQUARE rocket from them and they included a gift I have vid of below. It was a fun build. No making sure the fins were straight because they were just chunks of square […]

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= (not the left square one. More on that later) It looks sad 🙁

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The first flight with the camera got stuck in a tree Theresa helped me decorate my QCC Explorer over the weekend. She rules Ray shot off one of his too

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Beginnings of a really cool rocket.

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The Der Red Max is a classic Estes rocket that is easy to build, short, and chubby. Not the highest flyer, but flies good. My mini rockets just zip up, but this one takes some power and gets going a bit slower and was fun to build and launch. I decided to make it gold […]

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