Alex Zoghlin's My Level 3 Blog  Alex Zoghlin's Blog PostsLatest Posts2012-05-23 - Odd-Roc’s I fellow park flyer commented the other day that my blog doesn’t adequately represent my rocket collection, and frankly, he’s right. My girls are enamored with finding things around the house and yard and asking “Dad, can you turn this into a rocket”. The answer is usually yes. About 80% of my rockets are actually [...] [Read More] 2012-03-26 - Thunderstruck UPDATE: This will now be flying at LDRS 31 in New York. I’ve dramatically reworked the electronics so I can now house a professional high speed HD camera in the gold exhaust port on the right side of the rocket. Working on my major project for the Thundersrtuck Launch starting this Friday, March 30. Launch [...] [Read More] 2011-11-08 - Arduino controlled Saucer I built this saucer for the annual MWP 9 Night launch. Since the night launch has a limited FAA altitude ceiling, traditional rockets just don’t cut it. The RGB LED’S on the saucer are controlled by an Arduino controller which I can control with my phone via Bluetooth. Cool to change the patterns while [...] [Read More] 2011-10-04 - The Ladies of Rocketry My Girls have been after me to start a local rocketry club. I’ve been resisting, as I know it will be a lot of work, and they are all already over-scheduled. There is no denying the fact that girls and rockets are a natural fit. [Read More] 2011-09-22 - Old launches I was recently asked to go through some old photo’s, and found a bunch of old launch photo’s from loved, but long forgotten rockets. Here are a few: This was a Rocketry Warehouse Halloween special which included a ‘pumpkin’ parachute.. This is an upscaled Este’s Snitch called “woket”. This particular rocket is still in [...] [Read More]
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