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Sport Rocketry / Launch Preparation

Engine Marking - TIP (2016-05-05)
With an engine installed you might have to guess what was prepped a month earlier. Normally I mark the paper igniter retainer with the engine designation. If an engine was friction fitted it's hard ... [Read More]

Sweaty Rocket Handling? (2019-08-11)
At a club launch I've been asked why I carry rockets with a paper towel around them. It's hot, and your hands are sweaty! On a model like the Dr. Zooch Saturn V there are printed paper wraps. ... [Read More]

Friction Fit Engines? Old School Motor Retention (2019-09-27)
I remember buying small rockets, the ones you could afford when you were a sub on a paper route. Usually BT-20 based and around 12" tall. The Estes Wac Corporal was a disappointment. Trying to ... [Read More]