All Rocketry Blogs

Rocket Dungeon: Did it hit Mach, or not? (2009-09-11)

There's another thread on TRF discussing whether a model rocket can break Mach.  The discussion covers the OOP FSI Mach-1 Dart and the OOP RocketVision Machbuster (mine disappeared on a ... [Read More]

DTH Rocket Blog: Rocket Science 101: Definitions/Parts of a Rocket (2011-09-18)

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Rocket N00b: Rocket Stability - or - What Happened To Homer's Rocket? (Part 1) (2015-07-17)

A few months ago, because of a recommendation from Chad , I read Homer Hickam's book Rocket Boys . This was adapted into the film October Sky , starring Jake Gyllenhaal. In 1957, after the launch of ... [Read More]

Rocket N00b: Stability - or - What Happened to Homer's Rocket (Part 2) (2015-08-09)

Click here for Part 1 When I was a kid, I found this strange book in a library - I forget the title. It was written in the 1960's, and was a kind of activity book with various crafts you could do to ... [Read More]

Rocket N00b: Stability - or - What Happened to Homer's Rocket? (Part 3) - Finding the CP: Method 1 (2017-03-18)

This is the continuation of an older series of posts on model rocket stability for beginners - rocket n00bs. Click here to return to Part 1 , and here for Part 2 . In the previous posts on model ... [Read More]

Rocket N00b: Stability - or - What Happened to Homer's Rocket? (Part 4) - Finding the CP: Method 1 Continued (2017-04-18)

This is a continuation of a series on model rocket stability for beginners. Click here to go go the beginning of the series. Click here to read the last post. Last time, we discussed the earliest ... [Read More]

Rocket N00b: Stability - or - What Happened to Homer's Rocket? (Part 5) - Finding the CP: The Barrowman Equations - Introduction (2017-06-06)

Illustration from the cover of Centuri TIR-33 , by James S. Barrowman This is a continuation of a series on model rocket stability for beginners. Click here to go to ... [Read More]

Thrifty Rocketeer: Skill Levels for Rocketeers (2019-12-13)

The Thrifty Rocketeer continues... OK, I'm gonna go out on a limb here. I think I know what I'm talking about here, but I admit that I most likely do not know the whole story.  And I'm not sure ... [Read More]