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  1. Took the kids out launching model rockets today. Was a great time. Bunch of friendly people out doing their hobby. #estes #NAR #spaceflight

  2. 🚀 SpaceX 10th Falcon Heavy Epic Synchronized Booster Landing in 4K UHD within GOES-U Mission Launch

    youtube.com/watch?v=pxWnlE9BMh

    #NASA #SpaceX. #RocketScience

    Having grown up doing #Estes model rocketry, this still blows my mind.

  3. I feel like a kid again. I subscribed to the Estes (model rocketry) email list.

    #Estes #Rocketry

  4. I just got in the custom front panel for the model rocket launch controller that I designed from INUX3D who did the UV printing and CNC routing of the panel. I have the components installed and will finish up the wiring this week. This was a fun project to design with my son and then build.

    #ModelRockets #estes

  5. I am getting very close to finishing up this model rocket launch control front panel. I need to do a few double checks and cleanups before I send it out, but otherwise, I am very happy with the layout and looking forward to getting it back and assembled.

    #ModelRocket #Estes

  6. We had a setback with our model rocket launch controller as we had a bad momentary switch. Once it was debugged (great teaching moment with the little one) we purchased a new switch and were greeted with all LEDs working and bright glowing, nichrome wire.

    #ModelRocket #Rocket #Estes

  7. Moving from concept to reality. The model rocket launch controller is making progress. I was able to lay out and drill/file all the holes into the front panel. I will use this to do functionality checks before sending off to
    @Inux3D to get a CNC/UV printed front panel.

    #ModelRocket #Rocket #Estes

  8. Keeping with the effort on designing a launch pad, here is the rocket launch controller. It is supposed to have a 60's Industrial feel to it with the analog, but some integrated LEDs.

    #Rocket #ModelRocket #Estes

  9. Time to get printing the new rocket launch pad. Need to go to the hardware store and get some parts such as bolts and wing nuts. Fun project to do with the family.

    #Rocket #ModelRocket #Estes

  10. The parade of unfinished projects continues...but I am really trying to get this one ready to fly two weeks from today. This is an upscale of an Torellian Invader, a kit from the 80s, made out of a Super Neon XL kit. I got the fins cut and sanded this morning and just glued the first one on. 10 fins in all.

    My Torellian Invader is the only finished rocket I built as a kid that I still have today. :)

  11. Here's a thread of my recent projects, starting with the most recent and working backwards until I get tired of it. 😀 Most of these will be related.

    St. Louis Rocketry Association has a night launch around Halloween. This year I brought "Ghost Goblin," an Goblin with an lit skull in place of a nose cone. Unfortunately, the wind carried it into the trees far out of reach of the Poking Stick. (Second photo by Carmelo Turdo, The Aero Experience Blog.)

  12. Retrotechtacular: Junior Missile Men of the 1960s - Just like the imaginative kids depicted in “Junior Missile Men in Action,” you’ll ... - hackaday.com/2021/11/22/retrot #retrotechtacular #modelrocket #california #rocketry #launch #estes #stem

  13. A Promising Start for the Doritos Space Program - Rocketry is tricky stuff, but as long as you’re not trying to get into space, the ... - hackaday.com/2021/09/25/a-prom #modelrocketry #pringlescan #toyhacks #inkscape #estes