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Daniel had a great and successful Level 2 flight with his signature designed rocket.  The rocket was launched with a 54mm Aerotech J250 Fast Jack reload motor.  Now he can start thinking about his Level 3 project

The owner of Dynasoar Rocketry came out to our launch field yesterday and launched a few of his R/C Boost Glider kits.

 

I definitely want to get the SR-71 kit:

 

https://youtu.be/iLKTKdALnrk

 

https://youtu.be/k-Eu5W-toJI

 

I was lucky to have has a successful flight with the Rosenfield Aerospace 3 D printed fin can system.  It is a 3.0-inch diameter 3D printed fin and tail-cone system. The rocket was launched on a 38mm Aerotech H130W-M reload and it was a picture-perfect flight:

The rocket was light and gained some good altitude.

It is always a good idea to have a checklist. Especially when preparing for a day or a weekend for a rocket launch. Here are a few ideas:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZgOLe4yqYRjvITfYeqbGuCYMezuNf1WN/view?usp=sharing

On the following link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iD0MSbImzfuDgTwIEEF-5J8sLAtTchEQ/view?usp=sharing

Pages 68-71 has a good chronology about hybrid rocketry and how the hobby of rocketry became involved with this technological capability.

A great resource for rocket contest data: http://georgesrockets.com/GRP/GRP-home.htm

Here is a link to background information and resources for fellow rocket enthusiasts to learn more about NAR:

http://2020vertical.com/nar_edu_cd_dev/

The Aerospace Specialty Products has some cool history maker rocket series:

History about Sandia

 

The FAA approved of our waiver and the dates are the following:

June 23rd 9 am to noon

July 28th 9am to noon

August 25th 9am to noon

September 22nd 9am to noon

October 27th 9am to noon

November 24th 9am to noon

December 22nd 9am to noon