Category Archives: Rocketry

Resuming operations

The disposable L1 rocket project was shelved about 4 months ago, mostly due to summer wandering, and being too broke to prepare for Burning Man and pursue EX concurrently. But now that the Burn is over, and a steadier source … Continue reading

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Factor of Safety (“It’s over 9000…!”)

If the military built their rockets to your specs they could reuse them after detonating their warheads.-Matt Dolan And so this new project goes off track. Matt and I have always had a penchant for over-building things — ever since … Continue reading

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Fun with Bondo

The next step toward finishing the Infinity Cycle was hiding the pits and valleys of my crap fiberglassing job with body filler. For those who have never used Bondo before, a word to the wise: It sets up really really … Continue reading

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Burning Man shakedown run, number one (with rockets)

Took a short trip to Lucerne Dry Lake for RocStock / NSL 2011, partly to watch rockets, and partly to get ourselves prepared for Burning Man later this summer. I didn’t go with my full compliment of rocketry gear, just … Continue reading

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Infinity Cycle air worthiness test

Or, “Finally launching that damned fiberglass rocket”. Matt suggested naming it the Infinity Cycle, and I loved that — so it was. If it had been any heavier, it would have impacted the ground before the ejection charge popped, although … Continue reading

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K450 Static Test

After about a week’s worth of frustration trying to build/acquire the tools and materials, the static test went without a hitch. Reviewing the video, the igniter took less than 4 seconds to light, but with my thumb on the button, … Continue reading

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