Monthly Archives: June 2011

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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