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Welcome to episode 98 (TRS-6.98) of the rocketry show! John Thompson joins us to talk about the NAR Level 2 certification changes that are in effect as of November 2020 The NAR and the Board of Trustees have been working diligently to support the update of the NAR level 2 testing. It has not been updated since 2012 and quite a lot has changed for the better in the ever-expanding hobby. - The new 2020 Level 2 Written Exam Study Guide will be available for download from the High-Power Rocketry page on the NAR website starting October 1, 2020. - The 2020 Level 2 Written Exam Packets for Sections and Certification Teams will be available starting October 15, 2020. Information on obtaining the new packets will be made available before that date. - The new 2020 Level 2 Written Exam use will start on November 1, 2020. - Due to the new exam format, a new HPR Certification Application will also be available for download from the High-Power Rocketry page on the NAR website. The new application will also be included with the new exam packets. - The 2012 & 2017 versions of the Level 2 Written Exam will be valid/accepted if taken on or before October 31, 2020. After that, only the 2020 version will be valid/accepted. - A member failing the HPR Level 2 exam may now retake another version immediately. If the member fails a second exam, the member must wait a minimum of seven (7) days to attempt the exam again. - The Level 2 written exam administrator/proctor must now be minimum Level 1 certified. Who can give certifications? 1. The certification team consists of two individuals who are a minimum of 18 years old and are members in good standing of the NAR. The certification team members must be unrelated to the applicant. Members of Tripoli, unless they are also members of the NAR, cannot participate on a certification team. 2. At least one of the team members must be already certified to a level equal to the certification level being attempted, e.g., a team member must be certified at Level 1 to judge another individual’s Level 1 certification attempt. 3. Level 1 certifications may be administered by a single NAR Level 2 certified individual; the two certified individuals requirement is waived in this case. 4. Certification attempts must be witnessed in person by the certification team. Video recordings of a certification flight are not acceptable. We also take a couple Listener Questions - What should I do to prepare for a Level 1 certification attempt? - What attributes should a field or piece of property have for rocketry considerations? CG Fills us in on the results of his DEMO-3 flight Gheem finds a neat product that helped him with his rattle can paint project The rocketry Show celebrates 6 years of service Some hints on the upcoming Episode #100

In this episode, CG talks about how his electronics developments have come along Specifically, what he learned from the first test flight of Mr. Bean (DEMO-1 mission), and the successful second launch of Mr. Bean (DEMO-2), where his code & flight computer successfully controlled a flight event! His journey to his Level 2 certification is under way! Read the details here. CD and Gheem @ “Mission Control” Jesse’s Level 3 project starts to take shape! He gives us some details, though he’s a bit secretive on the details right now! Another view of Jesse’s L3 Rocket Jesse’s tube glassing work on his L3 rocket project Liked it? Take a second to support The Rocketry Show.Com on Patreon!

Welcome to episode 6.96! We are joined by the University of Akron's "Akronauts" rocketry team! We were joined by the following team members: Team President - Emily Armbrust Chief Engineer - Blake Bowser Former Team President - Mattew Stanko Treasurer - Olivia Renkel Former Chief Engineer - Mattew Reppa Project Manager - Jon Davis The team formed in 2014, and have been involved in a number of national STEM focused rocket competitions, including NASA Student Launch(USLI), and Spaceport America Cup They give a fun and detailed overview of what their team is all about, and a couple of their recent competition projects. You can visit their website for more information at https://akronauts.org/ Here is a listing of the Overall Winners and Awards in the 2020 NASA Student Launch competition: Overall Winner: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 2nd Place: University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina 3rd Place: University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama 4th Place: University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 5th Place: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 6th Place: University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana 7th Place: Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 8th Place: Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 9th Place: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 10th Place: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

Welcome to Episode 6.95! Gary Rosenfield joins us to talk about new high power rocket offerings from Aerotech, and to talk to us about high power rocketry as well. He talks about Hamster Dance competition that he has been into lately, and if you're looking for more information on that event, you can look here: http://www.rimworld.com/tripoligerlach/hamsterdance/about.html And at their new Facebook Group called Hamster Dance Flyers here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/690838108136308 After the interview, Jesse and CG talk about their projects. CG gives more information he has found in his post-test flight of his rocket electronics system, and talks about a spinoff project! Jesse has evolved his tube glassing techniques, and talks about them, and much more!

Welcome to episode 94 of The Rocketry Show We’ve been on a roll with great guest interviews lately. The team take a quick break from that this episode to focus more on the results of a few rocketry projects they’ve been working on! Jesse has been ‘fiberglassing’ a new kit, and building more rockets, but more importantly, recently launched his LOC Precision “Big Nuke”. He tells us all about those, and more! Jesse’s Big Nuke launch Gheem has been building a beautiful X-15 kit, and he catches us up on where he is on that, as well as a few more projects. Gheem's X-15 rocket kit! On July 25, 2020, CG finally got to test his Radio Telemetry system. Launch of CG’s Mr. Bean rocket carrying his radio telemetry system. Because of all of the “Covid 19 delays, this test ended up being a “full up” test, which means about 5 tests (each would normally have been their own launch) all happening on one launch. He’ll share how that went! We also pull some of your emails from the Mailbag that we didn’t have time to get to on earlier episodes!

Matt Steele joins the show to kick start the first of at least a couple episodes on staging techniques for Model Rockets. Mr. Steele is a longtime rocketeer, owner of North Coast Rocketry, and is a Professional Rocket Scientist! We first define ground rules you can follow to ensure the best probability for success. Rules adapted from professional Rocket Engineering Sciences. We think this will help hobby rocketeers a lot. The methods Matt Steele discusses can be applied any new rocketry project or technique. After laying the ground rules, we jump into the first part of this episode on multi-stage rocketry. Part two will appear in a few weeks after we have a chance to gather your e-mail questions on the subject. Later in the show, we share our first peak into new beta firmware being tested for the Flight Sketch altimeter. Thanks to listener Phil Parslow for suggesting the topic of multiple rocket stage launches!!

Scott Binder joins us to to talk about things at FusionRocket.Biz, and -more importantly- hangs with The Rocketry Show team to talk model rocket stories, and fun memories. 🙂 Later, CG, Gheem, and Jesse talk shop on the projects they are working on! Enjoy!

Welcome to Episode 91! Dave Barber and Jason Turicik join us to talk rockets, and about the latest going on at LOC Precision, a sponsor of the show! Also, CG talks about the latest with his telemetry project as the first test launch nears!

Pushing the boundaries for student STEM programs, ARLISS is a unique rocketry program where members of the Level 3 High Power Rocket community team up with scientists worldwide along with several student organizations to allow them to design "soda can sized" payloads to launch to near space. These payloads are typically small electronic instrumentation packages designed to carry out whatever scientific experiments the students wish to perform! Ken Biba has been involved with the group for many years, and he joins us to discus ARLISS activities and more!

In this episode: CG and Tripoli Northern Ohio http://northernohiotra.com Prefect Chris Pearson discus high power rocketry safety tips to use during prepartion phases before launch. This advice encompasses all of the recent Tripoli recommendations as well. We get some interesting thoughts & design modifications from a listener on CG's centrifuge tube ejection charges. CG and Gheem take their first peak at Rocksim 10! https://www.apogeerockets.com/RockSim/RockSim9_Features

As you move into high power rocketry, one of the first things you will deal with will relate to dual deployment & the electronics around it. We talk about it, and pass along some general advice along with our personal experiences. Also in this episode: The crew discus the Tripoli clarifications around remote electronic switches. CG discusses the state of his flight computer / telemetry project Gheem finds a very interesting avionics system that has him totally geeked. The team discus their favorite (hard wired) power (arming) switches for their flight electronics. Jesse discusses his AV bay construction techniques. Links for this episode: Jesse talks about this video as a great primer on building avionics bays https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIzJiT4R9tc&feature=youtu.be

We unveil our new show, The Model Rocket Show. A show that focuses exclusively on Model Rocketry - Specifically, rockets that fly on G impulse motors and smaller. The show is hosted by Daniel, The Rocket N00b.

In this episode, CG and Daniel, the rocket N00b make a major announcement. Steven Skinner of Mach1Rocketry.Com stops by with some announcements of his own, and talks rocket shop with the team!

In this episode, CG catches everyone up on his projects, introduces or Amazon store where you can easily buy Rocketry Show Tee-Shirts. We then move to the main topic, and that is all about techniques to fiberglass coat your cardboard airframes to add strength, and provide a wonderful surface to apply your paint & designs.

In this episode, we'll be talking 3D Printing for Rocketry with our special guest, Jeff Kodyz. Also in this episode, CG talks about his health scare that took place between the last episode and this one, and the n00b reviews some listener feedback.

It's our End of the year / holiday wrap up show, and we chose this one to share and respond to some of the e-mails from you, including an interesting theory behind the collapsed "stuffer tube" phenomenon CG mentioned in the previous episode! We also dig into a fun rabbit-hole discussion over a couple of our camera pics for rocket photography, being proud of your rule stickler "old timers" in your local club and more!

Be sure to follow the links to our YouTube channel in the show notes to see the supplemental video for Episode 83!

This is a workshop episode, and CG, Gheem, n00b, and Jesse Ulibarri have lots to chat about! Gheem talks about a nice gift his TARC team received at a Tripoli Mid-Ohio launch. CG answers a listener question about ejection baffles, and Daniel the rocket n00b talks about his launchtime "oops", and reminds us all about range safety practices. CG has provided lots of supplemental links, pictures, and videos to accompany his ejection charge baffle discussion. https://youtu.be/ikt8zhO4jaE

Episode 82 starts off with a discussion with Randy Boadway of eRockets about the changes to the Jr Level 1 certification process. More info here: https://www.nar.org/high-power-rocketry-info/formal-participation-procedure/ Next, talk to the founder of Society of Women in Space Exploriation, Bianca Vasquez. Ms. Vasquez is in the early stages of becoming an Engineering student, has a passion for space exploration and a new found love or rockets. Her orginzation has bonded similar minded women also getting their start in various aspects of Engineering. She talks about what she has learned in her journey, and what she has learned from others! https://www.swise.org/ Later in the show, we talk to Daniel the rocket n00b about getting his model rocketry blog re-ignited agin with the power of NAROBLOMO. https://rocketn00b.blogspot.com/

Welcome to Season 6 of The rocketry Show! We are kicking off the 5th anniversary of our program, with the newest member of the show, Jesse Ulibarri as we dive into "Workshop Talk"! On this episode, the gang discus their Fin can build techniques for High Power, their experiences with Motor retainers, n00b has a new rocket room! Also, CG and Gheem's rocket club gains access to a nice new field.

Welcome to Episode 80 of The Rocketry Show! In this episode, CG and Daniel travel to upstate New York for NY Power 2019. We catch up with Dan Michael and Neil Brown, and we discus their backgrounds, and the launches of their Big ...ahem... Friggin Rockets. Here are some picture highlights....all photos are by C.Gould of The Rocketry Show. Patrons can view them on our website: https://www.therocketryshow.com Dan Michael with a motor casing for an "M" Impulse motor build. Dan Michael and his Nike Smoke Dan Michaels' Nike Smoke liftoff! Neil Brown and the booster section for his Polecat Saturn V Daniel the rocket n00b and his SA-14 Archer build. CG's Ares rocket lifting off after "MacGyver" repairs... Neil Brown's Polecat Saturn V, and it's wild launch (picture sequence below. Liftoff!

The team get together to talk rocket stories and some workshop talk with you on this episode. We talked about some of the entries seen at our club's Apollo 11 tribute launch on July 20, 2019. One of which was a wonderful gold painted Saturn V by our club member, Casey Anderson. After that, we delved into our most challenging rocketry projects -- our personal "Project Apollo", if you will, along with a listener story. We shared listener JE Thompson's story, and audio from his video (See below) https://youtu.be/Nahu9h1fitc Gheem talks about his story, and CG recounts his story to his toughest project to date, his Level 1 certification. He went for the gusto, and not the simple tried and easy approach...because...he loved the challenge. LOL. Daniel the Rocket n00b joins us to talk about his first major rocket project using an Airbrush to paint it off, and shares what he learned so far.

Welcome to the final installment of our NARCON 2019 coverage! We are joined by Wes Oleszewski who sits down to talk with us about Growing Up With Spaceflight, as well as some information on his retirement from Dr. Zooch Rockets, and some fond Dr. Zooch and model rocketry memories.. Also, John Beans of Jolly Logic stops by ! John joins us to talk about his presentation on "ROCKETRY 2.0". We explore some of the history behind the well known tech behind model rocketry, and how new technology can transform the hobby and take it to new levels!

This is an “all star” episode! We’re joined by Tim Van Milligan from Apogee Rockets discuss an interesting collaboration project with Fins & Fire that gives your rocket the ability to paraglide its way home to you! Randy Boadway stops by to discus eRockets, and we end up in an interesting discussion about running a hobby rocket kit & supply company, including how the price of rocket kits are determined. He also showed up later to do a fun live eRockets commercial with us. Randy Boadway, Owner of eRockets Gary Rosenfield and Dan Bowles stop by to discus a long burn G motor that could give the right kind of rocket design the possibility of reaching 10,000 feet! Dane Boles and Gary Rosenfield of Aerotech Consumer Aerospace Roger Smith of JON Rocket stops by to talk about the joys of running the business with his wife, Bracha. Roger Smith of JonRocket.Com Wes Oleszewski joins us to discus his “Growing up with Spaceflight” books. Wes Oleszewski, author of the Growing up with Spaceflight series of books. John Beans also joins us and we talk Chute Release talk! John Beans, Owner of Jolly Logic We hope you have fun listening to Part Two of our NARCON 2019 coverage!

The entire Rocketry Show team head to Cape Canaveral, Florida to cover NARCON 2019. CG, Daniel the Rocket n00b together for the first time! They witness a night time Falcon 9 launch, Gheem and Daniel (The n00b) meet face to face for the first time, and we talk to Peter Alway, author of Rockets of the World, and Chris Michaelson of Oddl’ Rockets. Peter Alway discussed with us his history with Model Rocketry, and his knack for finding detailed blueprints of even the most obscure rockets, which is great for us as he published it all in his book “Rockets of the World”, the rocketry bible for anyone interested in creating scale models of military & space rockets. Chris Michaelson of Oddl’ Rockets Chris amazed us with his talent in making detailed reproductions of rockets, and his never ending fountain of knowledge that can help all of us rocketeers! Chris’ attention to detail is a thing to behold! Mike Nowak’s Saturn V We also discus Mike Nowak’s amazing THREE STAGE Saturn V scale competition rocket! Mike Nowak’s true scale, three stage flying Saturn V. His son stands guard.

CG, Gheem, and Daniel the Rocket n00b get together to visit with you, and talk rocket shop talk. CG has been busily editing through the TONS of audio we have from NARCON 2019, and it's taken over the production time for the show. As a result, there is a delay in production. We still have about two weeks of production to do before we roll out the first NARCON 2019 episode, so in the meantime, we decided to pick up our microphones and visit with you! One of the topics of discussion is rolling your own transitions by re-purposing old cereal boxes. A topic of discussion brought up by listener John Simmons on our Facebook Discussion Group. CG thought it was a cool idea, so we shared. Chris Michaelson has some discussions on rolling your own transitions on his blog too! Look here: http://modelrocketbuilding.blogspot.com/search/label/Adapter We also had fun discussing a fun new rocketry group on Facebook called "The CATO Club" Where they post pictures of, and discus...CATOS. :-)

The LOC Mafia has organized to help the Hayes family of Stickershock. From the The Loc Mafia: Mark from StickerShock23 needs our help! His wife Marian is suffering from an aggressive form of cancer, causing a huge difficulty in both of their lives. Mark, still presses on to help out the rocketry community by continuing to create wonderful full print vinyl wraps and decals for our projects. #theLOCmafia wants to help our fellow rocket brother and his family! Mark has been a huge contributor to the hobby for quite some time! We have reached out to many vendors, some of whom we know personally, to help out with doing an Online Raffle for Mark and Marian! On this page, you can read into some of the Grand Prize packages that we have arranged! Details are here: thelocmafia.com

Here is Part two of our Airbrushes 101 episode with Ken Patterson! Ken is an award winning modeler of military aircraft of all kinds, and shares techniques that he has honed and perfected continuously since his childhood, and he helps The Rocket n00b cross the hump into air brushing his models for the first time!

Ellis Langford and Bill Stine of Estes Industries join us to talk about the current state of Estes Industries, and look to the future by discussing a few of their plans for the company. Image: Ellis Langford of Estes Industries. (Photo: The Rocketry Show) We had an enjoyable conversation that we think you all will like.

Ken Patterson, a friend of CG joins us in studio to talk about airbrushes, primarily, but the discussion quickly blooms into topics we can all use…especially those of us looking to make our rockets look realistic. These topics apply especially to scale model rocketeers. Ken is an award winning modeler of military aircraft of all kinds, and shares techniques that he has honed and perfected continuously since his childhood, and he helps The Rocket n00b cross the hump into air brushing his models for the first time! Visit https://www.therocketryshow.com for more details and pictures!

We are joined by Steve Thatcher of SMT Designs. Steve offers a great group of time saving products for rocketeers, and his electronics sleds, which offers quite a bit of configuration flexibility! Enjoy! Some background on Steve Thatcher: SMT Designs is a small company that I started to offer rocketry, electronics, photography, and software products. The name is simply my initials and what I do best. I have many years of experience in a variety of fields. I am an electronics engineer that can design hardware and write software for embedded platforms. From concept, to prototype creation, to machining parts for whatever is being designed. I am also a photographer and have reached a point where I am sharing my view of the world through pictures. This transition into products was sparked by the passing of a dear friend Pat Stinnett in 2015. She saw the world and shared her heart through the photos that she produced. I will try and do the same in her memory.

This is a special episode made for #ThankYouPatrons day, where all of us using Patreon thank YOU, our supporters. I this special episode, we talk about what your support has meant for our show! Hint: A LOT!

Welcome to season 5 of the rocketry show! Joe Barnard’s Halloween Costume… Joe’s costume is based on the notorious Elon Musk smoking marijuana during a podcast incident… The crew of the rocketry show gather to talk a little about what is going on, and catch up on their rocketry projects. Also: A Doughnut shaped Earth? Daniel visits the Little Dipper Cafe in the Jamaica Plane neighborhood in Boston. The Little Dipper JP: Great food and model rockets! CG gives a quick report on his visit to Alabama for Bama Blastoff. And he also gets his first peak at a Mach1 kit in action. Casey Anderson of MTMA rocket club flew one of the BT20 fiberglass kits! Casey Anderson and his Mach1 rocket kit. Mach1 Unchained Lightning rocket on liftoff…

We are happy to re-cast a wonderful conversation we had with former NASA Astronaut, Col. Rick Searfoss back in 2016. He joined us to talk about rockets, The Space Shuttle, and being an astronaut! Col. Rick Searfoss[/caption] From his NASA Bio: PERSONAL DATA: Born June 5, 1956, in Mount Clemens, Michigan, but considers Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to be his hometown. Married; three children. He enjoys running, soccer, radio-controlled model aircraft, Scouting, backpacking, and classical music. EDUCATION: Graduated from Portsmouth Senior High School, Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1974; received a bachelor of science degree in aeronautical engineering from the USAF Academy in 1978, and a master of science degree in aeronautics from the California Institute of Technology on a National Science Foundation Fellowship in 1979. USAF Squadron Officer School, Air Command and Staff College, and Air War College. ORGANIZATIONS: Association of Space Explorers, National Eagle Scout Association, Air Force Association, Academy of Model Aeronautics. SPECIAL HONORS: Awarded the Harmon, Fairchild, Price and Tober Awards (top overall, academic, engineering, and aeronautical engineering graduate), United States Air Force Academy Class of 1978. Air Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory Excellence in Turbine Engine Design award. USAF Squadron Officer's School Commandant's Trophy as top graduate. Distinguished graduate, USAF Fighter Weapons School. Named the Tactical Air Command F-111 Instructor Pilot of the Year, 1985. Selected for Outstanding Young Men of America, 1987. Recipient of the Air Force Commendation Medal, Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, NASA Spaceflight Medal (3), NASA Exceptional Service Medal, NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, and Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross. EXPERIENCE: Searfoss graduated in 1980 from Undergraduate Pilot Training at Williams Air Force Base, Arizona. From 1981-1984, he flew the F-111F operationally at RAF Lakenheath, England, followed by a tour at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, where he was an F-111A instructor pilot and weapons officer until 1987. In 1988 he attended the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, Patuxent River, Maryland, as a USAF exchange officer. He was a flight instructor at the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards AFB, California, when selected for the astronaut program. He has logged over 5,000 hours flying time in 56 different types of aircraft and over 939 hours in space. He also holds FAA Airline Transport Pilot, glider, and flight instructor ratings. NASA EXPERIENCE: Selected by NASA in January 1990, Searfoss became an astronaut in July 1991. Initially assigned to the Astronaut Office Mission Support Branch, Searfoss was part of a team responsible for crew ingress/strap-in prior to launch and crew egress after landing. He was subsequently assigned to flight software verification in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL). Additionally, he served as the Astronaut Office representative for both flight crew procedures and Shuttle computer software development. He also served as the Astronaut Office Vehicle System and Operations Branch Chief, leading a team of several astronauts and support engineers working on Shuttle and International Space Station systems development, rendezvous and landing/rollout operations, and advanced projects initiatives. A veteran of three space flights, Searfoss has logged over 39 days in space. He served as pilot on STS-58 (October 18 to November 1, 1993) and STS-76 (March 22-31, 1996), and was the mission commander on STS-90 (April 17, to May 3, 1998). Searfoss retired from the Air Force and left NASA in 1998. For the next few years he worked in private industry and, more recently, was a research test pilot at NASAs Dryden Flight Research Center. In February 2003, Searfoss left Dryden to pursue private business interests. SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: Searfoss served as STS-58 pilot on the seven-person life science research mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, launching from the Kennedy Space Center on October 18, 1993, and landing at Edwards Air Force Base on November 1, 1993. The crew performed neurovestibular, cardiovascular, cardiopulmonary, metabolic, and musculoskeletal medical experiments on themselves and 48 rats, expanding our knowledge of human and animal physiology both on earth and in space flight. In addition, the crew performed 16 engineering tests aboard the Orbiter Columbia and 20 Extended Duration Orbiter Medical Project experiments. The mission was accomplished in 225 orbits of the Earth. Launching March 22, 1996, Searfoss flew his second mission as pilot of STS-76 aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. During this 9-day mission the STS-76 crew performed the third docking of an American spacecraft with the Russian space station Mir. In support of a joint U.S./Russian program, the crew transported to Mir nearly two tons of water, food, supplies, and scientific e

We wrap up season 4 with two field reports for you. We start with our friend Jesse Ulibarri, who got some neat audio from NARAM 60, as well as his "man on the scene" review. We thank him for that effort! Gheem recorded his trip to the former "Bob Evans Farm" in southern Ohio, where he witnessed the Level 1 certification of our listener "Captain Kirk" as well as Gheem's former student who went for his Level 2 certification. Enjoy!

Special report podcast from the rocketry show.

The rocketry show team regroup after a busy production schedule producing the last few episodes, and we go for a laid back workshop talk episode and look over your comments from the last several weeks. We also talk about our new e-mail list group you can join to get information on the show from us, chat with us and other listeners, and share rocket war stories. Look here to subscribe: https://groups.io/g/therocketryshow If you are on facebook, like our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/therocketryshow Our facebook discussion forum: https://www.facebook.com/groups/therocketryshow

Posted on August 25, 2018 by CG We’re joined by Steve Skinner of Mach 1 Rocketry and Ronald Dunn of Birmingham Rocket Boys to talk about Mach 1 and their new line of fiberglass rockets, as well as the Bama Blastoff event happening at the Dee River Ranch in west of Aliceville, Alabama. The event boasts a 16,800 foot standing waiver and 12,000 acres of mostly open recovery area. Want to learn more about this and BT tube sized fiberglass rockets? You’ve come to the right episode!

Welcome to part two of our NSL 2018 episode! Gheem will take you on a journey through NSL 2018 using the magic of "soundscaping". We worked hard to try to paint the images and experiences of NSL 2018 through the magic of sound. Theatre of the mind, if you will! Gheem and his composite B motor from Quest. Also, Plenty more from Vern and Gleda Estes as well. Joe Barnard. Our Assistant Producer Kelly and her rocket. Enjoy!

We start with some exciting hot off the presses news from the hobby rocketry scene, then we dive into part one of the NSL 2018 coverage. We talk to Gregory Young and MaryBeth Clune of the MARS rocket club. MARS was the hosting club for NSL in Geneseo, NY, and what it took to pull off such an amazing event is a story in itself! We then jump to the Vern and Gleda Estes play where they run through the Origin story of Estes Industries. For the Patrons of the show, you got to hear the raw recordings of this from us some time back. Here is the entire event, including the missing parts from the beginning, courtesy of the MARS Rocket club! We close the episode with some e-mails from the mailbag, and an answer to Gheem’s experiences with the expensive paint, which he talked about in the previous episode.

We've been busy producing single topic episodes, and working on items for the NSL 2018 program. The Rocketry Show team decided to take a moment and catch up with you all. Topics discussed: NASA Student Launch results The release of the TARC 2019 rules, and boy are they a challenge! The n00b's foolproof way to stick self adhesive stickers to your rockets. Gheem's rocket camp classes. We also give away the last copy of our Make: High Power Rockets book by Mike Westerfield. TARC 2019 Rules are here

Daniel, The Rocket n00b has just completed a series on the properties of some Glues, Epoxies, and Fillers through a series of experiments in an attempt to satisfy his curiosity. Picture: What weighs more? Hmmm... Which is the lightest? Which is the strongest? Which is the easiest to work with? Some interesting results were found! CG and Gheem talk (briefly) about NSL, and we dive into the e-mailbag. Daniel's articles can be seen here on our site, and also at his blogsite: http://rocketn00b.blogspot.com/

The show team have put together a mini episode for you to enjoy as the gang gear up for a couple of big shows. To make things better, The Rocket n00b was able to surface and join us again! We also briefly discus the TARC 2018 early results.

Episode 61: We talk to Dave Barber and Jason Turicik, the NEW owners of Loc Precision! Need we say more? :-) CG talks about a neat podcast for you to listen to, and much more!

Welcome to Episode 60! We’ll catch you up on what we’ve been up to since the last episode, and we’ll delve into a question sent from one of our listeners. Also...Gheem Goes Wild! A funny moment between the Rocketry Show hosts that we will share with you. We’d like to point out that we were having a problem with our main computer during the recording of the program, so we apologize if the audio is a little glitchy.

We’re going to re-visit things in the land "down undah", mates! We’ll be joined by Blake Nicolic of Australia's Thunda Down Under, and he’s going to give a preview of next year’s huge event. We then revisit one of the highlights from the first Thunda gathering and bring back an interview with Nat Callea on the V2 rocket built by Victoria Rocketry which holds the current world record for the largest hobby rocket. If that isn’t enough, We’ll then interview Nat, and Steve Eves, the previous record holder with his 1:10 scale Saturn V Rocket that he successfully flew at MDRA several years ago. We also introduce the next winner for the Make: High Power Rockets by Mike Westerfield, and announce the next trivia question!

The gang couldn't resist reviewing and discussing the biggest news since the last show: The Falcon heavy launch! The immersive audio of the launch we used comes from Destin Sandlin of SmarterEveryDay.Com We also talk about New Zealand's Rocket Labs launch. We answer your e-mails, and comments on some of the Estes speculation heard on Episode 57. Here is a link to the Chris Pearson article we mentioned on the state of the hobby industry. ...And we announce another winner for the Make High Power Rockets book!

Charlie Savoie joins us to discus what they’ve been up to at Aerotech, and answers some questions from our Patrons. Gheem shares with us a piece he has been working on…it’s a little story that shares some insights on being a TARC team coach! One of Gheem’s TARC members also flew a level 1 certification…seen here with our buddy, Andrew. Gheem’s TARC team (US Rocketry) prep their rocket.

Mike Westerfield joins us to talk about his newest book, Make: High Power Rockets! From the preface of his book: My first book, 'Make: Rockets,' covered basic rocket science, including construction, aerodynamics, simulation, tracking, and electrical engineering. The rockets in that book are made from thin, lightweight materials that are extremely safe. Some projects work well Mike Westerfield with young children, while others will challenge a college engineering student. High-power rocketry is different, though. While there is a junior-level certification (covered in 'NAR junior certification'), high-power rocketry is otherwise restricted to people over 18. High-power rockets can easily break the sound barrier, shooting miles into the sky. The rockets themselves are not the small, collapsible paper rockets flown in schools and scouting—they are often metal-tipped, fiberglass missiles that weigh tens or even hundreds of pounds. FAA clearances and certifications are required. After the show, Daniel the Rocket n00b will announce the contest to give away some copies of this new book to a few lucky listeners!

The team goes on the road, and set up at their club Christmas party and record a show. Lots of rocket stories are shared. Enjoy, and Happy Holidays!