Next month, NASA will be performing the first test of the largest rocket booster ever made, taking place in Promontory, Utah. I am fortunate enough to have been selected by NASA to attend this amazing two-day historical event in the capacity of ‘social media representative’. You can bet I’ll be taking as many photos and videos […]
I’m pleased to announce that DIY Rocketry is now “live” and open for use. The entire site has been custom designed with the rocketry community in mind. It has been designed to work on virtually any device of any screen resolution. A lot of front-end and back-end programming, graphics design and UI testing has gone […]
Here’s a really useful table for comparing rocket altimeters against one another. With so many new alts on the market, it can be a bit daunting to keep track of them all and the benefits of each. Alex of RocketsEtc.com has put this very detailed table together. Check it out here… Link: Model Rocket Altimeters: […]
If you are interested in model rocketry, it is helpful to find a rocketry club near you. Joining a club allows you to meet like minded people, who can help you in your rocketry adventures. Club launches also allow you to fly bigger rockets, because all of the waivers have been taken care of. To […]
I’ll be documenting my L1 & L2 build as progress is made. I’m designing a fairly “standard” 4″ dual-deploy rocket with a removable avionics bay. I went into this project with two opposing opinions resting on my shoulders. On one side, the opinion says to purpose build an L1 rocket and build another for L2 […]
There are a lot of fantastic altimeters and flight computers on the market these days. Many of them with very reasonable prices, which makes it unnecessary to make your own. However, there are still many reasons that you may aspire to make your own altimeter. Perhaps you desire features not available elsewhere? Or maybe you […]
