My personal adventures in amateur experimental rocketry
A short writeup about the launch of Henk, mainly so I can share some of the awesome pictures and video’s it produced
The first successful test of MM-38.
And it only took 2 years.
I’m making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS.
GLaDOS, Portal
Almost 2 years ago, I stepped out into a field, attempting to test this brand new motor I received, and utterly failed.
Today, I succeeded not only in testing … Read More
The troubled launch of Perigee-2, which chose to pursue its passion of skywriting instead of going up as planned.
Also the first launch which had been equipped with avionics (A simple altimeter)
It all looked so easy when you did it on paper
Milton W. Rosen, Rocket engineer, 1956
where valves never froze, gyros never drifted,
and rocket motors did not blow up in your face.
On the 14’th of this month, … Read More
A rather lengthy report detailing the fantastic launch of BTIR-2, which reached more than a 100 meters of altitude, and was recovered intact to boot!
Due to the complexities of launching a full rocket, I have split up this report into 4 sections:
R-15
Igniter, Type IIb, HQ
Launch Setup
The Launch
After years of development, and a month of preparation, the first fully successful … Read More
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