The Rocketry Show Podcast

A bit delayed, but here we are! In this episode, we do a quick review of NARCON 2024, and we give a look behind the curtain to tell you what has been going on...

On this episode, our guest is Vance Martin, an amateur radio operator who goes under the callsign N3VEM. Martin became involved in rocketry as a kid in the typical way; seeing model rockets at the local hobby shop, and discovering the hobby with a friend.  As he moved into middle and high school, he discovered mid and high power rocketry through  online rocketry communities.  While in college he built a PML 1/4 Scale Patriot rocket to use for his Level One, but was unable to find a nearby club to certify, so his L1 rocket sat collecting dust over the years.    After college, Vance discovered ham radio, and earned his amateur radio callsign N3VEM, and built  a portable station in his vehicle so that he could play radio while being out and on the road for work.  As seems to be a pre-requisite for Ham Radio, Vance also became a software and hardware 'tinkerer', so for him, building radio-related projects turned out to be a lot of fun, and is still what he calls his 'primary hobby.' Vance became a Born-Again-Rocketeer about a year ago, when his two older kids found the Patriot rocket stashed in the corner of the family storage room.  They asked 'What is this!?!'  "...and just like that" says Vance " we started building up a fleet of little Estes kits."  Vance decided that it would be fun to combine the two hobbies, and start tinkering with radio and electronic payloads for their rockets. "I knew that 'off the shelf' stuff was available, but being a tinkerer, I wanted to build my own." he recalls.   He continues. "I wanted to target mid-power sized rockets with my projects, since I still live in the same town, and still don't have easy access to a club with a high-power launch site." Vance enjoys his hobbies, and is having fun, saying "I'm still very much a rocketry noob, but I'm having a blast dabbling around with building the rockets, and hacking around at hardware and software for the rockets' payloads." Vance's website is :  https://n3vem.com/blog/RadioRocketV2/

Are you really 'GO' to use your full FAA waiver? Greg Young shares his experiences with this topic, and what he learned is an eye opening education for all rocketeers! About our guest...Greg shares his background in rocketry... My rocketry experience started in 1961, at the ripe old age of 10years, when I ordered, built and flew rockets from Estes Industries. Try as I may, I was not successful at getting local hobby shops to carry rocketry supplies at that time, as the owners felt they were dangerous fireworks.  My flying continued until taking a hiatus during my college, and then post graduate years. When my oldest daughter expressed an interest in rockets (while in 3rd grade) my flying resumed. I joined NAR, and TRA at that time and formed a local rocketry club, the Southtown's Amateur Rocket Society (STARS). When my youngest daughter left middle school for high school, I wound up taking another hiatus, and the club disbanded. My flying hiatus ended when my grandchildren expressed interest in rocketry. I rejoined NAR and TRA, and decided to go through the official high power certification program (something not required back in the 1980's when I flew) and am currently a level 3 flier. I have been involved in 2 NY rocketry groups, one in Geneseo, the other in Penn Yan, and have served from 2016 through the end of 2022 as a member of board of directors, the VP, the waiver holder, the RSO and also served the Prefect of the former for part of that time. I have served on the planning committees for LDRS 34, NSL 2018, and NARAM 62, and during those launches was involved on the field running the range safety operations. Currently I have been involved with local youth (high school and college age primarily), and officially have mentored several school ARC teams which have gone to nationals, and most recently a high school team who was chosen to participate in the 2023 NASA student launch initiative and went on to the nationals in Huntsville. I am hoping to get time to be able to fly more, and mentor more student groups going forward. They are, after all, our future...

The Rocketry Show team talk NSL West 2023 with Ed Lacroix and Matt Abbey.

Jeff Kodysz was a very talented rocketeer. His talents stretched from 3D printing, Lazer Etching, and he had a knack with making logos. He created the current logo for The Rocketry Show that you look at everytime you visit our website or listen to one of our episodes. Jeff passed away a few weeks ago after a short battle with illnesses. He will be missed by his friends, family, and us. We are all glad to have known him.

CG stops by to give a quick update on technical changes some of you may have noticed, and what that means.

The team talk about Narcon 2023, and we review this year's calendar of big launch events so far…

Welcome! In the first episode of Season 9, we talk to Joe Pfeiffer of the Open rocket team, diving a bit deeper into the program's features, and some use case items for advanced and High power rocketry.

In the first episode of Season 9, we talk to Joe Pfeiffer of the Open rocket team, diving a bit deeper into the program's features, and some use case items for advanced and High power rocketry.

You've found Episode 15 of the Model Rocket Show!  This time around, we are talking to Neil Weinstock from  the Open Rocket project about this useful software tool. Neil Weinstock is one of the developers working on open Rocket, which is free open source model, rocket and high power rocket design and simulation software. Many folks find that it's also a great tool for designing paint schemes too! We'll dive into what it is, where you can get it, and about some exciting new updates. If you stick around til the end of the show, The N00b has a little something for you.

Jesse and Gheem give a news update for December. The next season of The Rocketry Show starts in January!

chapAppDescJesse and Gheem give a news update for December. The next season of The Rocketey Show starts in January!

The full Rocketry Show team assemble to drop the latest news updates from the hobby AeroTech/Quest News AeroTech RMS K750ST-PS Rocket Motor Reload Kit New Product Information Release 7/11/22 AeroTech/Quest is pleased to announce the Tripoli certification and immediate availability of our new RMS Reloadable Motor System K750ST-PS rocket motor reload kit, AeroTech's 2nd rocket motor reload kit designed to use the single-grain RMS-75/1280 hardware. Perfect for heavy rockets launched from small fields, the K750ST-PS delivers 1,298.7 N-Sec (292.0 lb.- Sec.) of total impulse with a 1.74 burn time and an all-up weight in motor hardware of 4.29 lb. (1,945.9 g). It's also a great booster for two-stage rockets, and features AeroTech's aerospace-grade Super Thunder (ST) propellant formulation with a burn rate midway between Blue Thunder and Warp-9 propellant types. The K750ST-PS generates a peak thrust of 835.7 N (187.9 lb.) with an average thrust of 746.6 N (167.9 lb.). Super Thunder propellant displays a bright blue flame with prominent Mach diamonds and little smoke.  Although the K750ST-PS produces tracking smoke, it is a “plugged” motor that does not include an ejection charge and requires the utilization of an electronically-activated recovery system. Diameter: 75mm (2.95”) Length: 266.7mm (10.5”) Propellant: Super Thunder Total Impulse: 1,298.7 N-Sec. (292.4 lb.-Sec.) Burn Time: 1.7 Seconds Peak Thrust: 835.7 N (187.9 lb.) Delay Time: Plugged Propellant Weight: 595 g (1.3 lb.) Loaded Weight: 1,947.5 g (4.3 lb.) California State Fire Marshal classification and approval has been granted for the K750ST-PS RMS Reload Kit. It ships with a standard FirstFire Initiator, has a suggested retail price of $157.99 each and may be purchased by consumers 18 years of age or older with a minimum Level 2 NAR or TRA Certification, or by educational institutions, government agencies and licensed commercial entities. Aerotech Discontinues some of its motors They are discontinuing several 24mm reloads as well as their 18mm and 32mm Glider motors typically used for gliders.   Here is the list of discontinued motors:  33400 C3.4T-P 18mm RMS-R/C (3-pak) 33400-12 C3.4T-P 18mm RMS R/C (12-pak) 40700 D7-RCT 24mm RMS R/C (3-Pak) 42300 D2.3T-P 18mm RMS R/C (3-Pak) 42300-12 D2.3T-P 18mm RMS R/C (12-Pak) 51103 E11-3J 24mm RMS (3-Pak) 51200 E12-RCJ 24mm R/C (3-Pak) 61203 F12-3J 24mm RMS (3-Pak) 91321 RMS-32/60-100 R/C Motor 91613 F13-RCT 32mm R/C (2-Pak) 91616 F16-RCJ 32mm R/C (2-Pak) 91712 G12-RCT 32mm R/C (2-Pak) Though it is being discontinued for general retail, Gary Rosenfield notes that the D2.3T will be produced for international competition use as needed. 2022-23 NRC CONTEST EVENTS ANNOUNCED NAR Competition NRC Events for the 2022-2023 Contest Year The NAR Contest Board is pleased to announce the NRC events for the 2022-2023 Contest Year: A Altitude A Payload A Boost/Glide Duration A Streamer Duration B Eggloft Duration 1/4A Parachute Duration These events have been selected by the NAR Contest Board and the NARAM Contest Director per Sporting Code rule 13.1.3.  The 2022-2023 Contest Year starts on July 23, 2022 and ends on the last day of NARAM.  NRC flying ends June 30, 2023. Dan Wolf NAR Contest Board Chair RESULTS OF the NAR 2021-2022 RULES REVISION PROCESS The 2021-2022 RCP process concluded as of June 15, 2022 and the results of the ballot are as follows.  Appendix “D” in the sporting code states that proposals must receive a 51% yes vote in order for the proposal to become a part of the sporting code. The proposals that did pass become a part of the sporting code that will be revised and effective as of July 23rd 2022 for the new contest year, but have no bearing on NARAM-63.  A total of 90 ballots were received. Some voters abstained from voting on all of the proposals.

The full Rocketry Show team assemble to drop the latest news updates from the hobby AeroTech/Quest News AeroTech RMS K750ST-PS Rocket Motor Reload Kit New Product Information Release 7/11/22 AeroTech/Quest is pleased to announce the Tripoli certification and immediate availability of our new RMS Reloadable Motor System K750ST-PS rocket motor reload kit, AeroTech's 2nd rocket motor reload kit designed to use the single-grain RMS-75/1280 hardware. Perfect for heavy rockets launched from small fields, the K750ST-PS delivers 1,298.7 N-Sec (292.0 lb.- Sec.) of total impulse with a 1.74 burn time and an all-up weight in motor hardware of 4.29 lb. (1,945.9 g). It's also a great booster for two-stage rockets, and features AeroTech's aerospace-grade Super Thunder (ST) propellant formulation with a burn rate midway between Blue Thunder and Warp-9 propellant types. The K750ST-PS generates a peak thrust of 835.7 N (187.9 lb.) with an average thrust of 746.6 N (167.9 lb.). Super Thunder propellant displays a bright blue flame with prominent Mach diamonds and little smoke.  Although the K750ST-PS produces tracking smoke, it is a “plugged” motor that does not include an ejection charge and requires the utilization of an electronically-activated recovery system. Diameter: 75mm (2.95”) Length: 266.7mm (10.5”) Propellant: Super Thunder Total Impulse: 1,298.7 N-Sec. (292.4 lb.-Sec.) Burn Time: 1.7 Seconds Peak Thrust: 835.7 N (187.9 lb.) Delay Time: Plugged Propellant Weight: 595 g (1.3 lb.) Loaded Weight: 1,947.5 g (4.3 lb.) California State Fire Marshal classification and approval has been granted for the K750ST-PS RMS Reload Kit. It ships with a standard FirstFire Initiator, has a suggested retail price of $157.99 each and may be purchased by consumers 18 years of age or older with a minimum Level 2 NAR or TRA Certification, or by educational institutions, government agencies and licensed commercial entities. Aerotech Discontinues some of its motors They are discontinuing several 24mm reloads as well as their 18mm and 32mm Glider motors typically used for gliders.   Here is the list of discontinued motors:  33400 C3.4T-P 18mm RMS-R/C (3-pak) 33400-12 C3.4T-P 18mm RMS R/C (12-pak) 40700 D7-RCT 24mm RMS R/C (3-Pak) 42300 D2.3T-P 18mm RMS R/C (3-Pak) 42300-12 D2.3T-P 18mm RMS R/C (12-Pak) 51103 E11-3J 24mm RMS (3-Pak) 51200 E12-RCJ 24mm R/C (3-Pak) 61203 F12-3J 24mm RMS (3-Pak) 91321 RMS-32/60-100 R/C Motor 91613 F13-RCT 32mm R/C (2-Pak) 91616 F16-RCJ 32mm R/C (2-Pak) 91712 G12-RCT 32mm R/C (2-Pak) Though it is being discontinued for general retail, Gary Rosenfield notes that the D2.3T will be produced for international competition use as needed. 2022-23 NRC CONTEST EVENTS ANNOUNCED NAR Competition NRC Events for the 2022-2023 Contest Year The NAR Contest Board is pleased to announce the NRC events for the 2022-2023 Contest Year: A Altitude A Payload A Boost/Glide Duration A Streamer Duration B Eggloft Duration 1/4A Parachute Duration These events have been selected by the NAR Contest Board and the NARAM Contest Director per Sporting Code rule 13.1.3.  The 2022-2023 Contest Year starts on July 23, 2022 and ends on the last day of NARAM.  NRC flying ends June 30, 2023. Dan Wolf NAR Contest Board Chair RESULTS OF the NAR 2021-2022 RULES REVISION PROCESS The 2021-2022 RCP process concluded as of June 15, 2022 and the results of the ballot are as follows.  Appendix “D” in the sporting code states that proposals must receive a 51% yes vote in order for the proposal to become a part of the sporting code. The proposals that did pass become a part of the sporting code that will be revised and effective as of July 23rd 2022 for the new contest year, but have no bearing on NARAM-63.  A total of 90 ballots were received. Some voters abstained from voting on all of the proposals. The results and the detailed verbiage on each proposal will be on the NAR webpage under Contest Flying / Rules Revision Process   NAR Rules Revison RCP 2021 #001: Allow any kind of streamer attachment in streamer duration events. Passes: Yes: 80 / No: 7 RCP 2021 # 002: Revise R&D Scoring Passes: Yes: 48 / No: 34 RCP 2021 # 003: Change judging of Craftsmanship events to a “blind judging” format. Fails: Yes: 37 / No: 49 RCP 2021 # 004: Removal of Rule 30.9.2; Returns – NARAM. Passes: Yes: 51 / No: 32 RCP 2021 # 005: Require altimeters for tracking Passes: Yes: 68 / No: 22 RCP 2021 # 006: Add Sport Scale (Sport, Peanut, Giant), Concept Sport Scale, Classic Model as an additional NRC event. Fails: Yes: 26 /No: 57 RCP 2021 # 008: Add Dual Eggloft Altitude in engine classes C and D to the list of NRC events. Passes: Yes: 47 /No: 41 RCP 2021 # 009: Include D Eggloft Altitude as an NRC Event Fails: Yes: 42 / No: 44 RCP 2021 # 010: Include B engine class Helicopter Duration as an NRC event. Passes: Yes: 45 /No: 42  RCP 2021 # 011: Include B engine class Streamer Duration as an NRC event Passes: Yes: 49 / No: 36 RCP 2021 # 012: Clarify the required documentation for mission points for Scale and Sport Scale events. Passes: Yes: 74 / No: 10  RCP 2021 # 013: Change Rule 8.2 Conduct by changing the word may to shall reinforce that it is the CD has the duty to punish egregious bad behavior by disqualification. Fails: Yes: 37 / No: 48 RCP 2021 # 014: Align Rule 51.13.1 Mission: 200 points to Rule 50.10.6 Mission Points for Sports Scale NRC Fails:  Yes: 34 / No: 47 RCP 2021 # 015: Newly approved contest altimeters need to be available for sale the entire 30 days before contest use can start. Fails: Yes: 41 / No: 43 RCP 2021 # 016: Implement a Standardized Method and Procedure for Recording Air Temperature at NARAM. Passes: Yes: 49 / No: 39 RCP 2021 # 017: Eliminate the requirement to exceed a current record by 1% in order to establish a new record. Passes: Yes: 67 / No: 22 Joe Barnard Sticks powered landing using standard solid propellant motors! Joe Barnard Sticks the landing!                   Other news items discussed: LDRS 40 Gary Rosenfield and Joe Barnard L3 Successful Certs LOC Skinwalker and Dude Perfect Videos ULA Student Launch last weekend Super Orbital Transport release by Estes Argonia Cup rules for 2023!

Items in this news podcast: SMT Designs releases all of their rocketry designs to public domain Steve Thatcher: "With my upcoming LDRS 40 trip and TRA Tech session there on "3D Printed Modular Avionics Bays", I wanted to make an announcement, so here it is..." Steve Thatcher says “I am in the process of releasing all of my rocketry designs to the public domain under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International” You can read the licensing in detail at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ You can find the designs on http://www.tinkercad.com/ by simply doing a "People" search for "SteveThatcher". Once you find the profile, click it to view the parts. Steve has also tagged the parts with “SMTDESIGNS”, “AVBAY”, and “ROCKETRY”, but you will get more "hits" that way of other non-related parts. My intent in doing this is to propagate the footprint standard I created for devices and batteries over the last years, so the rocketry community could benefit. Thatcher says “I would also like to see my designs come to a greater use by making them available for no cost to those that have the required equipment.” Steve asks that the footprints for carriers and platforms remain unchanged. Thatcher says”I recognize the need to change things when necessary, but changing footprints negates the universal benefit they provide. Take the time to look at my entire library of parts to get a system view of why things were done.” Steve will be available to answer questions through SMT Designs, and the SMT Designs facebook page. _______________________________ Tripoli News During the LDRS 40 Member's Banquet it was announced that that the Tripoli Wisconsin Association, Tripoli Green Bay, and Tripoli Chicago will be hosting LDRS 41 at the Richard Bong Recreation Area located in Kenosha County, Wisconsin. The event is planned to take place July 6, 7, 8 and 9, 2023. More details and information will be coming soon. _______________________________ New Unified TRA Safety Code https://www.tripoli.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=795696&module_id=520420 Tripoli Rocketry Association unveiled its new “unified” safety code on May1 of this year. President Bob Brown notes that: Under this safety code, there are no longer Commercial launches or Research launches, just Tripoli launches. There are some changes to the current safety code, such as a common safe distance table, a safety code for both model rockets as well as radio-controlled boosted gliders as well as other changes. Tripoli asks all members to please take the time to read the document in its entirety. Mr. Brown notes that “While your first reaction will probably be there seem to be a lot more rules under this new document, in fact, almost nothing more restrictive has been adopted it's just compiled into one document now.” TRA notes that they owe a huge thank you to Steve Shannon, “who undertook the daunting task of compiling the information from the original four documents and writing (in plain English, not legalese) a document we can all understand and follow”. ____________________________________ Reminder on NARAM 63 NARAM-63 will be July 16-22, 2022. Sport flying begins on Saturday, July 16, and will run through the following Friday, July 22. The US Team Flyoffs/North Coast Cup flying will begin Saturday, July 16, and run through Monday, July 18. NARAM competition flying begins on Monday, July 18, and runs through Friday, July 22. Friday evening, July 15, will include a sport flyers briefing as well as a US Team Flyoffs/North Coast Cup briefing and model check in. Where is NARAM-63? Springfield, Missouri, located in the southwestern part of the state, is this year's host city. The Oasis Hotel is the official hotel of NARAM-63, and will host nearly all of the evening activities. The flying field is located west of Springfield. Sport Range Tripoli Mo-Kan will be running the sport range alo...

Items in this news podcast: SMT Designs releases all of their rocketry designs to public domain Steve Thatcher: "With my upcoming LDRS 40 trip and TRA Tech session there on "3D Printed Modular Avionics Bays", I wanted to make an announcement, so here it is..." Steve Thatcher says “I am in the process of releasing all of my rocketry designs to the public domain under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International” You can read the licensing in detail at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ You can find the designs on http://www.tinkercad.com/ by simply doing a "People" search for "SteveThatcher".   Once you find the profile, click it to view the parts. Steve has also tagged the parts with “SMTDESIGNS”, “AVBAY”, and “ROCKETRY”, but you will get more "hits" that way of other non-related parts. My intent in doing this is to propagate the footprint standard I created for devices and batteries over the last years, so the rocketry community could benefit. Thatcher says “I would also like to see my designs come to a greater use by making them available for no cost to those that have the required equipment.” Steve asks that the footprints for carriers and platforms remain unchanged.  Thatcher says”I recognize the need to change things when necessary, but changing footprints negates the universal benefit they provide.  Take the time to look at my entire library of parts to get a system view of why things were done.” Steve will be available to answer questions through SMT Designs, and the SMT Designs facebook page. _______________________________ Tripoli News During the LDRS 40 Member's Banquet it was announced that that the Tripoli Wisconsin Association, Tripoli Green Bay, and Tripoli Chicago will be hosting LDRS 41 at the Richard Bong Recreation Area located in Kenosha County, Wisconsin. The event is planned to take place July 6, 7, 8 and 9, 2023.   More details and information will be coming soon. _______________________________ New Unified TRA Safety Code   https://www.tripoli.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=795696&module_id=520420 Tripoli Rocketry Association unveiled its new “unified” safety code on May1 of this year. President Bob Brown notes that: Under this safety code, there are no longer Commercial launches or Research launches, just Tripoli launches.  There are some changes to the current safety code, such as a common safe distance table, a safety code for both model rockets as well as radio-controlled boosted gliders as well as other changes.   Tripoli asks all members to please take the time to read the document in its entirety.   Mr. Brown notes that “While your first reaction will probably be there seem to be a lot more rules under this new document, in fact, almost nothing more restrictive has been adopted it's just compiled into one document now.” TRA notes that they owe a huge thank you to Steve Shannon, “who undertook the daunting task of compiling the information from the original four documents and writing (in plain English, not legalese) a document we can all understand and follow”. ____________________________________ Reminder on NARAM 63 NARAM-63 will be July 16-22, 2022. Sport flying begins on Saturday, July 16, and will run through the following Friday, July 22.  The US Team Flyoffs/North Coast Cup flying will begin Saturday, July 16, and run through Monday, July 18.   NARAM competition flying begins on Monday, July 18, and runs through Friday, July 22.  Friday evening, July 15, will include a sport flyers briefing as well as a US Team Flyoffs/North Coast Cup briefing and model check in. Where is NARAM-63? Springfield, Missouri, located in the southwestern part of the state, is this year's host city. The Oasis Hotel is the official hotel of NARAM-63, and will host nearly all of the evening activities. The flying field is located west of Springfield. Sport Range Tripoli Mo-Kan will be running the sport range along with support from SLRA.  Launch pads with 1010 and 1515 rails will be available as well as 1/8″, 3/16″, 1/4”, 3/8”, and 1/2″ rods. Rockets with up to M motor class can be accommodated with an FAA waiver to 6,000 feet. Come and sport fly for the weekend or stay for the whole week. Contest Range Saturday through Monday will feature the US Team Flyoffs/North Coast Cup. NARAM competition starts Monday morning with Chad Ring serving as the NARAM Contest Director. NARAM at Night In addition to sport and contest flying each day, join us for the traditional NARAM evening events throughout the week including the Manufacturers Forum, Cannon Fund Rocketry Memorabilia Auction, NAR Town Hall Meeting, FREE Ice Cream Social, Beer Lofting, and other events culminating with the Awards Banquet on Friday evening. ______________________________________________ Reminder: NAR Board of Trustees voting window is open « Board of Trustee Voting You can vote in-person at NARAM during the Town Hall meeting, online, or by mail-in ballot. You can only vote once! The Town Hall Meeting will be held Monday, July 18, 2022. To vote online, please go to the NAR.ORG site, check in under Member Resources. Mail-in ballots are in The Model Rocketeer, which was mailed with the May/June, 2022 issue of Sport Rocketry magazine. Under the NAR Bylaws, Senior and Leader members who joined the NAR at least one year prior to July 18, 2022 (NAR number 112135 or lower) are eligible to vote. For voting purposes, a Leader member is defined as one who has reached his/her 16th birthday as of July 18, 2022. This Year's Board member candidates (New Candidate) Don Carson - Macon , NC (Current Board Member) Becky Green - San Rafael, CA (Current board member)  Lynn Thomas, Indianapolis, IN Bios are available on the NAR.Org site voting page. _________________________ 2022 NASA Student Launch results   Each year, NASA challenges middle school, high school, college, and university students from across the United States to design, build and launch a high-powered amateur rocket, fly it to an altitude between 4,000 and 6,000 feet, and make a successful landing. Middle and high school teams could choose to attempt the college/university division challenge or develop their own science or engineering experiment. Teams in the college/university division tackled a new task that mirrors NASA's missions like the Mars Curiosity Rover.  Teams had to design a payload capable of autonomously locating where their rocket landed by identifying the rocket's grid position on an aerial image of the launch site while transmitting the data back to their ground station.  This had to be accomplished without the use of GPS. The requirement simulates a challenge faced by NASA's mission managers – communicating with spacecraft and payloads on distant plan mmmm etary bodies, where use of GPS is not an option.   Sixty teams from 22 states including Puerto Rico took part in this year's competition, with 27 teams launching April 23 near NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Teams that did not travel were allowed to conduct their final test flights at a home launch field. For the second year in a row, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte won the launch division, while Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, won first place in the design division of NASA's 2022 Student Launch rocketry competition. The University of North Carolina at Charlotte will receive $5,000 for first place in the launch division, and Tarleton State University will receive $2,500 for first place in the design division. The top five teams in the launch division are: University of North Carolina at Charlotte University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee University of Florida, Gainesville Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana The top two teams in the design division are: Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas New York University   ______________________________________   American Rocketry Contest (TARC)  https://rocketcontest.org/result/2022/   1) Newport High School - Team 2 from Bellevue, WA  (22-1326)   $20,000  (Flight 1)  2  (Flight 2) 11 Total Score = 13 2) Newport High School - Team 1 from Bellevue, WA (22-1804)   $15,000  (Flight 1) 2 (Flight 2) 12 Total Score 14 3) All Saints Episcopal School from Haslet, TX (22-1126) $12,500  (Flight 1) 6.12 (Flight 2) 11 Total Score = 17.12 4) Spring Grove Area Intermediate School - Team 2 from Spring Grove, PA (22-1534)  $10,000  (Flight 1) 13 (Flight 2) 6.8 Total Score = 19.8 5) Coleman High School from Coleman, TX (22-1645)  $7,500  (Flight 1) 10.12 (Flight 2) 10  Total Score = 20.12 6) Creekview High School - Team 3, from Canton, GA $3,500  (Flight 1) 17.2 (Flight 2) 7 Total Score = 24.2  7) Camas High School from Camas, WA (22-1495)  $2.500  (Flight 1) 9, (Flight 2) 16.16 Total Score = 25.16 8) Young Engineers in Action from Hawaiian Gardens, CA (22-1500) $2,500  (Flight 1) 19.64, (Flight 2) 10, Total Score = 29.64 9) Thomas Jefferson High School - Team 9 from Alexandria, VA (22-1764) $2,500  (Flight 1) 7 (Flight 2) 26.8, Total Score = 33.8 10)  Tharptown High School from Russellville, AL  (Flight 1) 1 (Flight 2) 34.12, Total Score = 35.12   Each school or organization for teams 1-5 also receives $1,000. Each school or organization for teams 6-10 also receives $500.

Conway Stevens shares his answers from questions from his Episode #115 guest appearance.  This show was originally a Patron-only episode from last year. The gang share updates on themselves, and the show. Jesse talks about this old picture: Young Jesse and his Saturn V

Conway Stevens answers your questions from Episode 115.

Sorry for the delay. Lots going on in our worlds, and we talk about it later in the show...BUT more importantly: Mike Crupe joins us from Mac Performance Rocketry! We've learned about a new (to us) way to do rocketry! CG gets pulled in big time, and you'll find out why when you listen! Enjoy!  

Sorry for the delay. Lots going on in our worlds, and we talk about it later in the show...BUT more importantly: Mike Crupe joins us from Mac Performance rocketry! We've learned about a new (to us) way to do rocketry! CG gets pulled in big time, and you'll find out why when you listen! Enjoy!

Join our guests, Bill and Rachel Daigle, who are known as father and daughter rocketeers from our neighbors up North in New Brunswick CA! Bill Daigle on Sport Rocketry Bill talks to us about his tenure as an officer of the Canadian Rocketry Association and his career as a hobby rocketeer! He even has graced the cover of Sport Rocketry. Rachel tells us about how she was involved in the hobby at a young age and the joys of flying with Bill. Bill and Rachel talk about their individual projects and shed some in Rachel Daigle and her Big Bertha sight into their largest scratch built upscales. We talk to them about their road to CAR Level 4 in High Powered Rocketry. It's an episode full of fun and appreciation and we are happy to share this with you! Bill and Rachel Daigle on set during the filming of an episode of "Trailer Park Boys".

Join our guests, Bill and Rachel Daigle, who are known as father and daughter rocketeers from our neighbors up North in New Brunswick CA! Bill talks to us about his tenure as an officer of the Canadian Rocketry Association and his career as a hobby rocketeer! He even has graced the cover of Sport Rocketry. Rachel tells us about how she was involved in the hobby at a young age and the joys of flying with Bill. Bill and Rachel talk about their individual projects and shed some insight into their largest scratch built upscales. We talk to them about their road to CAR Level 4 in High Powered Rocketry. It's an episode full of fun and appreciation and we are happy to share this with you!

Gary Rosenfield joins us to update us on some of the latest going on at Aerotech as well as:  - Tips and tricks for selecting an appropriate motor for your high power certifcations.  - What he is up to for Hampster Dance 2022.  - Gary's project of digitizing a bunch of old super-8 footage of some historic & interesting high power launches from the early days of HPR. All this along with some interesting rocket talk!

Gary Rosenfield joins us to update us on some of the latest going on at Aerotech as well as: Tips and tricks for selecting an appropriate motor for your high power certifcations. What he is up to for Hampster Dance 2022. Gary's project of digitizing a bunch of old super-8 footage of some historic & interesting high power launches from the early days of HPR. All this along with some interesting rocket talk!

chapAppDescHappy Holidays, and Welcome to the latest episode of The Rocketry Show for the week of December 19, 2021! This time around, we close out the year catching up on your voice and emails, and what we have been up to, and what's next for our shows. One of our listeners mentions wanting to hear from John Beans and Joe Barnard.  We talked to both of them in previous episodes.  If you want to check them out too, then here are the links to the latest ones. Latest John Beans Episode ( Episode 30): Latest Joe Barnard episode (Episode 103): We also answer yoiur questions, like how to repair damaged fins on fiberglass rockets, how to get rid of the "fuzzies" caused by painter's tape peeling away the glassine surface from cardboard rocket airframes and more!

Happy Holidays, and Welcome to the latest episode of The Rocketry Show for the week of December 19, 2021! This time around, we close out the year catching up on your voice and emails, and what we have been up to, and what's next for our shows. One of our listeners mentions wanting to hear from John Beans and Joe Barnard.  We talked to both of them in previous episodes.  If you want to check them out too, then here are the links to the latest ones. Latest John Beans Episode ( Episode 30): Latest Joe Barnard episode (Episode 103): We also answer yoiur questions, like how to repair damaged fins on fiberglass rockets, how to get rid of the "fuzzies" caused by painter's tape peeling away the glassine surface from cardboard rocket airframes and more!

In this episode, Steve Thatcher returns to talk about what is new from SMT Designs. He has been busy innovating new options for your rocket AV Bay needs for almost all rockets –including ones up to eight inches in diameter! SMT Eight Inch AV bay with Dual Deploy mounting options We think you should check these out! Other products that Steve mentions include: The "High G 3-75" bay The SMT T-Slot AV Bay kit We think you'll enjoy this information, and Steve's rocket stories as well. Here are pictures of the rockets Steve mentions: Steve's "Lady J" Rocket Steve's rocket called "Stubby"   Enjoy!

chapAppDescIn this episode, Steve Thatcher returns to talk about what is new from SMT Designs. He has been busy innovating new options for your rocket AV Bay needs for almost all rockets –including ones up to eight inches in diameter! We think you should check these out! We think you'll enjoy this information, and Steve's rocket stories as well.

Welcome to the first episode of Season 8 of The Rocketry Show! We open this new season with a wonderful guest appearance from Conway Stevens. We talk about some history of High Power rocketry, focusing a bit on the changes brought on after the 9/11 attacks. We cover other rocketry history related stories as well. Mr. Stevens also disusses his experiences as a TAP, his latest projects, and his recovery from COVID. This is a two hour long show that is sure to fill in the time we spent regrouping before resuming our show recordings. You'll no doubt be replaying this one a few times! Mr. Stevens mentions Soft Links as an alternative to metal quick links.   Here is a link to some from one skydiving supply store, Chutingstar.com. Enjoy!

chapAppDescWelcome to the first episode of Season 8 of The Rocketry Show! We open this new season with a wonderful guest appearance from Conway Stevens. We talk about some history of High Power rocketry, focusing a bit on the changes brought on after the 9/11 attacks. We cover other rocketry history related stories as well. Mr. Stevens also disusses his experiences as a TAP, his latest projects, and his recovery from COVID. This is a two hour long show that is sure to fill in the time we spent regrouping before resuming our show recordings. You'll no doubt be replaying this one a few times! Enjoy!

chapAppDescWelcome to Episode 114 of The Rocketry Show! In this Episode, we'll be talking about The Hot Nozzle Summer 2021 event! Jenna Kay Foertsch joins us from the Johnson Space Center in Houston, where she works, to talk about it! On July 23rd of this year at the FAR launch site in the desert of California, Tim Dodd, AKA The everyday Astronaut, stomped his foot down on an air powered rocket to kick off an event that has taken the rocketry community by viral storm.   Photo: Tim Dodd kicking off the event Credit: Matt of HNS The event known as "Hot Nozzle Summer" started out as a joke on Twitter by a number of young rocketry enthusiasts earlier in the Spring, but very quickly grew into a movement spearheaded by an energetic group resulting in a major launch that took place over the weekend of July 23-26.  The goals of this group are stated on their website… "Hot Nozzle Summer is a movement within the amateur rocket community that seeks to break down the barriers that exist within the hobby and make it more accessible to new people, regardless of skill or training in rocketry or engineering. This movement celebrates all aspects of rocketry whether its getting a Level 1 high powered certification through NAR or Tripoli, or just shooting model rockets in the backyard with your kids this summer. You do not have to come to the live event to participate in the movement." Primarily a social media phenomenon, the group's dedicated leaders pulled off an event that saw many rockets fly many of which were from people new to the hobby, or flying to achieve a higher certification level.  Jenna Kay, one of the main organizers of the event joins The Rocketry Show to discuss how the event came to be, what challenges were overcome to pull it off, and what the future might hold for what has essentially become a movement to bring people into the hobby that has not been seen before.

Welcome to Episode 114 of The Rocketry Show! In this Episode, we'll be talking about The Hot Nozzle Summer 2021 event with Jenna Kay Foertsch! Jenna Kay Foertsch with her HotNozzleSummer staff shirt and Tee. On July 23rd of this year at the FAR launch site in the desert of California, Tim Dodd, AKA The everyday Astronaut, stomped his foot down on an air powered rocket to kick off an event that has taken the rocketry community by viral storm. Tim Dodd ( Everyday Astronaut) kicks off the event by launching a stomp rocket. Photo: by Matt of HNS. The event known as "Hot Nozzle Summer" started out as a joke on Twitter by a number of young rocketry enthusiasts earlier in the Spring, but very quickly grew into a movement spearheaded by an energetic group resulting in a major launch that took place over the weekend of July 23-26.  The goals of this group are stated on their website... The Eujean rocket that Jenna mentioned. Photo by Kyle Lundberg. "Hot Nozzle Summer is a movement within the amateur rocket community that seeks to break down the barriers that exist within the hobby and make it more accessible to new people, regardless of skill or training in rocketry or engineering. This movement celebrates all aspects of rocketry whether its getting a Level 1 high powered certification through NAR or Tripoli, or just shooting model rockets in the backyard with your kids this summer. You do not have to come to the live event to participate in the movement." Primarily a social media phenomenon, the group's dedicated leaders pulled off an event that saw many rockets fly many of which were from people new to the hobby, or flying to achieve a higher certification level.  Jenna Kay, one of the main organizers of the event joins The Rocketry Show to discuss how the event came to be, what challenges were overcome to pull it off, and what the future might hold for what has essentially become a movement to bring people into the hobby that has not been seen before. HNS 2021 group photo.  Photo by Jake Nixon Also, for our supporters on Patreon, we're trying something different...stick around at the end of the show! kKo7Y7WZOSxxoREaEjRT

Welcome to Season 7, Episode 113! In this episode: Jesse joins us with his interviews & wrap-up reporting of NSL 2021 and LDRS. He managed to get some interviews from NSL as well! Gheem was on vacation during this production, and CG talks about what to expect the next few weeks while The Rocketry Show is in "summertime rocket season" mode.   Matt Abbey, Event Director for NSL 2021   Matt Steele and Frank Burke at NSL 2021   Jesse and the LOC Precision crew   Jesse with Gary Rosenfield and Dane Boles of Aerotech   Neal Baker preparing for launch!

Welcome to Season 7, Episode 113! In this episode: Jesse joins us with his interviews & wrap-up reporting of NSL 2021 and LDRS. He managed to get some interviews from NSL as well! Gheem was on vacation during this production, and CG talks about what to expect the next few weeks while The Rocketry Show is in “summertime rocket season” mode.

Jason Turicick, Dave Barber, and Stanton Ewert of LOC Precision join us to talk about what's new at LOC, and their appearance on Season 2, Episode 9 of The Secret of Skin Walker Ranch! Stanton Ewert of LOC Jason Turicick of LOC Precision

Jason Turicick, Dave Barber, and Stanton Ewert of LOC Precision join us to talk about what's new at LOC, and their appearance on Season 2, Episode 9 of The Secret of Skin Walker Ranch! Dave Barber Jason Turicick Stanton Ewert

While CG, Gheem, and Jesse regroup after a whirlwind production schedule the past few months, Daniel, the rocket N00b has been busy producing new shows for our sister show, The Model Rocket Show. We've posted the latest episode here as well as bonus content for The Rocketry Show listeners. The full show notes can be read at TheModelRocketShow.Com website. Enjoy!

Joe Hill joins the crew as we discus our rocketry projects, high power, rocketry music, and more! Joe enjoys makin' music too! Joe Hill: Ready for launch!                   CG and Joe discus the construction of CG's new avionics bay for Ares.  The picture below shows the antenna (on the right), and the kevlar extension that keeps the metal bits away from the telemetry transmission antenna... A picture of Ares' new avionics and telemetry module under construction. The antenna is to the right.  

Joe Hill joins the crew as we discus our rocketry projects, high power, rocketry music, and more!

We start up this workshop talk episode with another member of the next generation of rocketeers, Xyla Foxlin. Xyla has a degree in Engineering, an aircraft pilot, and loves partaking in any craft that involves building things. Gheem ran across her while looking at Joe Barnard's latest adventures at F.A.R (Friends of Amateur Rocketry) in the deserts out west which sparked a new hashtag on the Twitterverse, #HotNozzleSummer. Xyla was one of the names popping up, and she decided to get her level 2 certification at FAR with a very interesting rocket called "Fifi". We talk about this build, and her broad background in robotics, rocketry, boats, and craftwork that led to this project. Her Youtube video of the Fifi build and launch can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKqrQUHYgrM 

We start up this workshop talk episode with another member of the next generation of rocketeers, Xyla Foxlin. Xyla has a degree in Engineering, is an aircraft pilot, and loves partaking in any craft that involves building things. Gheem ran across her while looking at Joe Barnard's latest adventures at F.A.R (Friends of Amateur Rocketry) in the deserts out west which sparked a new hashtag on the Twitterverse, #HotNozzleSummer. Xyla was one of the names popping up, and she decided to get her level 2 certification at FAR with a very interesting rocket called "Fifi". We talk about this build, and her broad background in robotics, rocketry, boats, and craftwork that led to this project. Her video for her "Fifi" build can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKqrQUHYgrM

The Oklahoma State University rocket team “The Space Cowboys” join us to talk about their first place placement in the Argonia Cup contest. They talk about their rocket, the payload, and some of their greatest challenges in making it all happen. A member of the Space Cowboys prepping the glider for flight... Also Bob Brown joins us to talk about The Argonia Cup, The Argonia Kansas rocket club Kloudbusters, and Airfest! The Rocketry show wins an award! We talk about that as well!

The Oklahoma State University rocket team “The Space Cowboys” join us to talk about their first place placement in the Argonia Cup contest. They talk about their rocket, the payload, and some of their greatest challenges in making it all happen. Also Bob Brown joins us to talk about The Argonia Cup, The Argonia Kansas rocket club Kloudbusters, and Airfest The Rocketry show wins an award! We talk about that as well!

Matt Steele has been busy, and Northcoast Rocketry has new kits and more as a result! Matt joins us to discuss.   Matt Steele   We also dive into the mailbag to answer your questions, including a really good question from one of you on the LEUP regulations. Enjoy!

Matt Steele has been busy, and Northcoast Rocketry has new kits and more as a result! Matt joins us to discuss. We also dive into the mailbag to answer your questions, including a really good question from one of you on the LEUP regulations. Enjoy!

Tyler Palmer joins us to cover a wide range of topics and interests.   We all found this session to be fun and informative! Enjoy!  

Tyler Palmer joins us to cover a wide range of topics and interests.    We all found this session to be fun and informative! Enjoy!

The rocketry show gang gather to review their plans for the 2021 rocketry season, and we crack open the mailbag, and take a deep dive into some listener feedback. Loading new motors into Open Rocket tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsppUGQULJA Jesse's unboxing video: https://youtu.be/KSWkG3HlrxU A picture of Gheem's project               Some pictures of Jesse's projects:  

The rocketry show gang gather to review their plans for the 2021 rocketry season, and we crack open the mailbag, and take a deep dive into some listener feedback. Loading new motors into Open Rocket tutorial: https://youtu.be/dsppUGQULJA Jesse posing with his The Rocketry Show mug.  Patrons of the rocketry show can up their membership level for three months to get this cool piece of swag.   Other items are available at Tee shirts and other items are also available at http://shirts.therocketryshow.com Gheem's project: Jesse's Project:      

Welcome to Episode 105 of The Rocketry Show! This time around, we are joined by Tim Van Milligan of Apogee Components!  Tim hangs with us to talk about some new projects from Apogee, including some insights into the direction of RockSim! Tim Van Milligan and his X-15 rocket. We also find time to talk general rocket shop too!