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Home The Rocketry Show Podcast 99: Season 7 Premiere! – Cris Erving of Eggtimer Rocketry 99: Season 7 Premiere! – Cris Erving of Eggtimer Rocketry The Eggtimer Quantum We are pleased to have Cris Erving, founder of Eggtimer Rocketry  with us on this episode! We discus the Eggtimer products, and also give lots of tips and tricks to help you figure out how to solder one together! Some pointers: ) If...

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...

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 @ “Missio...

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 natio...

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...

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,...

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 hel...

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 scie...

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...

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 Ghe...

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...

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...

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 spa...

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.therocket...

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 wi...

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...

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 dete...