The Rocketry Show

  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 M...

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...

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.  #the...

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 continuo...

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...

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 Bost...

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 enjo...

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...

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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://grou...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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-mail...

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 i...

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 large...

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 ment...

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...