Rockets Roost


This is a place that I will put some of my Rocket info.

Of course I dont want to spend more time working on this than I do my rockets so it may from time to time have more stuff.


Fleet:

Name Details Status
Patriot Full Scale Patriot Building
13mm Two stage 13mm Two stage rocket Building
Big Girtha 16" dia x 12' tall. Retired
Al Baboon 3in all aluminum rocket. Repairing
Extreme 3in 3in minimum dia two stage. Repairing
Orient Express 12" dia x 15' tall. Active
Hyfly 3 Used for L3 certification. 7.5" x 15' tall Destroyed

Terrier Sandhawk

5.5" Terrier/4" Sandhawk
(updated 12/3/01)
Destroyed
Rocket Riley(Rocket boy) Clone of rocket from October Sky movie
(updated 12/18/01)
Active
G80 Motor Rocket(updated 6/25/01) AT G80 motor repairing
'J' eater 2 6" dia 3FNC Active
'M' eater 7.5" dia 3FNC Active
BALLS rocket Two stage 6" to 4" minimum diameter rocket Repairing
LOC Magnum A LOC Magnum I built for someone else Complete
Honest John Estes HJ kit. Bashed for DD and 54mm MMT Re-painting
7.5in Upscale Fatboy Upscaled Estes Fatboy with minimum diameter motor mount Active


Gallery - Here are some assorted pictures of some of my rockets.


Tips - Let me know if these are a help.


This is some specific info on unique projects.

GPS telemetry system

GPS telemetry receiver

Super small GPS transmitter

Windows powered flight data logger.

Launch pad controller(updated 4/12/02)

Video Camera Rocket (updated 4/23/02)

Video Camera Rocket 2 (updated 10/6/03)

35MM camera rocket.(retired) (updated 7/27/99)

Advanced altimeter.(updated 8/10/00)

Simple altimeter.(updated 11/07/01)

Rocket Webcam Idea.(updated 3/16/01)

Rocket Flight Logger software(updated 5/1/01)

Rocket Altitude Graphing software(updated never)

PIC programming(updated 5/24/01) 

R/C backup circuit (updated 8/28/01)

Making PC boards(updated 8/29/01)

Roctronics- rocket electronics(updated ?)


Launch info.

July 31, 1999 Launch 

Sept 11, 1999 Launch

April 20, 2002 Launch

NYPower


Certification- My saga



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