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The Model Rocket ShowEp 17: Chemical Safety thoughts in Model Rocket BuildingAs you get started in Hobby Rocketry, It's important to be mindful of the chemicals you use in constructing & Painting your rockets.We explore this area of the hobby in this episode with Daniel the Rocket N00b, and his guest Ray.We take a deep dive into things to keep in mind, and simple precautions to take while using:Epoxy - Long term exposure both by skin contact and breathing in fumes could create problems for people. We share thoughts on some precautions to take.Paints - Obviously, we can...2024-11-1943 minThe Model Rocket ShowEP16: Why do our rockets turn into the wind?In this episode, The Rocet n00b teams up with his colleagues from The Rocketry Show to interview Tom Fetter about why our rockets turn into the wind? Tom has done a ton of research on the topic, and was excited to join us to share!Mentioned in this episode:eRockets Featured Ad2024-10-2156 minThe Model Rocket ShowOpen Rocket Overview with Neil Weinstock
You’ve found Episode 15 of the Model Rocket Show! This time around, 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 o...2022-11-221h 04The Model Rocket ShowJohn Boren Returns!
John Boren returns to update us on his world, and on his world at Estes, now under new management!
It was an enjoyable discussion, and we hope you enjoy it!
2022-09-261h 22The Model Rocket ShowMike Nowak and James Duffy - FAI Competition Rocketry
James Duffy, left, and Mike Nowak, right, at the opening ceremonies of the European Space Modeling Competition in Ukraine, 2015
Here’s an episode we recorded a while back, and since it’s been a hot topic recently due to virtual NARCON, we’re dropping it now.
We chat with Mike Nowak and James Duffy – two skilled rocket builders who’ve been competing on the American team in international rocketry competitions for years. FAI – the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale – is the world governing body for air sports, including model rocketry. The International Championships for Spacemodeling are frequently held i...2022-02-211h 03The Model Rocket ShowState of the show, and a deep dive into The Model Rocket Safety Code
We’re baaack!
Daniel The Rocket n00b gives the update what’s going on in his world. and the state of the program.
Then Gheem and Jesse join forces to do a deep dive on The Model Rocket Safety Code.
This is a perfect episode to share with someone just getting into the hobby, and to enjoy as a refresher maybe for yourself!
2022-01-031h 28The Model Rocket ShowFrank Burke and His RC Rocket Gliders
Model Rocket Guy Jesse U (left) with our guest, Frank Burke
In this episode, Model Rocket Guy Jesse U of The Rocketry Show sits in for the N00b. Jesse talks with Frank Burke, maker of a number of amazing, large, radio controlled rocket gliders.
Frank uses AeroTech’s long burning composite motors to loft these models vertically, and then controls their long, gliding descent with the RC controller he’s holding.
As Frank discusses in the episode, it’s not as hard to get started with these rocket gliders as you might think...2021-08-211h 08The Model Rocket ShowRandy Boadway - eRockets.biz and Semroc
Our guest this week is our esteemed sponsor – Randy Boadway, owner of eRockets.biz and producer of Semroc kits and parts.
We have a great conversation, lots of fun, and Randy even tells me what the “best wood glue in the world” is!
Randy has one of the best jobs in the world – owner of the world’s largest supplier or model rocket kits and parts. Here’s a picture from his office, featuring the Semroc Mars Lander.
As a member of the Wright Stuff Rocketeers, Randy hosts build nights once...2021-07-0254 minThe Model Rocket ShowChris Michielssen - Model Rocket Building!
Our guest, Chris Michielssen’s fantastic blog
I found Chris Michielssen’s blog, Model Rocket Building (which you can visit by CLICKING HERE) shortly after I got started in this hobby back in 2014, and in it I found a wealth of knowledge. Chris is a real craftsman. His blog lays out builds, usually from start to finish, and is full of tips and advice to get good looking builds. Just by visiting Model Rocket Building on a daily basis, my own builds quickly went from rough, beginner’s models to much more polished looking, because I was able t...2021-05-151h 17The Model Rocket ShowField Notes 2020: Part 1
2020 was a tough year. Rocketry really helped some of us get through it.
I took a recorder along to almost every launch I went to, and the result is this 2-part series, Field Notes 2020.
Because of the uncertainty, I wasn’t sure I’d be able to fly at all this past year. The NAR prohibited organized club launches for a while, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Eventually, I made it out to some casual, 2-3 person launches. And then the clubs were able to fly again.
Despite the diff...2021-03-071h 08The Model Rocket ShowSeason 2 Episode 1 teaser
The N00b has hours of audio to edit.
I took my recorder along to document (almost) every single launch I went to this year. There weren’t as many formal launches as we had planned, obviously, but I still managed to fly quite a lot.
A big two-part episode is coming – Field Notes 2020. But since there’s so much audio to wade through, here’s a short episode of a few highlights you’ll hear in the full length episodes, a teaser episode.
2021-01-2510 minThe Model Rocket ShowWorkshop! With The Rocketry Show Guys
After a hiatus (you know, it’s 2020…), we’re back with The Model Rocket Show!
This episode is a classic “workshop” episode fans of The Rocketry Show have come to enjoy – and the N00b is joined by Jesse and Gheem from The Rocketry Show! CG is there, too, but just listening quietly in the background (you know how Gheem and the N00b can ramble on…)
In the first half of the show, we answer listener questions, including one from a Patreon patron which slipped through the N00b’s email for a while (sorry about that...2020-12-071h 24The Model Rocket ShowJames Duffy - Scale Modeling, FAI, and more!In this episode, we chat with James Duffy, an accomplished scale modeler and competitor in FAI international model rocketry competitions.
James' main specialties in scale modeling are the Bumper WAC - an early American two-stage sounding rocket consisting of a captured German V-2 first stage with a WAC Corporal cobbled on top as a second stage...
Bumper 8 lifting off from Cape Canaveral
James Duffy's scale Bumper WAC
...and the Little Joe test vehicle, which NASA used during Project Mercury to test the launch escape system (the Little Joe II was later used for the same purposes for Project Apollo) and...2020-09-0759 minThe Model Rocket Show#5 - Gary Rosenfield of AeroTech and Quest AerospaceIn this episode, we talk with Gary Rosenfield, who founded AeroTech Consumer Aerospace in 1982. AeroTech makes ammonium perchlorate composite propellant motors, often referred to as simply "composite motors." This distinguishes them from the traditional model rocket motors, which use black powder propellant.
AeroTech is known for making high power motors, up to the enormous M, N, and O impulse motors. But they also make low and mid power motors for model rocketeers.
A small selection of AeroTech reloadable motor casings
Around 2014, AeroTech merged with Quest Aerospace, a model rocket company which manufactured kits and black powder motors. The motors were...2020-07-2056 minThe Model Rocket ShowThe FAQ – Questions, Volume 1In this episode the Rocket N00b answers some model rocketry questions - some beginner's questions commonly asked on online forums, as well as a couple questions sent to him through social media.
"What's the Best Glue?"
Yes, we know. This question gets asked a LOT online, and some rocketeers get tired of seeing it. But it's a good sign - it means there are new people entering the hobby all the time. That's good for us, as it means more people to support our vendors of kits and motors, as well as greater awareness of this safe and awesome...2020-06-2050 minThe Model Rocket ShowK’Tesh! A Chat with Jim Parsons, OpenRocket WizardThe Omega booster and Cineroc, simulated in OpenRocket by our guest, Jim Parsons
In this episode, we talk with Jim Parsons, who was once described as "the Chuck Norris of OpenRocket."
OpenRocket is free model rocket design and simulation software which runs on Java. You can download it here, and play around with it if you've never tried it before.
OpenRocket is a great tool - and it's free. But it does have its limitations.
If you make a sim of a kit, you might notice that it doesn't look exactly like the kit you're building. One big difference you'll...2020-05-1155 minThe Model Rocket ShowFlisKits – Nothing Flies Like a Flis!In today's episode, The Rocket N00b talks about FlisKits, the independent model rocket company started nearly 18 years ago by Jim Flis. We take a look back at an annual tradition of CMASS - the Central Massachusetts Spacemodeling Society - known as the FlisKits Anniversary launch.
Since we cannot currently hold public launches, due do the COVID-19 pandemic, here's your chance to listen back to some fun launch audio and dream of the day when we're all let outside again!
One of the unusual rockets showcased during the day was Claude Maina's Streaming UFFO - a saucer made of foam...2020-04-1644 minThe Model Rocket Show#1: Pilot - Welcome to The Model Rocket Show!In our first episode, Daniel The Rocket N00b tells us his "origin story"...how he got into Model Rocketry, and gives an overview on what to expect on future episodes.
The Rocket N00b and his fleet.2020-03-2831 minThe Model Rocket ShowIntroducing: The Model Rocket PodcastStay tuned!2020-03-1500 min