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 Rocketry Product: Estes - Big Daddy {Kit} (2162) [1998-]

Orlando Rocketry: ROCK’s July Launch (2012-07-08)

Light winds produced a good day for flying rockets as ROCK held its monthly launch on July 7. Brian delivered the safety briefing then announced the first flight. The two-stage Estes Solar ... [Read More]

Neurotic Ape Rocketry: Did some work last night (2008-07-29)

I got my Kevlar supplies finally so I was able to get some more work done. I glued in the Kevlar line and 1/2 an Estes shock cord to Vanishing. A somewhat difficult feet given that its a minimum ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Build session post-mortem (2009-02-21)

I spent my day building, talking rockets, eating, and drinking coffee and beer. Warthog was as usual a great host - thanks bro! The following photo shows most of what I accomplished. I have now have ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Finishing up the 29mm Estes Big Daddy (2011-09-26)

I originally planned to fly this rocket on the Quest F12 BP motor.  Since it now appears that this motor will never exist, I decided to finish it up. This merely involved permanently affixing ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: The Dungeon's Top 10 of 2013 (2013-12-24)

Here is my annual list of things (mostly rocket related) that made me happy and captured my imagination. As usual, in no particular order: 1. Estes released the 29mm E16 and F15 BP motors. ... [Read More]

Rich's Rockets: Building the Estes Big Daddy (2015-03-06)

“Building”? Slight exaggeration there, but “Taking Out Of the Bag and Thinking About How to Do It” doesn’t fit in the title so well. I’ve been trying to decide ... [Read More]

Rich's Rockets: Building the Estes Big Daddy (part 2) (2015-03-07)

I started building the motor mount, and had a scary moment when I realized it wasn’t going to work the way I was about to do it. Fortunately there’s an easy fix. Here’s the ... [Read More]

Rich's Rockets: Building the Estes Big Daddy (part 3) (2015-03-14)

I did some more work on the Big Daddy last Saturday, then woke up on Sunday with a nasty cold. I slept a lot the next couple days, finally got back to the work table on Wednesday night. I stacked ... [Read More]

Rich's Rockets: Building the Estes Big Daddy (part 4) (2015-03-15)

  After gluing that launch lug I remembered reading about someone who’d been having trouble with erratic launches of his Big Daddy until he added a second lug. I decided to do that ... [Read More]

Rich's Rockets: Building the Estes Big Daddy (part 5) (2015-09-24)

Been a long time since my last Big Daddy post, though I think I’ve mentioned it was in primer, and that I won another Big Daddy kit at the August launch so swapped its good nose cone with the ... [Read More]

Rocket N00b: Picking Your First Model Rocket (2015-11-02)

If you are a total n00b to rocketry, wondering What's a good model rocket for an absolute beginner? then welcome, and this post is for you. First of all, I want to stress that these are just some ... [Read More]

Blast From The Past: An Unexpected Model Rocket Windfall (2019-05-06)

This past Saturday, my wife and I traveled to Colorado Springs to visit some long-time friends there. After dinner, the gentleman, whose name is Bob, disappeared down the stairs leading ... [Read More]