All Rocketry Blogs

Blast From The Past: FlatCat Boost /Glider Build, Part 1 – Introduction. (2018-08-07)

  The FlatCat Boost Glider was designed by G. Harry Stine back in the earlier days of model rocketry.   It is arguably the quintessential example of a standard front engine pop-pod ... [Read More]

Blast From The Past: NAR 60 Year Reunion, Part 10 - A Few Words From Bill Stine (2018-08-10)

After being introduced by NAR president John Hochheimer, Bill Stine took the podium. Bill related the story of the beginnings of the hobby of model rocketry, starting with how his father, G. Harry ... [Read More]

Rocketeer's Corner: No party crashers allowed... (2019-10-25)

Estes did some pretty cool stuff back in the day - like l aunching one of their scale Saturn V models at halftime during the Blue Bonnet Bowl . This was seen by a fairly large TV audience, but a ... [Read More]

DTH Rocket Blog: About DTH Rocket Endeavors (2008-02-26)

DTH Rocket Endeavors started with one individual (me) who looked to the skies. Up in that big, blue expanse the Lord's wonders were displayed, which put a fascination for it in me. "The heavens ... [Read More]

DTH Rocket Blog: 50 Things I Do When I'm Bored (2009-10-09)

Try to design a rocket on RockSim to break 100,000 ft using K motors Make up polynomials and then factor them Eat a bowl of cereal Try to find shortcuts to evaluate the nth ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Paavo John Rahkonen dies at age 79 (2010-01-18)

Saturday, January 16, 2010  > Paavo John Rahkonen 1930-2009 OGDEN, Utah USA — After three years of battling a rare incurable blood disease, American solid ... [Read More]

DTH Rocket Blog: A Quote (2010-06-08)

"Often, it pays to bridge the apparent gulf between two seemingly unrelated fields of human endeavor." -G. Harry Stine, Handbook of Model Rocketry [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: The Enzmann Starship Family (2010-08-27)

I just saw Scott Lowther's post on his forthcoming diagrams of the Enzmann Starship .  A quick search yielded several hits, including a site dedicated to the nuclear pulse starships proposed by ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: A pair of book reviews: The Spaceship Handbook and The Saucer Fleet (2011-01-06)

The Spaceship Handbook and The Saucer Fleet are complimentary works by Jack Hagerty and Jon Rogers and are both published through the ARA Press .  The Spaceship Handbook provides information on ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: I.Q.S.Y. Tomahawk Information (2011-02-21)

The next build will be the Semroc IQSY Tomahawk, Kit. # KD-2 This is a 10th scale model, the second in Semroc's DeciScale series. Before we get started, check out the Harry Stine drawings at: ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Happy Birthday G. Harry Stine! (2011-03-26)

Here's a great YouTube video on the G. Harry Stine legacy - HERE I met Mr. Stine at my first NARAM in Orlando, Florida back in 1975. He took the time to meet and talk with all the ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: G. Harry Stine stuff (2011-03-26)

Chris Michielssen reminds us that today is his birthday and reminisces about their encounters.  He also points to the following video, which I think I've previously posted.  But, it's ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Starlight Jayhawk Build Part 11 Shock Cord Mount (2011-03-30)

While the shock cord mount should work fine, I thought the card stock was a little thin. I re-cut another from 110 lb. card stock. My mount is to the left. This mount is based on the old G. Harry ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: "Where did model rocketry really start?" (2012-06-05)

Issue 314 of Apogee's Newsletter features an article with the same title as this post.  Written by sport and professional rocketeer William Colburn,  the article features several ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Estes V2 Build Part 9 Camo and Paint Ideas (2012-08-09)

  Here's the G. Harry Stine V2 drawing from an old NARTS Plan Program: www.oldrocketplans.com/narts/GERMANV2_102.pdf This is the paint pattern I hope to do.       ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Estes V2 Build Part 11 Semi Scale Fin Shape (2012-08-10)

From the G. Harry Stine scale drawings, I enlarged the scale fins to the same root edge length as the kit fins. For stability, the kit fins are wider than actual scale. "Stacking" the fins ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Estes V2 Build Part 27 Masking the Roll Pattern (2012-08-23)

Working from the G. Harry Stine drawings the black areas were temporarily marked with black electrical tape. If you've ever done a roll pattern before, you know it's hard to remember where ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Retro-amateur rocketry abroad (2013-11-13)

Earlier today, Flickr user Morbius19 , sent me a couple of links regarding the Manchester Interplanetary Society's rocketry activities circa the 1930's. The main site, Harry Turner's Footnotes to ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: 1977 SUNCON Picture (2014-01-14)

Charles Russell sent me a private message on YORF. He had attended the 1977 SUNCON in Northern California and sent this shot. Chas wondered if I recognized the people in the picture. That's G. ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: ASP IV or Chuter -Two Fins? (2014-02-02)

A few months back on TRF, Bone Daddy was building a Estes Classic Chuter-Two. The Chuter-Two was originally a Centuri model introduced in 1967  HERE Some questions came up about the ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: A brief history of the Dangerous Origins of Model Rocketry (2014-03-18)

io9 has published an interesting post about the history of model rocketry: The Dangerous Origins of Model Rocketry . The article explains that, while model rocketry has an 'almost impeccable safety ... [Read More]

Wayne Hill's Blog: Early 1960s documentary on Model Rocketry (2014-03-28)

The film was commissioned by National Association of Rocketry and is narrated by G. Harry Stine. [Read More]

Shroudlines: MPC Musings... (2017-07-11)

In the early 1970's a rocket company by the name of Model Rocket Industries started producings some pretty cool kits. Soon, Model Products Corp. bought them out and launched their bold plan of ... [Read More]

Blast From The Past: BAR Rocket Fleet #111 Super-Star (2017-09-15)

Sport Model High Performance MPC Kit Clone Designed by G. Harry Stine Date Completed:   14 September, 2017   Designed for 13mm mini engines Length:   254mm Diameter:   13.7mm ... [Read More]

Rocket N00b: The N00b T00b - A Quick, Easy, Scratch Built Tube Fin Rocket - Part 1: The Basic Build (2019-11-01)

I have a bunch of random model rocket parts lying around the Rocket Room. Some are things I intentionally stocked up on, and some are leftovers from kits I modified, or from other projects. I ... [Read More]

Rocketeer's Corner: Estes culls the herd... (2021-02-14)

The 2021 Estes catalog is now out - there are some pretty cool things in there, like an upscale, 24mm powered Mars Snooper (super excited about this!), a rather strange looking addition to the Space ... [Read More]

Rocket N00b: Where to Buy Model Rockets and Rocket Supplies (2022-04-07)

  Someone on the Facebook group Estes Model Rockets posed a question recently: Other than Amazon, where is everyone buying Estes rockets? I don't have a good hobby store near me. I see ... [Read More]