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 Rocketry Club: Northeast Florida Association of Rocketry (Inactive)

PayloadBay.com: Building a Bigger Big Daddy Akavish (2013-07-21)

Bracha and I are rebuilding our Big Daddy Akavish after its hard landing at the March NEFAR launch. We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better than he was. Better ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: NEFAR Bunnell Blast Cancelled - Field Lost (2018-11-09)

From the N.E.F.A.R. Facebook page: Ladies and gentlemen, It is my sad duty to announce the cancellation of this weekend’s launch along with the permanent cessation of all launch ... [Read More]

Rocketeer's Corner: An important rocketry need that is disappearing... (2019-10-15)

Every rocket club that has members who want to fly high power needs one thing to be successful:   A decently-large (many hundreds of acres) field from which the rockets can be launched. ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Home made gadget meets bomb squad (2009-03-25)

The TSA's Evolution of Security blog has a post warning do-it-yourselfers, hackers, and 'Makers' not to try to sneak home made electronics by the screeners. These things look suspicious on the ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Fire and Forget - GOODBYE! (2010-07-10)

I went to the monthly NEFAR launch in Bunnell, Florida. The Fire and Forget rocket was one of my first out of eight launches today. The RSO read my description: "Anyone who finds it can keep it to ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Jolly Roger Model Profile (2010-08-08)

After staining the fins on the Sky Hook, I was reminded of another recent build. This model does resemble the The Big Red Max, only with a nautical theme. The skull and crossbones carry more of a ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: New Estes LED Launch Controller (2011-01-27)

Estes has already sent out new LED launch controllers to TRF members for testing. Their reviews are now being posted - here's mine: At Jaunuary's NEFAR launch in Bunnell , Florida, John Bishop gave ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Darrell Mobley (2011-08-12)

I just read that Darrell Mobley has passed away. Darrell ran the Rocketry Planet websites and forums. I was fortunate to meet Darrell once at a NEFAR launch in Bunnell, Florida. Like so many in the ... [Read More]

RocketReviews.com Blog: Rocketry Loses Another Friend (2011-08-12)

Darrell Mobley created Rocketry Online, one of the first rocketry web sites on the internet.  Later, he started Rocketry Planet which has become the premiere site on the web for ... [Read More]

High Power Rocketry: Talon 2 flight anomaly (2012-04-21)

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RocketReviews.com Blog: Photo Album T-Shirts, Posters, Postage Stamps, and More …. (2012-04-23)

When viewing an image in the RocketReviews.com Photo Album, you may see a link under “What You Can Do” for ordering a t-shirt, printed photo, poster, genuine US postage stamp, or other ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: The Big Fix! - Scavenger (2013-06-11)

After a hard landing at the May NEFAR launch, the Scavenger needs a new upper tube. The ejection charge pushed off the nose cone but not the parachute. This should be any easy repair. I've ... [Read More]

Orlando Rocketry: Bigger Big Daddy Akavish Video (2013-11-23)

Here’s a video about the Bigger Big Daddy Akavish which we, Bracha and Roger, launched at during NEFAR’s Bunnell Blast in November.   [Read More]

PayloadBay.com: Launch of the Bigger Big Daddy Akavish (2013-11-29)

Bracha and I launched our “Bigger” Big Daddy Akavish at the NEFAR Bunnell Blast launch a couple of weeks ago.  We flew it on a CTI L800 motor, the largest motor that I’ve used ... [Read More]

PayloadBay.com: Testing the Phantom 2 Vision “Control Signal Lost” Altitude Issues (2013-12-22)

At the NEFAR rocket launch last weekend, I had my Phantom 2 Vision quadcopter report “Control Signal Lost.” I found that it happened each time that I tried to increase the altitude above ... [Read More]

Odd'l Rockets: Odd'l Rockets Little Green Man C6-5 Flight (2014-08-13)

Jimmy Yawn shot a great video of a Little Green Man flight at the recent NEFAR launch. CLICK HERE Scroll down to the 12th video   [Read More]

Odd'l Rockets: Return of the Little Green Man Video (2014-09-04)

Roger Smith has been busy with his video editor. CLICK HERE The revised Little Green man video shows an added C6-5 flight from last months Bunnell NEFAR launch. The Little Green Man is very "vocal" ... [Read More]

Odd'l Rockets: Spudnik Kaboom! (2014-11-14)

Roger Smith took a great sequence showing the A10-3t engine cato in the Spudnik at last week's Bunnell Blast. CLICK HERE Scroll down about halfway and step through the sequence. It always looks ... [Read More]

PayloadBay.com: The YouBee's Last Flight (2015-01-24)

I launched my YouBee, a 12-foot tall upscale of the Odd’l Rocket’s Break Away rocket, on a CTI L1115 motor at NEFAR’s Bunnell Blast on November 9. The rocket reached about 5000 ... [Read More]

JonRocket.com: Local Launches this Summer (2015-06-22)

ROCK holds launches on the first Saturday of each month. This July, the first Saturday is July 4. Because of the holiday, ROCK is skipping their July launch. The next ROCK launch will be August 1. ... [Read More]

Odd'l Rockets: More Break-Away Test Flights (2015-09-12)

The new Odd'l Rockets prototype  BREAK-AWAY  had two more successful test launches September 12 at the monthly NEFAR launch in Bunnell, Florida. First up with an Estes B6-4 to an ... [Read More]

Odd'l Rockets: Break-Away Test Flight Video (2015-09-27)

I tested the new Break-Away rocket twice at the last NEFAR launch on September 12. Jimmy Yawn shot video and posted the first B6-4 flight. To see the launch and recovery, CLICK HERE   Scroll ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Composite engine to Black Powder Staging? (2015-11-17)

From the October 11 N.E.F.A.R. launch, I posted this picture and copy:  I did a double take when I read the name on Scott Border's Ascender. Clever and funny. The booster was a composite F51, ... [Read More]

JonRocket.com: Upcoming Launches – Bunnell Blast and (Turkey and) GRITS (2017-11-08)

JonRocket.com will be at NEFAR’s Bunnell Blast the weekend of November 11 and 12 near Daytona Beach, Florida. Then we will be at the GRITS Launch near Tifton, Georgia, November 25 and 26. ... [Read More]