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High Power Rocketry: The Reaction Research Society (2006-02-27)

It would be too hard to list all the great projects in the long history of the RRS, but to put it quickly, it is the oldest amateur experimental rocketry group in the country. (To steal directly ... [Read More]

High Power Rocketry: Reaction Research Society Boosted Dart (2009-04-15)

Despite being among the most impressive amateur launches ever, I have yet to post about this project. The reason for posting at this time (many years later) is because I was recently given the ... [Read More]

Randy's Rocketry Blog: Reaction Research Society, 1958 (2009-10-16)

I just noticed that the RRS website has a pdf of a 1958 Popular Mechanics article reporting on the activities of the society. It's fun to think what it would be like to have been alive at some point ... [Read More]

High Power Rocketry: Reaction research society two stage rocket (2012-01-27)

One problem with having over 1000 posts is that I can't remember if this is a repost or not. I think this rocket was mentioned previously, either while talking about the never flown 4 O 10,000 to 1 ... [Read More]

High Power Rocketry: Tiny Post (Just a taste) (2006-10-18)

"Jim McKinnon's 1000lbf thrust LOX / Jet A Static Test. Jim's injector is using 28 O-F-O Triplets with a O-O-F-O-O Pentad element in the center. The combustion chamber was a surplus Atlas Vernier. ... [Read More]

Randy's Rocketry Blog: AMATEURS AND ROCKETS-1 (2009-06-27)

I was asked recently if I had lost interest in rocketry. Nothing could be further from the truth; I love rocketry as much as ever and can't foresee ever losing my interest in it. Time constraints ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Popular Mechanics, September 2009 (2009-08-17)

I went ahead and picked up a copy just to see Steve Eves' Saturn V in a mainstream magazine :) I was a little disappointed to find Steve was only given a one page blurb. Still, it was great to see ... [Read More]

Randy's Rocketry Blog: Upcoming rocket launch (2010-07-06)

The Reaction research Society's next launch is scheduled for the 17-18 th of this month. This particular launch is specifically set up for the American Institute Aeronautics and Astronautics ( AIAA ) ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: High Power Rocketry magazine, June 1998 (2010-11-28)

Here's a recap of yet another old issue of HPR magazine. Upon searching for some background on one article, I actually found an old Rocketry Planet article announcing that this issue was shipped, ... [Read More]

High Power Rocketry: Project High Jump Boosted Dart (2012-01-26)

How do I always miss the great projects? Here is video footage of the attempt: The motor failed during burn, resulting in a shred and recovery failures. This flight was one of several proposed ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Rocketaholic provides an amateur rocketry blast-from-the-past (updated) (2012-06-25)

Rocketry blogger, the 'Rocketaholic', just dug into his archives and posted photos from a Reaction Research Society class and documentation of his Systeme Solaire SS67B-2 liquid fuel rocket . ... [Read More]

Randy's Rocketry Blog: TR-1 ROCKET MOTOR UPDATE (2013-05-13)

It been almost exactly one year since I started this motor...far too long.  SStS has been going very slowly and in spite of some recent progress, I suspect that the the way forward ... [Read More]