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    Direct staging APCP to BP motors (2009-09-30)
    TRF member rocket999 provided a link to the following interesting article: Direct Non-electronic Staging From Reloadable Composite Motors To Black Powder Motors , Jay Calvert, NAR # 71767 C Division, ... [Read More]

    NARPres comments on the NFPA 1125 revision (2010-02-02)
    Trip's words, my highlights and added comments in brackets (stuff I didn't mention before or didn't catch earlier): Earlier today (February 2) we completed the first of two 2010 meetings of the ... [Read More]

    Yes, California is crazy (2010-09-30)
    It appears the California Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) says that model rocket motors can't be reloadable.  And you thought you'd never see 18mm HPR motors.  Read about it on ... [Read More]

    Small, odd return to rocketry (2010-11-19)
    Since I haven't been able to do any 'serious' rocketry, I started a small, very small, project.  I don't know if it will work, so I won't go into too many details.  It uses 6mm MicroMaxx ... [Read More]

    Review: Upscale Big Brute (2011-01-02)
      My first mid-powered rocket was the North Coast Big Brute . I love that stubby rocket and when it came time to decide how to use some of the 5.38" tubing that I won from LOC, an upscale Big ... [Read More]

    Remembering Jetex (updated...again: new link and photo) (2013-08-13)
    I recently re-found the jetex.org site. This site is dedicated to all things Jetex, including the motors, fuel, model kits, plans, etc. You youngsters, assuming you haven't already resorted to ... [Read More]