THREE RIVERS, Mich. -- Chase Borchardt's Halloween costume is getting attention across the Internet. His mom brought 'Rocket the Raccoon' to life for Chase, and it's impressive. Rocket is a character ...
The ThunderStruck 2024 Regional Rocket Launch will be held on Friday, April 12th through Sunday, April 14th, 2024, at the Pence High Power Launch Field near Pence, Indiana, off County Road North 1000 West in Warren County, Indiana.
I would like to hear some different rocketeers methods of folding chutes. I always use the Carlisle method, which Is pictured in the handbook of model rocketry, but I would like to see other's methods. Maybe some specific "best for" methods. (Best for opening quickly, slowly, best for...
Hello, I have a new Loki 670 Blue reload for my Loki 54/1200 case. I have the motor data from Thrust Curve but it does not seem to be a available motor in Open Rocket. Does anyone know how to add a motor file, or update open rocket so that it is available...
Hi everyone, I’m excited to share a project I’ve been working on called ArX (by Irenova). We are building a generative AI software suite designed specifically for rocket engineering, and we are looking for community feedback on our first public release. What is ArX? ArX is designed to be a...
I read a post earlier and it made me wonder what the fastest documented speed is during an amateur rocket flight? I checked the TRA records page and the only records I found are altitude related. My definition of documented is actual speed measured from an onboard device and recovered after a...
A friend and I spent much of 2023 designing, testing, and building a rocket that uses the carbon fiber body of the rocket as the motor case, and finally got to launch it at the end of the year. Not everything went perfectly as you will see in the video, but this was still the highest performance...
FROG: 3" carbon fiber rocket with composite case to 35,000 ft and Mach 3