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Issue #013 - (07/09/00) How to Get Your Donation Request Thrown in the Trash-can Issue #019 - (09/10/00) Getting Media Coverage for Your Rocketry Event Issue #020 - (09/17/00) How does Getting Your Hair Cut get You a New Launch Site? Issue #021 - (09/24/00) Recruiting and Retaining new Club Members. Issue #026 - (10/29/00) What Makes for an Interesting Launch Report Article. Issue #051 - (05/13/01) Using Rocketry Completions to Increase Club Participation Issue #076 - (02/22/02) Suggestions for a young leader in a rocket club Issue #077 - (03/08/02) Starting your own rocketry club & a FREE poster! Issue #085 - (07/19/02) Reasons Why We Love Rockets Issue #143 - (06/10/05) Recruiting Club members at Air Shows. Issue #161 - (05/18/06) How To Finance A School Rocket Club Issue #210 - (06/03/08) How get your level 1 High-Power Certification Issue #212 - (07/01/08) 6 Ideas to grow your rocket club's membership - Part 1 Issue #213 - (07/15/08) 6 Ideas to grow your rocket club's membership - Part 2 Issue #268 - (09/07/10) How to get more participation in your club's contests
Issue #017 - (08/27/00) Coloring Balsa wood with RIT dye Issue #029 - (11/19/00) Useful tools for building rockets. Issue #030 - (11/26/00) Man vs Mother Nature; which is stronger, wood or composites? Issue #031 - (12/03/00) What is your Skill Level? Issue #036 - (01/14/01) The Hardest Step in Designing a Rocket Issue #037 - (01/20/01) Flop-Tip Helicopter Model Plans Issue #043 - (03/11/01) What Style of Rockets Do You Like? Issue #050 - (05/06/01) Fin Shapes Revisited Issue #052 - (05/20/01) Survey Results (and what it means to you) Issue #056 - (07/01/01) Adhesives for Skill Level 5 Kits Issue #057 - (07/08/01) How to Destroy A Perfectly Good Rocket Kit Issue #062 - (09/20/01) Rocket Origami Issue #063 - (09/26/01) How To Use Paper to Make Centering Rings for High-Power Rockets Issue #066 - (10/23/01) Tools needed for the Saturn V kit Issue #067 - (11/08/01) Painting the Corrugations on the Saturn V kit? Issue #068 - (11/19/01) Pressure Relief Holes Issue #069 - (12/02/01) Characteristics of Balsa Wood Issue #071 - (12/29/01) Attaching Vacuum Form Wraps on the Saturn Rockets Issue #075 - (02/15/02) Designing High-Altitude Rockets Issue #079 - (04/05/02) Rocket Display Stands Issue #087 - (08/19/02) Tool Plan - Make foam nose cones! Issue #095 - (12/27/02) Motor Retention for Minimum Diameter Rockets – Part 1 Issue #096 - (01/10/03) Motor Retention for Minimum Diameter Rockets – Part 2 Issue #097 - (01/31/03) Motor Retention for Minimum Diameter Rockets – Part 3 Issue #104 - (06/01/03) How to design and build engine mounts Issue #113 - (10/27/03) How to use bulkheads in rockets Issue #114 - (11/07/03) Simple hand tools that will save you money Issue #121 - (03/15/04) Cutting body tubes at angles - make your own cutting pattern sheet Issue #125 - (05/17/04) How To Make Simulated Nozzles To Add Pizzazz To Your Rockets Issue #126 - (06/10/04) Common Misconceptions About Centering Rings Issue #127 - (07/05/04) How To Design and Construct Oblique Nose Cones Issue #128 - (07/20/04) The Art and Science of Streamer Recovery Issue #129 - (08/10/04) Using Ejection Charge Baffles Issue #136 - (12/13/04) Make Your Own Transition Sections Issue #137 - (01/11/05) Designing a Parachute Compartment Into a Booster Stage Issue #138 - (02/02/05) How To Join Paper Transition Sections Issue #142 - (05/26/05) How to un-join an epoxied part. Issue #143 - (06/10/05) Gradual Parachute Deployment Issue #145 - (07/14/05) Building Motor Mount Adapters. Issue #146 - (08/01/05) Tube holder to make it easier to glue on fins. Issue #147 - (08/22/05) How To Fill Body Tube Spirals Issue #149 - (10/07/05) Repairing Fuzzy body tubes. Issue #150 - (10/24/05) Swivel Fins Do Fly Straight Issue #150 - (10/24/05) How to practice cutting vacuum form rocket wraps. Issue #151 - (11/07/05) Machine tools on your wish list Issue #151 - (11/07/05) Fixing Tight Fitting Tube Couplers Issue #152 - (11/18/05) Aligning "In-Line" fins Issue #153 - (12/06/05) Painting Decal Paper To Make Stripes. Issue #154 - (12/30/05) Make a payload bay for small rockets. Issue #155 - (01/17/06) Aligning multiple launch lugs on your rocket. Issue #157 - (02/22/06) Hang your fins out to dry after applying sanding sealer. Issue #158 - (03/14/06) Painting Decal Paper To Make Stripes Part 2. Issue #160 - (04/24/06) Fin Alignment guide. Issue #165 - (08/15/06) Making Fin Slots With A Dremel Issue #166 - (08/29/06) Fixing cracked fins Issue #167 - (09/12/06) How to achieve sharp paint lines on your rocket. Issue #174 - (01/04/07) Preventing a zipper with masking tape. Issue #175 - (01/16/07) Painting the tip of the a nose cone Issue #178 - (02/28/07) How to check the fit of nose cones on the body tube. Issue #183 - (05/08/07) How to turn a flat parachute into a NASA style parachute Issue #183 - (05/08/07) Simplified Fin Alignment Issue #184 - (05/22/07) Sizing and Parachute folding techniques Issue #184 - (05/22/07) Using Snap-Swivels on your parachutes Issue #185 - (06/05/07) The Ultimate Rocketry Glue Guide: Part 1 Issue #185 - (06/05/07) Centering ring cutting tool Issue #186 - (06/19/07) The Ultimate Rocketry Glue Guide: Part 2 Issue #187 - (07/03/07) Using low-tack tape for crisp paint lines. Issue #188 - (07/17/07) Build a cold gas-piston ejection-baffle system Issue #188 - (07/17/07) Building tool: self-healing cutting mats Issue #190 - (08/14/07) The nuts and bolts of cluster motor retention Issue #192 - (09/11/07) How to repair a tip that was broken off a balsa nose cone. Issue #194 - (10/09/07) Make a spinning parachute. Issue #194 - (10/09/07) How to install an altimeter in your rocket. Issue #200 - (01/10/08) Tips on finding Optimum Mass Issue #201 - (01/29/08) Make a Boat tail Engine Lock Issue #203 - (02/26/08) Build a boat tail rocket that is hookless. Issue #212 - (07/01/08) How to measure the diameter of a body tube Issue #215 - (08/12/08) How to convert a plastic nose cone into a drag reducing boat tail Issue #217 - (09/09/08) Make a fixture to draw lines down a boat tail Issue #227- (01/27/09) Plan: Build a 13mm Engine Mount Adapter Issue #229 - (02/24/09) Reinforce Paper Transition Sections Issue #231 - (03/24/09) Build a Removable Shock Cord Mount Issue #237 - (06/16/09) Engine Retention for a 3-Engine cluster rocket Issue #237 - (06/16/09) Build a great science fair rocket Issue #240 - (07/28/09) Reattaching a shock cord on a broken rocket? Issue #240 - (07/28/09) A glue applicator for applying glue deep inside of body tubes Issue #241 - (08/11/09) Filling Spirals In body tubes Issue #241 - (08/11/09) Removing Engine Blocks from your rockets Issue #250 - (12/15/09) Alternate method of applying paper skins to fins Issue #254 - (02/09/10) How To Add a Camcorder to Your Rocket Issue #259 - (04/20/10) Build an Alignment key into your long rockets Issue #259 - (04/20/10) Build plastic parachute protector Issue #259 - (04/20/10) How to use 24mm motor mount adapter with a 29mm Aero Pack Motor Retainer Issue #259 - (04/20/10) How to mount the How-High Altimeter into a nose cone Issue #263 - (06/15/10) Joining Cluster Tubes To A Single Tube Issue #264 - (06/29/10) Build Fiberglass Transition Sections Issue #268 - (09/07/10) How to Light Up The Nozzles Of Your Saturn V Issue #269 - (09/21/10) Building Tips for the Condor Boost Glider Issue #270 - (10/05/10) Build A Fin Spacing Jig Issue #271 - (10/19/10) Sand Radial Taper into Fins Issue #272 - (11/02/10) How to add LED lights to your night-flying rockets Issue #274 - (11/24/10) Paint Schemes: Ideas for Your Next Eye-Popping Rocket Decoration Issue #275 - (12/07/10) How To Create Tube Marking Guides In RockSim Issue #277 - (01/04/11) How to Build Your Own Parachute Release Mechanism Issue #278 - (01/18/11) Shock Cord Mounts For Small Diameter Rocket Issue #280 - (02/15/11) Airbrush-quality camouflage effects using simple spray paint cans Issue #281 - (02/28/11) Advanced Finishing Tips To Enhance The Appearance Of Your Rockets Issue #282 - (03/14/11) Make Your Own Anti-Zipper Harness For Kevlar® Shock Cords Issue #284 - (04/12/11) Can the Apogee Saturn V Fly On Five F10 Motors Issue #288 - (06/07/11) Construction Ideas for Electronic’s Bays Issue #289 - (06/21/11) Tips for Constructing Electronically Staged Mid-Power Rockets Issue #290 - (07/05/11) How to Avoid Zippered Body Tubes Issue #298 - (10/25/11) How To Get An Award-Winning Finish On Your Rockets Issue #299 - (11/08/11) How To Quickly and Easily Cut Lots Of Body Tubes To Length Issue #302 - (12/20/11) Building Apogee’s 1/70th Apollo Saturn 1B Issue #305 - (01/31/12) Why Should You Airfoil Your Rocket’s Fins?
Issue #006 - (05/21/00) Contest Flying Preparations Issue #010 - (06/18/00) Altitude Flying Strategies Issue #032 - (12/10/00) Detecting and Using Thermals Issue #047 - (04/15/01) Piston Launchers Explained Issue #051 - (05/13/01) Using Rocketry Completions to Increase Club Participation Issue #061 - (09/04/01) Political Correctness In Rocketry Competitions Issue #076 - (02/22/02) Using Tracking Powder Issue #083 - (06/14/02) Spin Doctor Helicopter Model – Part 1 Issue #084 - (06/28/02) Spin Doctor Helicopter Model – Part 2 Issue #090 - (10/11/02) Winning the $50,000 Team America Rocketry Challenge Issue #093 - (11/27/02) How High Did the Rocket Go? - Part 2. Two-Station Tracking Issue #096 - (01/10/03) Answers to commonly-asked TARC questions. Issue #103 - (05/16/03) TARC Lessons learned. Issue #164 - (07/28/06) Precision vs. Accuracy when tracking rockets Issue #209 - (05/20/08) TARC suggestions that may help you do better next year Issue #222 - (11/18/08) Tracking Down Lost Rockets Issue #223 - (12/02/08) Build a triangulation scope to find your rockets Issue #230 - (03/10/09) Increase Tracking Precision With Vernier Scales Issue #235 - (05/19/09) Plan for the 04/A Cluster Altitude Event Issue #243 - (09/08/09) Fly-Apart Rail Guides for Higher Flights Issue #244 - (09/22/09) TARC streamer suggestions Issue #247 - (11/03/09) Competition Plan: Build a Dual-Egglofting Rocket Issue #247 - (11/03/09) Fly-Apart Rail Guides - 2nd Edition Issue #249 - (12/01/09) How To Zero In on The TARC Altitude and Duration Objectives Issue #253 - (01/26/10) Powder that parachute, and crochet that shock cord. Issue #255 - (02/23/10) Superroc Flying strategies Issue #268 - (09/07/10) How to get more participation in your club's contests Issue #269 - (09/21/10) Rewarding the competitor Issue #288 - (06/07/11) Recognition Rewards for Rocket Club Participation
Issue #075 - (02/15/02) Designing High-Altitude Rockets Issue #079 - (04/05/02) Does fin thickness affect the rocket's CP location? Issue #080 - (05/03/02) Does the CP location change when you upscale a rocket? Issue #084 - (06/28/02) Optimum Mass versus Peak Delay Time Mass? Issue #086 - (08/01/02) Stability of Short, Stubby Rockets Issue #088 - (09/16/02) How to find the maximum speed your rocket can withstand. Issue #090 - (10/11/02) Stabilize Your Rockets Using Canted Fins Issue #095 - (12/27/02) Motor Retention for Minimum Diameter Rockets – Part 1 Issue #096 - (01/10/03) Designing Tumble Recovery Booster Stages - Part 1 Issue #096 - (01/10/03) Motor Retention for Minimum Diameter Rockets – Part 2 Issue #097 - (01/31/03) Designing Tumble Recovery Booster Stages - Part 2 Issue #097 - (01/31/03) 2-Stage Rockets: Which is better: In-line or Interdigitated fins? Issue #097 - (01/31/03) Motor Retention for Minimum Diameter Rockets – Part 3 Issue #098 - (02/14/03) How Multi-Stage Model Rockets work - Part 1 Issue #099 - (02/28/03) How Multi-Stage Model Rockets Work - Part 2 Issue #104 - (06/01/03) How to design and build engine mounts Issue #113 - (10/27/03) How to use bulkheads in rockets Issue #120 - (02/15/04) Parts of a Model Rocket Issue #121 - (03/15/04) Cutting body tubes at angles - make your own cutting pattern sheet Issue #125 - (05/17/04) How To Make Simulated Nozzles To Add Pizzazz To Your Rockets Issue #126 - (06/10/04) Common Misconceptions About Centering Rings Issue #127 - (07/05/04) How To Design and Construct Oblique Nose Cones Issue #128 - (07/20/04) The Art and Science of Streamer Recovery Issue #129 - (08/10/04) Using Ejection Charge Baffles Issue #136 - (12/13/04) Make Your Own Transition Sections Issue #137 - (01/11/05) Designing a Parachute Compartment Into a Booster Stage Issue #145 - (07/14/05) Low-Cost Altimeter Attachment Method Issue #149 - (10/07/05) Sizing Your Rocket's Parachute Issue #150 - (10/24/05) Swivel Fins Do Fly Straight Issue #169 - (10/26/06) Applying self adhesive decals. Issue #173 - (12/21/06) Rocketry Electronics Explained - Part 1 Issue #174 - (01/04/07) Rocketry Electronics Explained - Part 2 Issue #180 - (03/23/07) Dr. Zooch's Flame-Fins stabilize rockets. Issue #184 - (05/22/07) Sizing and Parachute folding techniques Issue #188 - (07/17/07) Build a cold gas-piston ejection-baffle system Issue #190 - (08/14/07) How To Get Started In Rocketry Education Issue #191 - (08/28/07) Oddchutes - Fun With Polygons Issue #192 - (09/11/07) Basics Of Flight Analysis - Moment Of Inertia Issue #193 - (09/25/07) Basics Of Flight Analysis - The Corrective Moment Coefficient Issue #195 - (10/23/07) Basics Of Dynamic Analysis - Damping Moment Coefficient Issue #196 - (11/06/07) Basics Of Dynamic Analysis - Radial Moment of Inertia and the Natural Frequency Issue #197 - (11/20/07) Basics Of Dynamic Analysis - Damping Ratio Issue #198 - (12/04/07) Basics Of Flight Analysis - Optimizing For Altitude Issue #201 - (01/29/08) Make a Boat tail Engine Lock Issue #203 - (02/26/08) Build a boat tail rocket that is hookless. Issue #212 - (07/01/08) How to design a rear-ejection rocket Issue #215 - (08/12/08) How to convert a plastic nose cone into a drag reducing boat tail Issue #227 - (01/27/09) Plan: Build a 13mm Engine Mount Adapter Issue #228 - (02/20/09) Why Spinning Rockets Fly Straighter Issue #234 - (05/05/09) Fiberglass Cloth Templates for Von Karman Nose Cones Issue #237 - (06/16/09) Engine retention for a 3-engine cluster rocket Issue #243 - (09/08/09) Lose the launch lugs, and Use Instead Fly-Apart Rail Guides Issue #244 - (09/22/09) Selecting the right size streamer for your rocket Issue #245 - (10/06/09) Designing a Superroc rocket Issue #252 - (01/10/10) Build an Inexpensive Wind Tunnel to find the CP of your rocket Issue #260 - (05/04/10) Design and Construct Functional Strap-on Booster Pods Issue #263 - (06/15/10) Joining Cluster Tubes To A Single Tube Issue #275 - (12/07/10) How To Create Tube Marking Guides In RockSim Issue #301 - (12/06/11) How to Keep 2-Stage Rockets Flying Low for Small-Field Recovery Issue #305 - (01/31/12) Why Should You Airfoil Your Rocket’s Fins?
Issue #007 - (05/28/00) Rocketry Education Issue #022 - (10/01/00) Educational Uses of the RockSim Software Issue #023 - (10/08/00) The RockSim Challenge - a test of skill and model rocketry knowledge. Issue #024 - (10/15/00) Predicting where your rocket will land using RockSim v4.0 Issue #026 - (10/29/00) What Makes for an Interesting Launch Report Article. Issue #033 - (12/17/00) Finding Maximum Liftoff Weight (part 1) Issue #034 - (12/24/00) Finding Maximum Liftoff Weight (part 2) Issue #092 - (11/11/02) How High Did the Rocket Go? - Part 1. Using Single Station Tracking Issue #093 - (11/27/02) How High Did the Rocket Go? - Part 2. Two-Station Tracking Issue #094 - (12/13/02) How To Start A School Rocketry Program Issue #100 - (03/21/03) What does "Rocket Science" mean? Issue #107 - (07/25/03) Selecting the right beginner level kit Issue #112 - (10/10/03) Rocketry Education - Cross-curriculum examples Issue #114 - (11/07/03) How Black-Powder Rocket Engines Work Issue #115 - (11/21/03) How Composite Propellant Rocket Engines Work Issue #117 - (12/19/03) Phases of a Model Rocket's Flight Issue #120 - (02/15/04) Parts of a Model Rocket Issue #125 - (05/17/04) Coloring pages for younger students Issue #149 - (10/07/05) Sizing Your Rocket's Parachute Issue #157 - (02/22/06) Exporting a graph from RockSim for school reports Issue #160 - (04/24/06) Science Fairs: Tips on Winning Issue #161 - (05/18/06) How To Finance A School Rocket Club Issue #164 - (07/28/06) Precision vs. Accuracy when tracking rockets Issue #164 - (07/28/06) Quiz your students on the NAR safety code Issue #179 - (03/13/07) Student Launch Initiative Puts RockSim Past Mach 1 Issue #187 - (07/03/07) Calculating rate of descent from altimeter data Issue #189 - (07/31/07) Calculate the break-even point for purchasing a reload casing Issue #190 - (08/14/07) How To Get Started In Rocketry Education Issue #191 - (08/28/07) Odd chutes - Fun With Polygons Issue #197 - (11/20/07) Ballistic Trajectory Experiments Issue #201 - (01/29/08) Delay Time and Maximum Lift-Off Weight Issue #201 - (01/29/08) What is Optimal Delay? Issue #202 - (02/12/08) How to find the ejection charge force of a rocket motor Issue #208 - (05/06/08) Sleuthing Altimeter Data for Critical Answers Issue #216 - (08/26/08) Project Apollo: In the Rear View Mirror Issue #219 - (10/06/08) Create Water Rockets in RockSim, and additional educational research projects you can perform. Issue #222 - (11/18/08) Tracking Down Lost Rockets Issue #223 - (12/02/08) Build a triangulation scope to find your rockets Issue #224 - (12/16/08) How to accelerate your complex rocket project Issue #230 - (03/10/09) Increase Tracking Precision With Vernier Scales Issue #235 - (05/19/09) When does Deceleration Really Begin? Issue #236 - (06/02/09) Seven big mistakes people make when teaching with rockets Issue #237 - (06/16/09) Build a great science fair rocket Issue #244 - (09/22/09) How do streamers work? Issue #245 - (10/06/09) Using Drag for stability control? Issue #246 - (10/20/09) Educator's Plan: Build a Mechanical Accelerometer Issue #252 - (01/10/10) Build an Inexpensive Wind Tunnel to find the CP of your rocket Issue #254 - (02/09/10) How To Add a Camcorder to Your Rocket Issue #256 - (03/09/10) Build an Easy and Inexpensive Vacuum Chamber Issue #262 - (06/01/10) Mathematics In Amateur Rocketry Issue #265 - (07/13/10) Can You Hear The Sonic Boom From A Model Rocket? Issue #267 - (08/24/10) Get Scale Data on Real Rockets Quickly and Painlessly Issue #273 - (11/09/10) How to overcome teacher resistance in using rockets in classrooms Issue #278 - (01/18/11) How Rocketry Led To Success For Disadvantaged Students Issue #283 - (03/28/11) Using Rocketry Components to Teach Collegiate Engineering Analysis Issue #285 - (04/26/11) Thrust, Impulse, and Power: What Do They Really Mean? Issue #291 - (07/19/11) How to Calculate Fin Flutter Speed Issue #305 - (01/31/12) Why Should You Airfoil Your Rocket’s Fins?
Issue #001 - (04/16/00) How are your flying skills? Issue #006 - (05/21/00) Contest Flying Preparations Issue #010 - (06/18/00) Altitude Flying Strategies Issue #032 - (12/10/00) Detecting and Using Thermals Issue #033 - (12/17/00) Finding Maximum Liftoff Weight (part 1) Issue #034 - (12/24/00) Finding Maximum Liftoff Weight (part 2) Issue #038 - (02/04/01) Selecting Rocket Motors (part 1) Issue #039 - (02/11/01) Selecting Rocket Motors (part 2) Issue #040 - (02/18/01) Selecting Rocket Motors (part 3) Issue #042 - (03/04/01) Why do Rockets go Unstable? Issue #042 - (03/04/01) Supplement - Comments about Unstable Rockets Issue #047 - (04/15/01) Piston Launchers Explained Issue #048 - (04/22/01) Making Your Own Electric Matches Issue #068 - (11/19/01) Pressure Relief Holes Issue #072 - (01/20/02) What does Better Mean? Does it always mean "Higher Altitudes?" Issue #076 - (02/22/02) Using Tracking Powder Issue #092 - (11/11/02) How High Did the Rocket Go? - Part 1. Using Single Station Tracking Issue #093 - (11/27/02) How High Did the Rocket Go? - Part 2. Two-Station Tracking Issue #099 - (02/28/03) How Multi-Stage Model Rockets Work - Part 2 Issue #117 - (12/19/03) Phases of a Model Rocket's Flight Issue #131 - (09/17/04) The model rocket engine code explained Issue #132 - (09/28/04) Selecting Rocket Motors: A Step-by-Step Procedure Issue #142 - (05/26/05) How to clean launch rods. Issue #143 - (06/10/05) Gradual Parachute Deployment Issue #143 - (06/10/05) Alternative to Recovery Wadding Issue #145 - (07/14/05) Level-1 Certification the Hard Way Issue #148 - (09/13/05) Tips on flying reload motors with copperhead igniters Issue #151 - (11/07/05) Did you remember your pre-flight checklist? Issue #159 - (03/29/06) Pick the right ejection delay Issue #160 - (04/24/06) Tip: Baby powder for parachutes Issue #163 - (07/14/06) Folding a parachute Issue #164 - (07/28/06) Balancing a parachute Issue #165 - (08/15/06) Hooking up a copperhead igniter Issue #184 - (05/22/07) Sizing and Parachute folding techniques Issue #189 - (07/31/07) Calculate the break-even point for purchasing a reload casing Issue #201 - (01/29/08) The correlation between optimum delay time and rocket mass Issue #208 - (05/06/08) Sleuthing Altimeter Data for Critical Answers Issue #210 - (06/03/08) How get your level 1 High-Power Certification Issue #214 - (07/29/08) Step-by-Step RockSim procedure to calculate the maximum lift-off weight of a rocket motor Issue #217 - (09/09/08) Selecting motors based on flame effects Issue #218 - (09/23/08) How to minimize igniter misfires Issue #222 - (11/18/08) Tracking Down Lost Rockets Issue #223 - (12/02/08) Build a triangulation scope to find your rockets Issue #227 - (01/27/09) Plan: Build a 13mm Engine Mount Adapter Issue #229 - (02/24/09) How to ignite the Aerotech D10 and D21 motors Issue #235 - (05/19/09) Build a High Power Rail Launch Pad Issue #237 - (06/16/09) Preventing zippered body tubes Issue #243 - (09/08/09) Using Fly-Apart Rail Guides Issue #244 - (09/22/09) Selecting the right size streamer for your rocket Issue #247 - (11/03/09) Fly-Apart Rail Guides - 2nd Edition Issue #250 - (12/15/09) Setting Mach Delay in supersonic rockets Issue #253 - (01/26/10) Powder that parachute, and crochet that shock cord Issue #258 - (04/05/10) Make A Simple Dual Deployment Rocket Issue #272 - (11/02/10) How to add LED lights to your night-flying rockets Issue #275 - (12/07/10) What is your Plan B for flying in breezy conditions Issue #275 - (12/07/10) Applying Lessons Learned From Real Rockets Issue #282 - (03/14/11) How I Got My Rocket Back Issue #284 - (04/12/11) Flying The Apogee Saturn V Kit On High Power Motors Issue #286 - (05/10/11) How to Achieve Extreme Altitude Deployment Issue #287 - (05/24/11) Build a Super Simple, Safe, Cheap Igniter Tester Issue #293 - (08/16/11) How To Mount The AltimeterTwo For Maximum Performance, High-G Flights Issue #294 - (08/30/11) What are the Best Launch Conditions for High Altitude Flights?
Issue #044 - (03/18/01) Robert Goddard History - 75 years ago this week Issue #142 - (05/26/05) NASA's New Moon Rocket Issue #152 - (11/18/05) Kwangmyongsong – North Korea's Satellite Launch Vehicle. Issue #166 - (08/29/06) Working On The Tomahawk Cruise Missile Issue #199 - (12/18/07) 20 Years of Rocketry Progress - The Top 7 Changes I've Seen Occur in Rocketry Issue #234 - (05/05/09) Ten Rocketry Products For A New Manufacturer Issue #248 - (11/17/09) Why Aren't There Fins on The Ares 01/X Rocket? Issue #267 - (08/24/10) Get Scale Data on Real Rockets Quickly and Painlessly Issue #276 - (12/20/10) What Went Wrong in the Apollo 11 Moon Landing? Issue #295 - (09/13/11) The True Story of Apollo 12’s Near Abort Less Than a Minute After Launch
Issue #014 - (07/16/00) Who are the heroes? Issue #025 - (10/22/00) The Really Big Show - A description of the National Model & Hobby Show Issue #041 - (02/25/01) Building a Rocket Company Issue #054 - (06/17/01) Rocketry E-Books? Issue #058 - (07/22/01) Saturn 1B and V Test-Launch Report Issue #081 - (05/17/02) Launching Model Rockets in Space Issue #082 - (05/31/02) Sci-Fi Adventures - Four stories from our readers Issue #085 - (07/19/02) Reasons Why We Love Rockets Issue #089 - (09/27/02) How to start a rocketry company: A History of Apogee Components Issue #107 - (07/25/03) Selecting the right beginner level kit Issue #197 - (11/20/07) What does "canard configuration" mean? Issue #201 - (01/29/08) What does optimum delay time mean? Issue #202 - (02/12/08) How to find the ejection charge force of a rocket motor Issue #208 - (05/06/08) Sleuthing Altimeter Data for Critical Answers Issue #210 - (06/03/08) How get your level 1 High-Power Certification Issue #216 - (08/26/08) Project Apollo: In the Rear View Mirror Issue #231 - (03/24/09) How rocketry can lead to a career as a rocket scientist Issue #233 - (04/21/09) What the phone company taught me about customer service Issue #240 - (07/28/09) How do electronic altimeters work? Part 1 Issue #242 - (08/25/09) How do electronic altimeters work? Part 2 Issue #246 - (10/20/09) Educator's Plan: Build a Mechanical Accelerometer Issue #251 - (12/29/09) Year in Review: What's up at Apogee Components in 2009? Issue #256 - (03/09/10) Build an Easy and Inexpensive Vacuum Chamber Issue #257 - (03/23/10) How Electronic Altimeters Work - Part 3 Issue #258 - (04/05/10) Make A Simple Dual Deployment Rocket Issue #261 - (05/18/10) Draw a 3D Rocket using Google SketchUp Issue #265 - (07/13/10) Can You Hear The Sonic Boom From A Model Rocket? Issue #266 - (08/10/10) Make Your Own Pyrotechnic Bolts Issue #267 - (08/24/10) Get Scale Data Quickly and Painlessly Issue #275 - (12/07/10) Applying Lessons Learned From Real Rockets Issue #293 - (08/02/11) Using Video to Meaure a Rocket's Speed Issue #304 - (01/17/12) The Mathematics of Spiral Wound Body Tubes
Issue #103 - (05/16/03) Determining Base Drag on a rocket Issue #200 - (01/10/08) "Drag Separation" Issue #215 - (08/12/08) How to convert a plastic nose cone into a drag reducing boat tail Issue #243 - (09/08/09) Lower Drag by Using Fly-Apart Rail Guides Issue #303 - (01/03/12) How To Determine The Drag Coefficient of Your Rockets Issue #305 - (01/31/12) Why Should You Airfoil Your Rocket’s Fins?
Issue #028 - (11/12/00) Slow Roasted Rockets; the "hibachi effect" explained. Issue #033 - (12/17/00) Finding Maximum Liftoff Weight (part 1) Issue #034 - (12/24/00) Finding Maximum Liftoff Weight (part 2) Issue #038 - (02/04/01) Selecting Rocket Motors (part 1) Issue #039 - (02/11/01) Selecting Rocket Motors (part 2) Issue #040 - (02/18/01) Selecting Rocket Motors (part 3) Issue #047 - (04/15/01) Piston Launchers Explained Issue #048 - (04/22/01) Making Your Own Electric Matches Issue #049 - (04/29/01) Why No Composite Propellant Booster Motors? Issue #091 - (10/28/02) Electronic Staging of Composite Propellant Rocket Motors Issue #098 - (02/14/03) How Multi-Stage Model Rockets work - Part 1 Issue #099 - (02/28/03) How Multi-Stage Model Rockets Work - Part 2 Issue #106 - (07/03/03) Newton's Laws of Motion, and How Rockets work Issue #114 - (11/07/03) How Black-Powder Rocket Engines Work Issue #115 - (11/21/03) How Composite Propellant Rocket Engines Work Issue #131 - (09/17/04) The model rocket engine code explained Issue #135 - (11/22/04) Why Make Your Own Rocket Motors? Issue #144 - (06/27/05) Cleaning Chamber for Reloadable Motor Casings Issue #148 - (09/13/05) Tips on flying reload motors with copperhead igniters Issue #156 - (02/02/06) Lubricating O-rings on reloadable motors Issue #159 - (03/29/06) Cleaning Reloadable Motors. Issue #165 - (08/15/06) Hooking Up a copperhead igniter Issue #189 - (07/31/07) Calculate the break-even point for purchasing a reload casing Issue #201 - (01/29/08) The correlation between optimum delay time and rocket mass Issue #207 - (04/22/08) Some FAQ's about reloadable motor casings Issue #208 - (05/06/08) Sleuthing Altimeter Data for Critical Answers Issue #209 - (05/20/08) What is a "loadable" rocket motor. Plus, TARC suggestions that may help you do better next year Issue #214 - (07/29/08) Step-by-Step RockSim procedure to calculate the maximum lift-off weight of a rocket motor Issue #217 - (09/09/08) Selecting motors based on flame effects Issue #218 - (09/23/08) How to minimize igniter misfires Issue #227 - (01/27/09) Plan: Build a 13mm Engine Mount Adapter Issue #229 - (02/24/09) How to ignite the Aerotech D10 and D21 motors Issue #233 - (04/21/09) Cleaning the grime from Launch Rails Issue #240 - (07/28/09) Strength of ejection charges (Composites vs. Black Powder) Issue #244 - (09/22/09) How long can you store assembled reload motors? Issue #250 - (12/15/09) Removing the Ejection charge of a rocket motor Issue #285 - (04/26/11) Thrust, Impulse, and Power: What Do They Really Mean?
Issue #005 - (05/14/00) What is an overstable rocket? Issue #018 - (09/03/00) Exploring the Cardboard Cut-out Method of CP Prediction Issue #042 - (03/04/01) Why do Rockets go Unstable? Issue #042 - (09/04/01) Supplement - Comments about Unstable Rockets Issue #053 - (05/27/01) Why Does the Swing Test Fail? Issue #073 - (01/29/02) What is CNa? Part 1 Issue #074 - (02/08/02) What is CNa? Part 2 Issue #079 - (04/05/02) Does fin thickness affect the rocket's CP location? Issue #080 - (05/03/02) Does the CP location change when you upscale a rocket? Issue #086 - (08/01/02) Stability of Short, Stubby Rockets Issue #090 - (10/11/02) Stabilize Your Rockets Using Canted Fins Issue #096 - (01/10/03) Designing Tumble Recovery Booster Stages - Part 1 Issue #097 - (01/31/03) Designing Tumble Recovery Booster Stages - Part 2 Issue #101 - (04/04/03) Why do simulations show unstable descents? Issue #133 - (10/11/04) What is "Static Margin?" Issue #154 - (12/30/05) CP's of Short and Fat Rockets in RockSim Issue #180 - (03/23/07) Dr. Zooch's Flame-Fins stabilize rockets. Issue #186 - (06/19/07) What does 06/Degrees of Freedom Mean? Issue #192 - (09/11/07) Basics Of Flight Analysis - Moment Of Inertia Issue #193 - (09/25/07) Basics Of Flight Analysis – Corrective Moment Coefficient Issue #193 - (09/25/07) Why does the CP moves back when fins made smaller? Issue #195 - (10/23/07) Basics Of Flight Analysis - Damping Moment Coefficient Issue #196 - (11/06/07) Basics Of Flight Analysis - Radial Moment of Inertia and the Natural Frequency Issue #197 - (11/20/07) Basics Of Flight Analysis - Damping Ratio Issue #198 - (12/04/07) Basics Of Flight Analysis - Optimizing For Altitude Issue #228 - (02/20/09) Why Spinning Rockets Fly Straighter Issue #238 - (06/30/09) What is the difference between the RockSim Method and the Barrowman Equations? Issue #239 - (07/14/09) Why do tall and skinny rockets go unstable? Issue #245 - (10/06/09) Using Dowels instead of fins? Are stick fins stable? Issue #248 - (11/17/09) Why Aren't There Fins on The Ares 01/X Rocket? Issue #252 - (01/10/10) Find the CP location on your rocket using a wind tunnel
Issue #011 - (06/25/00) Adding New Motor Files to RockSim Issue #016 - (08/20/00) Exporting data from RockSim and finding optimum trajectories Issue #018 - (09/03/00) Exploring the Cardboard Cut-out Method of CP Prediction Issue #022 - (10/01/00) Educational Uses of the RockSim Software Issue #023 - (10/08/00) The RockSim Challenge - a test of skill and model rocketry knowledge. Issue #024 - (10/15/00) Predicting where your rocket will land using RockSim v4.0 Issue #027 - (11/05/00) Simulating Ring Tail Fins in RockSim v4.0 Issue #033 - (12/17/00) Finding Maximum Liftoff Weight (part 1) Issue #034 - (12/24/00) Finding Maximum Liftoff Weight (part 2) Issue #035 - (12/31/00) Speeding up your RockSim Simulations Issue #042 - (03/04/01) Why do Rockets go Unstable? Issue #042 - (03/04/01) Supplement - Comments about Unstable Rockets Issue #045 - (03/31/01) Maximum Simulation Accuracy - Part 1 Issue #046 - (04/08/01) Maximum Simulation Accuracy - Part 2 Issue #055 - (06/24/01) Building a Hybrid Motor in RockSim Issue #059 - (07/31/01) The Moving Target Called "Optimum Delay" Issue #060 - (08/19/01) Smarter Guessing and Simulating With RockSim 5 Issue #064 - (10/05/01) Simulating Dual Deployment In RockSim (part 1) Issue #065 - (10/16/01) Simulating Dual Deployment In RockSim (part 2) Issue #070 - (12/14/01) High Acceleration Numbers in RockSim Issue #078 - (03/22/02) Mass override features of RockSim Issue #079 - (04/05/02) Does fin thickness affect the rocket's CP location? Issue #084 - (06/28/02) Optimum Mass versus Peak Delay Time Mass? Issue #085 - (07/19/02) Release of RockSim v6 and why we added new features. Issue #096 - (01/10/03) Designing Tumble Recovery Booster Stages - Part 1 Issue #097 - (01/31/03) Designing Tumble Recovery Booster Stages - Part 2 Issue #100 - (03/21/03) What does "Rocket Science" mean? Issue #101 - (04/04/03) Why do simulations show unstable descents? Issue #102 - (04/18/03) Running Quick-and-Dirty Simulations Issue #103 - (05/16/03) Determining Base Drag on a rocket Issue #105 - (06/13/03) Designing Rockets with Asymmetrical fins Issue #108 - (08/04/03) Simulating Strap-on Boosters in RockSim 7: Part 1 Issue #109 - (08/22/03) Simulating Strap-on Boosters in RockSim 7: Part 2 Issue #110 - (09/12/03) Simulating Strap-on Boosters in RockSim 7: Part 3 Issue #111 - (09/30/03) Simulating Strap-on Boosters in RockSim 7: Part 4 Issue #113 - (10/27/03) Simulating fins-on-fins in RockSim Issue #115 - (11/21/03) Designing a simple glider using RockSim 7 Issue #116 - (12/05/03) Simulating Pop-Pod Boost Gliders In RockSim v7 #1 Issue #117 - (12/19/03) Simulating Pop-Pod Boost Gliders In RockSim v7 #2 Issue #118 - (01/12/04) Creating Subassemblies in RockSim Issue #119 - (01/27/04) Simulation of Side Pods in RockSim v7.0 Issue #122 - (03/26/04) Simulating Foam-filled parts in RockSim Issue #123 - (04/09/04) How to Add Decals and Decoration to your RockSim Designs Issue #130 - (08/23/04) Optimizing Your Design Using SMARTSim Issue #132 - (09/28/04) Selecting Rocket Motors: A Step-by-Step Procedure Issue #133 - (10/11/04) What is "Static Margin?" Issue #134 - (11/01/04) SMARTSim Tips for design Optimization Issue #139 - (02/24/05) What Is In A Rocket Engine Data File Issue #140 - (03/17/05) Hidden Features in RockSim v8 Issue #141 - (04/29/05) How To Create Complex Clusters In RockSim Issue #142 - (05/26/05) RockSim viewed with 3D eye-glasses. Issue #143 - (06/10/05) Mood Lighting With RockSim - Part 1 Issue #144 - (06/27/05) Mood Lighting With RockSim - Part 2 Issue #146 - (08/01/05) Creating Sprites In RockSim: Put your design in the 2D Flight Profile. Issue #148 - (09/13/05) Speed Up RockSim's 2-D Flight Profile Issue #148 - (09/13/05) Where to find additional RockSim design files for common kits. Issue #150 - (10/24/05) Swivel Fins Do Fly Straight Issue #150 - (10/24/05) Through-the-wall fins using RockSim 8 Issue #152 - (11/18/05) Fixing Parts in the Database Issue #153 - (12/06/05) Adding Parachutes to Boosters in RockSim Issue #153 - (12/06/05) Don't Reinstall RockSim, just RESET it. Issue #154 - (12/30/05) CP's of Short and Fat Rockets in RockSim Part1. Issue #155 - (01/17/06) Installing new motors in RockSim v8. Issue #156 - (02/02/06) Merging new parts into your RockSim database. Issue #157 - (02/22/06) Exporting a graph from RockSim for school reports Issue #158 - (03/14/06) Creating Short/Fat Rockets in RockSim, Part 2 Issue #159 - (03/29/06) Pick the right ejection delay Issue #162 - (06/15/06) Simulating UFO and Cube Rockets in RockSim Issue #162 - (06/15/06) Quick way to reload motors in RockSim Issue #163 - (07/14/06) How-To Info: Using RockSim's 2D Flight Profile Issue #168 - (10/05/06) Using SMARTSim 2.0's Batch Processing Feature Part 1 Issue #169 - (10/26/06) Using SMARTSim 2.0' to gain an edge in TARC part 2 Issue #172 - (12/07/06) Advanced RockSim Technique: How to create a nested boat tail in a 2-stage rocket Issue #176 - (01/30/07) How To Set Up Multiple Flight Events In RockSim Issue #178 - (02/28/07) Take Better Aerial Photos By Using RockSim Issue #180 - (03/23/07) Dr. Zooch's Flame-Fins stabilize rockets. Issue #182 - (04/24/07) RockSim Technique: How To Put A Payload Bay Inside A Nose Cone Issue #191 - (08/28/07) Putting a parachute inside of a nose cone. Issue #192 - (09/11/07) Basics Of Flight Analysis - Moment Of Inertia Issue #192 - (09/11/07) How to put a bulkhead inside a tube coupler in RockSim 8 Issue #193 - (09/25/07) Why does the CP moves back when fins made smaller? Issue #194 - (10/09/07) What is a Sustainer? Issue #195 - (10/23/07) Which Delay Time Should I Use In RockSim? Issue #196 - (11/06/07) How do you know if your payload bay is big enough to carry your egg? Issue #198 - (12/04/07) Why does RockSim ask you for the latitude of the launch site? Issue #200 - (01/10/08) Tips on finding Optimum Mass Issue #201 - (01/29/08) What does optimum delay time mean? Issue #202 - (02/12/08) Batch Processing RockSim with your favorite motors Issue #210 - (06/03/08) Air Starting Motors and Adding Fake Tubes to reposition a rocket's CP Issue #211 - (06/17/08) How to apply decals on the 3D rocket in rockSim Issue #212 - (07/01/08) Toggle on/off the mass override feature Issue #214 - (07/29/08) Step-by-Step RockSim procedure to calculate the maximum lift-off weight of a rocket motor Issue #214 - (07/29/08) Sample decal files applied to scale models Issue #216 - (08/26/08) Setting up delay times when staging High-Power motors Issue #217 - (09/09/08) How to add a transition at the front end of a booster stage Issue #219 - (10/06/08) How to perform water rocket experiments in RockSim Issue #219 - (10/06/08) Make a ducted rocket where the air flows through the body. Issue #221 - (11/04/08) Preview of the new features in RockSim v9 Issue #226 - (01/13/09) Simulating Canted Rocket Motors in RockSim Issue #229 - (02/24/09) How to Set Up A Multi-Stage Rocket and Delayed Staging in RockSim (1.0 MB pdf) Issue #230 - (03/10/09) Tube Fins in RockSim v9 Issue #230 - (03/10/09) How to view RockSim's Help Manual Issue #232 - (04/07/09) How to create polyhedral wings in RockSim v9 Issue #235 - (05/19/09) When Does Deceleration Really Begin? Issue #238 - (06/30/09) What is the difference between the RockSim Method and the Barrowman Equations? Issue #239 - (07/14/09) Why do tall and skinny rockets go unstable? Issue #241 - (08/11/09) How to add new parts to your RockSim databases Issue #244 - (09/22/09) Selecting the right size streamer for your rocket using RockSim Issue #249 - (12/01/09) How To Zero In on The TARC Altitude and Duration Objectives Issue #250 - (12/15/09) How To Use RockSim to set The Mach Delay Feature on Altimeters. Issue #251 - (12/29/09) How to add a standoff launch lug to RockSim v9 Issue #253 - (01/26/10) Experimenting with Dynamic Stability Analysis Issue #255 - (02/23/10) What do the Torque vectors mean in the 2D flight profile. Issue #265 - (07/13/10) Can You Hear The Sonic Boom From A Model Rocket? Issue #269 - (09/21/10) How To Reload A Previously Run Simulation Issue #269 - (09/21/10) Using RockSim for Trebuchet simulations? Issue #275 - (12/07/10) How To Create Tube Marking Guides In RockSim Issue #296 - (09/27/11) Simulating Angular Airframe Tubes in RockSim v9 - Part 1 Issue #297 - (10/11/11) Simulating Angular Airframe Tubes in RockSim v9 - Part 2 Issue #300 - (11/22/11) Simulating a 2-Stage Saturn V in RockSim
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