Based on the original rocket design by G. Harry Stine, and part of the Designer Signature Series, the Estes Antar.
2023-09-30
The Rocketry Show, Logo Rocket
I'm a big fan of The Rocketry Show podcast and I've always wanted to do an OR render of The Rocketry Show podcast logo rocket. I finally buckled down and put something together.
This render was a balance between performance and appearance. My intent was for the rocket to look as much like The Rocketry Show logo rocket as possible, while still having a proper flight sim in OpenRocket. Therefore the port hole was simmed as if it was a decal, rather than in 3D. Beyond that, I didn't get too technical with dimensions and ratios as compared to the logo, I just put together what looked good to me. Regardless, it was fun to do!
By the way... check out the podcast if you haven't already: The Rocketry Show
2023-08-08
On October 14, 1947, the Bell X-1 became the first airplane to fly faster than the speed of sound. Piloted by U.S. Air Force Capt. Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager, the X-1 reached a speed of 1,127 kilometers (700 miles) per hour, Mach 1.06, at an altitude of 13,000 meters (43,000 feet). Yeager named the airplane "Glamorous Glennis" in tribute to his wife.
My Bell X-1 started out with a Goblin body tube and balsa nose cone. I used toothpicks, basswood, and made my own decals on the inkjet. Oh, and a lot of lead and epoxy in the nose cone!
The motor is friction fit. This rocket flies great on a D12, but I have plans for an E12 launch and even an F24 RMS.
2023-07-29
The Astra... a nice looking, nice flying rocket. It's Quest's competitor to the Estes Alpha. And like the Alpha, everyone should have an Astra in their fleet!
2023-07-15
This was my first rocket from LOC (probably 15-20 years ago), and my first rocket venturing into upper mid-power. I was saddened to learn that LOC dropped it from production. Below is a pic from one of last year's launches on a pair of E26's. It's still flying!
2023-07-06
A Starfire original design, the Star Crusher was inspired by reading of Dark Jedi Kyp Durron's exploits in one of the most powerful super weapons ever devised - the Sun Crusher. This is what I imagined the weapon ship might look like well before any artwork for the Sun Crusher was released.
2023-07-04
I based this render off of the 2016 model; however, I did place the launch lugs according to the 7253 version, as it makes much more sense where they are located on the 7253. The newer launch lug placements do not interfere with the decal placement - as the 2016 model did.
You can run sims with the nozzle on as Mass and CG are override for the entire rocket, and CD for just the nozzle assembly has been overriden to zero. Or you can simply delete the nozzle assembly for flight sims, either way should work fine.
2023-05-30
The BLU-97B is a classic OOP kit, and a favorite at the launches. The kids (myself included) love the four plastic bomblets dropping at apogee which they can chase down.
Posted 2023-04-23
What if the Union Pacific railroad got in to interplanetary shipping, and started shipping to Mars? What would their cargo carrying, Mars colonizing, payloader rocket look like?
Check out this graphics render of the Rocketry Works, Payloader 24-56, and find out!
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