rocketry

3D Printed C02-Powered Rockets

Building a C02-powered PVC launcher for firing off 3D printed rockets.

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Launching and Flying Foam RC Rocket Gliders

Launching and Flying Foam RC Rocket Gliders

Check out these impressive remote-controlled rocket gliders made from foam board.

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10 Spectacular Hobby Rocket Wrecks

A round-up of impressive hobby rocket failures, and a few perfect successes.

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The Great Make: Rocketry Round-Up

The Great Make: Rocketry Round-Up

Check out some of the amazing rocketry projects and articles we have featured over the years.

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Fantastic 3-mile High Rocket Flight Captured with Raspberry Pi Camera

Fantastic 3-mile High Rocket Flight Captured with Raspberry Pi Camera

This Portland State Aerospace Society’s (PSAS) L-12 launch in mid-July is beautiful and impressive. PSAS is a student-based open source rocketry group out of Portland State University. They make all of their design files, flight data, documentation, launch procedures, etc. available on GitHub. PSAS has a history of pushing the envelope in amateur rocketry and […]

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Watch the Successful Launch of World’s Largest Amateur Rocket

Watch the Successful Launch of World’s Largest Amateur Rocket

A few weeks ago, we ran a piece here announcing the pending launch of this 46′ tall 1:1-scale V2 amateur rocket, to be launched at the Thunda Down Under rocket meetup in Australia. The Rocketry Victoria team was going for the world record of the largest amateur rocket ever successfully flown. They did it! As […]

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This Is The Biggest Amateur Rocket Ever Built

This Is The Biggest Amateur Rocket Ever Built

The largest amateur rocket ever built, at over 46′ tall, weighing in at 617 pounds, will attempt its first flight next weekend at the Thunda Down Under rocketry meet in Australia. This impressive-looking 1:1 scale replica of a V2 was created by the “rocket junkies” at the Rocket Victoria club. The team has been building […]

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