Rocketry Goals for 2012

January 2, 2012

Aside from the normal New Years resolutions I make like losing weight, getting in shape, etc… I’ve made a list of my rocketry goals for 2012 Organize what used to be my rocket building area, making it useable again. Continue to maintain, improve and increase functionality for Rocket Calculator. Finish and release the other app [...]

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Nike Hercules Design

December 22, 2011

I’m not sure if I’m going to build this, but I mocked up a 4″ diameter version of the Nike Hercules, based on Peter Alway’s scale drawings. It’ll be about 59″ tall. The booster and sustainer will have 29mm motor mounts. I posted the Rocksim file in the Download’s section. I’m also making my scale [...]

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Rocket Calculator Update Submitted

December 15, 2011

I just submitted another update, the last one before the Holidays. This version has better toolbar and tab bar icons. I also fixed some layout issues for viewing calculators in landscape. I changed the deployment target from iOS4.1 to 4.2. This is to support printing, which will be part of the after-Christmas update.

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Rocket Calculator is in the App Store

December 9, 2011

My first iOS app has been approved, and is for sale in the App Store! I have an update ready to upload tonight which will include a drift distance calculator and some formatting tweaks for iPad. That update should be available in a week. I plan to add a three additional calculators in the short [...]

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Rocket Calculator App

December 5, 2011

I’ve been busy working on an iOS app (for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch). This is mostly why I haven’t posted in a while. The current version has eight calculators, but I plan to add more. I also have a larger project in the works, yet to be revealed. I submitted the app to Apple [...]

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Freedom Launch 2011

September 8, 2011

The Nike Hercules had a mostly successful flight. Flight, deployment, and recovery were fine, but one motor still didn’t light. Also, my timer delay was a little too short. I used the Quest Q2G2 igniters and dipped them in pyrogen beforehand. I think that Blue Thunder motors aren’t the best for clustering. Something slower like [...]

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Water Rocket Build and Flight Details

August 11, 2011

The first attempt at water rocketry wasn’t so bad. I need to rework the design a bit, and make launching safer. Build: The main vehicle is made from a Metro Electro 1L straight sided bottle. I added part of another bottle to the top for payload and parachute storage. For fin material I used some [...]

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