| [ Not displaying correctly? View web version. ] | Apogee Rocketry Workshop #340: | |
Say that your rocket got really scuffed up from a launch, or that its original paint job wasn't up to your current standards of quality. You'd like to restore and repaint the rocket. In this video series, I'll take you through the steps of fixing the paint job on a model rocket. In the first video, we'll inspect the rocket and see what has to be done in the refurb. Then we'll remove the old decals by peeling them up using masking tape. To protect the parts of the rocket that are still OK, we'll mask them off using masking tape. Then we'll start sanding off the old paint using rough grit sandpaper. View this week's Rocketry Workshop Videos (Duration 11 min, 32 sec) | | Previous videos are found on our archive page. |
| Check out the latest products to hit Apogee's shelves! | Quest B6-4W Motors | |
The Quest B6-4W rocket motor is for small light-weight rockets. It features the White Lightning
composite propellant, which produces a brilliant flame and a dense amount of tracking smoke. It has more energy than a black powder motor. It's the same size and diameter as an Estes B6 motor, so it fits all your favorite rockets. But this is for single-stage rockets only, as it cannot be staged. We also have the B6-6W version as well. |
| Adrel DeployMax - A Single-Deployment Recording Altimeter | |
The DeployMax from Adrel (made in Poland) is the smallest, lightest single event altimeter that you can buy! It easily fits into a 10mm diameter tube and weighs a mere 0.6 grams (battery not included). It records 9 minutes of flight data (at 15 samples per second) that can be analyzed after recovery and can be used as your only recovery device deployment, or in conjunction with your motor's ejection charge to deploy an additional recovery device. Use it for small scale models that are intended to reach extreme altitudes, where weight is critical. |
| ProCast Mini | |
ProCast Pyrogen Mix is used for those people that want to dip their own igniters. What makes this different is that, per gram, it has at least two times the heat output and gas generation of typical pyrogens used in hobby rocketry and amateur rocketry. It is great for rocket motors that are hard to start. This is a smaller, trial size for those people that want to try it out, by redipping some of those Estes starters that don't have pyrogen on the tip. |
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