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Who hasn't has a fin tip that got smashed after a hard landing? It happens to everyone. If you want to repair it, this video will show you the necessary steps. You'll note in this video that I have to cut the replacement part three times. What? Yes... I make mistakes too. I decided to leave in the errors so that you don't feel frustrated and flustered if you have to do extra work on your rocket. These types of construction errors happen to all of us, and it is just a part of learning (or in my case... relearning). View this week's Rocketry Workshop Videos (Duration 20 min, 55 sec) | | Previous videos are found on our archive page. |
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| Check out the latest products to hit Apogee's shelves! | BT-80 Size Ebay Kit | | 
Do you want to test out dual-deployment in a BT-80 sized mid-power rocket prior to going to high power rocketry? That makes a lot of sense, because to be honest, dual deployment can be a more daunting of a challenge. This ebay kit comes with the ebay sled, the coupler tube, bulkhead disks, on/off push swtich with wires, the laser-cut parachute tube, reusable plastic rivets and a kevlar shock cord. You only need to supply the BT-80 size rocket kit, altimeter, battery, and e-matches. |
| Make Carbon Fiber Tubes | | 
Here is an extensive and detailed video course on how to make Ultra-Lightweight Carbon-Fiber Rocket Tubes. They're so light, they give you an unfair advantage in competition. These are the ones that my daughters, Allison and Ashley used in Romania last September at the 2021 World SpaceModeling Championships. Allison was part of the senior Silver Medal winning USA team, and Ashley took home the Bronze Medal in the Jr. Division. The girls were taught how to make their own tubes, so if they can do it, so can you. The training course consists of 5 hours and 42 minutes of video instruction, covering everything I know about how to make a successful tube with a glass-finish using a 2-piece mold. It even includes all the secret techniques and materials, and where to buy them, including where to get the 2-part mold. This course is on the Udemy website, not at Apogee Components. |
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California Dreaming The Ventura Rocketeers (NAR Section #855) just secured a new launch field at Underwood Farms. It isn't a huge field and limited to 700 feet AGL, since it is north of Los Angeles. But it is big enough to launch small rockets! To celebrate with them, a first launch coming up this month, I did a virtual launch of the Apogee EggStorminator rocket. If you're club isn't listed yet in the Launch Visualizer, put a pin in the application's map, and share that with us. We'd love to advertise your organization. |
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“As a colligate rocket team, we use Apogee often for high power rocket components. Everything ordered always comes as expected and the customer service is excellent. They have both updated my shipping on request as well as refunding me money if the shipping did not cost as much as expected. Apogee is a great choice if your interested in high power rocketry.” -- Jen Taylor | |
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We're looking for someone to write a definitive guide to selecting igniters, controllers and batteries for rockets. We'd love to have a newsletter article on that topic, because we get lots of inquiries about it. Is that you? Do you know how many e-matches can be set off in a cluster by a 3.7v 400 mAh battery? See our Newsletter Guidelines on how to submit an article on this topic and get paid up to $350 for your time.
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 I'm now actively seeking writers for articles to appear in this newsletter. And I want unique and cutting-edge articles because that is what you want to read, right? I realize this, so to get articles from outside writers that have the same level of quality, I'm going to have to pay a lot of cash to make it worth it for them. So I've come up with a compensation package where I'll pay up to $350 for good how-to articles. Are you a writer, and does that interest you? That is a lot of cash! Far more than you'll get by writing for other magazines. And with over 23,000 worldwide subscribers, if you write for the Peak-of-Flight Newsletter, you'll gain a lot of notoriety. Writing for the Peak-of-Flight Newsletter is a great way to show off your rocketry projects and your technical expertise, at the same time as helping out other rocketeers. Imagine how great you'll feel knowing that you made a difference to the hobby. If you're interested in writing, see the guidelines on our site. | |
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