| | [ Not displaying correctly? View web version. ] | Apogee Rocketry Workshop #387: | | 
This video covers the initial assembly of the electronics mounting board (called the ebay sled), which is one of the more challenging processes in the build of the TTV model rocket. In this video, there are two alignment rails installed on one end of the board, which help align the rear bulkhead on the sled. Finally, you'll add the half-bulkhead, which will align the red tube coupler, and also creates an engine baffle system to help protect the parachute. The TTV rocket was created as a way for us to inexpensively test the Simple Timer. This electronic staging device is perfect for those that wish to stage composite propellant rocket motors. The TTV is a small-ish rocket that allows you to try out your timers and dual-deployment altimeters without using high-power motors. They can be tested on C and D size motors that are readily available. View this week's Rocketry Workshop Videos (Duration 6 min, 24 sec) | | Previous videos are found on our archive page. |
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| Check out the latest products to hit Apogee's shelves! | Apogee TTV Rocket | | 
The new "Timer Test Vehicle" (TTV) is specifically designed to give you an economical way to try out your electonic staging timers before you commit to putting them in an expensive high power rocket. Flying 2-stages with small composite motors is a cheap and effective way to learn the skills you'll need to take your big rockets to spectacular heights. This rocket is a marvel of engineering, with lots of features packed into a small rocket. It includes an electronics bay, ejection baffle, through-the-wall-fins, laser-cut plywood centering rings, and two nylon cloth parachutes. It can also be used to test dual-deployment electronics, or a Jolly Logic Chute release. You can get this rocket today here!
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| Estes So Long | |  For extreme attitudes, the So Long two-stager can reach over 3600 feet on a combination of two F15 motors – that’s more than two-thirds of a mile high! The kit includes a large payload section so you can send your high-altitude experiments aloft. And for safe returns, the two bright orange streamers are easy to spot and designed to bring your rocket down quickly – don’t let this one drift away! A simple but rugged design means a fun build that you’ll be launching in no time. Get this fun 2-stage rocket here.
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| Aerotech J615 Aerospike Nozzle Motor | | 
The new Aerotech J615 reload motor is the first model rocket motor using an aerospike nozzle! The primary advantage of an aerospike nozzle is its ability to maintain high efficiency at varying altitudes. Aerospike engines are the baseline engines for many single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) designs. This new motor also features the "super thunder" propellant formulation, and comes with an adjustable delay grain. Be the first in your club to get this historic high-power rocket motor.
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| Simple Timer For Staging | | 
The new Simple Timer from Apogee Components controls ignition of upper stages by setting a time from liftoff when the air-started motor should ignite. Its built-in logic prevents ignition of the upper stage if the rocket goes unstable or is tilted more than 45° from vertical at the time of ignition. This new version of the device now includes an apogee deployment channel for extra safety, so you don't need a separate altimeter in the rocket. If you want to stage high power rockets, this is what you need. It is also great for high-drag rockets (like spools and pyramids shapes) that need a quick ejection at apogee.
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Last Launch of LDRS I missed LDRS this year because I was at the World SpaceModeling Championships in Austin, Texas. But I really wanted to get up to Wisconsin to see it. So this simulation is my only flight of a rocket in conjunction with LDRS. So while I wasn't there physically, I could at least enjoy a simulated flight. This one shows an Apogee Katana on a K480W which reaches a height of 8135 feet. |
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