| | [ Not displaying correctly? View web version. ] | Apogee Rocketry Workshop #402 | | 
Two weeks ago, we had a video on how to cut tubes at an angle using a wrap-around pattern. But how do you create your own paper pattern? In this week's video, I'll show you exactly how to make that pattern sheet that you wrap around the tube. What is cool, is that the method allows you to make any cut line, so it doesn't have to be a straight angled cut. Imagine it could be organic and swoopy too. View this week's Rocketry Workshop Videos here. Tiime: 14:56 min:sec | | Previous videos are found on our archive page. |
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| Check out the latest products to hit Apogee's shelves! | Estes Great Goblin Kit | |  In 1972, Estes released the "Astron Goblin", a cartoonish looking rocket described as a "spooky kit that gets up and moves." The Great Goblin is an upscale version that is a mid-power monster. This new kit is based around a 3-inch diameter tube with an overall length of 33.5 inches. Because of its 29mm diameter motor mount, you can fly this gigantic gargoyle on motors ranging from an E to a G-size. Recovery is achieved with a large 24 inch diameter nylon parachute. Another rendition of the classic kit, and we have them now at the Apogee website. Get one today!
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| 3" Nose Cone Ebay Kit | |  This new 3" nose cone ebay kit allows you to mount electronic payloads within nose cones. This is great for allowing GPS trackers, altimeters, and electronic deployment to be added to short rockets or already completed rockets without having to cut the body tube. If your rocket is space limited, you can use the internal volume inside the nose cone for your electronics. Note: This kit is designed to fit nose cones for 3-inch diameter thin-wall tubes. It will not fit in nose cones that are for heavy-wall tubes.
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| Carbon Fiber Sheet for Fins | |  We just received in a new batch of carbon fiber sheets that are perfect for small rockets. I personally use this on competition rockets where low weight, smoothness, and stiffness are very important. It is only 0.012 inches (0.3mm) thick. We've been out of stock on it for several years, but we recently found a new supplier. The best part is that we got it at the old cost, so we are able to keep the price the same as before. If you've never tried carbon fiber fins before, prepare to be amazed.
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| Blue Raven Altimeter | |  The Blue Raven altimeter from Featherweight Electronics should be considered a flight computer more than just the smallest dual-deployment altimeter (imagine that it fits into a 24mm diameter tube).
Use it for just about any rocketry project where you need either to record flight data, or control various events during the flight. It has 4 pyro channels that can each be configured based on your desires, such as speed, altitude, acceleration, or rocket orientation. Use it for staging, clustering, parachute deployment, and separation of rocket parts. Plus it records flight data from six sensors at a rate of 500 samples per second. Did we also mention that it talks to your Android or iOS device via BlueTooth to make setting it up and downloading flight data easy? You want this if you're planning on doing anything advanced in rocketry.
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| 3" Catalyst Rocket | |  The new Apogee Catalyst is based around our 3-inch diameter nose cone, and it stands about 36 inches tall. With a 29mm diameter motor, you can literally use one hundred different rocket motors to put it skyward. Go low and slow, or zoom and climb to conquer space and time! It is a simple build that you'll enjoy building, and comes with through-the-wall fins, a premium nylon parachute and heat shield protector.
Let the Catalyst rocket be the force that propels you towards a 2024 future filled with excitement, achievement, and boundless potential.
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| | Launch of The Week As the new Estes Great Goblin ascends to the heavens in this week's simulation, notice how it reacts to the wind. It stablizes quickly thanks to its huge fins. That means it makes a great mount for a onboard video camera. This week's launch uses an Aerotech single-use F25-6 motor. Check it out! | |
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-- Gene Angus | |
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