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This guest article is by Rick DeFosses. Have you ever wondered how many choices you have when setting up a cluster of 2,3, or even more motors in your rocket? Specifically when mixing different motors in the cluster? The short answer is “a lot.” But being rocketeers, we tend to want a more specific answer than that. There should be no surprise here, but we are going to have to do some math to answer this question. So if you are a teacher or mentor, and ever wondered how you could incorporate rocketry into your math class, this article is for you. | | Read the rest of this week's article, either on a downloadable PDF for printing out, or on our website (great for viewing on your phone)! Previous issues of our newsletter are found at our archive page. |
| Check out the latest products to hit Apogee's shelves! | Halloween Themed T-Shirts | |
Do you have the rocketry spirit(s) spinning around your rockets and cause them to do funny things? Why not show the rocketry spirits off by wearing them on your official rocketry themed Halloween T-Shirts? To get your Halloween T-Shirt, first select your shirt-size, then select the front and back logos. We'll custom make it to your preferences. |
| Aluminum Fasteners
are Back in Stock | |
Need to join your long rocket together for flight, and want something made of metal? That's what these fasteners allow. But they aren't just metal, they are coated with the patent-pending Vindicoat, which allows epoxy to stick to the metal. They won't pop out of the walls of your rocket. We've been out of stock for a long time, and we finally have them available again. Three screw sizes: 2-56, 4-40, and 6-32. Get them while we still have them! |
| Halloween Rocketry-Themed Decals | |
Are you looking for some rocketry flair this Halloween? Well, look no further than our 2022 Halloween Decal set. Styled like stickers, these decals are made from the same vinyl as the decals in our kits and are made to last. From sticking the Jack-o'-Lantern with his rocket meal on your fins to letting the Witch fly her rocket-steed along your body tube, these decals are perfect for adding a fun spin to your next rocket. Only available until November 6, so get them now! |
| Apogee Meatball Sticker | |
Fondly nicknamed "The Meatball" after the name of the NASA round logo, our round Apogee logo is one of our most prominent and easily recognizable symbols. This 3" diameter sticker is perfect for adding to your range box or slapping on your rocket for a bit of that Apogee Flair! Available in either Red or Black. |
| 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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Mixing Motors in a Cluster Since our article today is about how many different motor combinations you might use in a cluster rocket, let's do one possible combination. This weeks launch is of the LOC Ultimate rocket (7-motor cluster), where we'll use 4 different motors. We're flying from Tripoli Houston's launch site, so we do have to keep it on a relatively narrow strip of land. I chose to use a delay that is probably way too long. What would you do in this situation? |
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“I was looking for my next rocket project, and was advised to look at Apogee Components for some different models. That was great advice, as Apogee not only sells kits from Estes and Quest, but a good number of lesser known manufacturers, and an extensive line of their own kits as well. I selected the Safir from Aggressor Aerospace, as I wanted an unusual scale model project. Tim's review of the Safir was accurate, and I began to explore the EXTENSIVE advice on the Apogee website. I've been in the hobby for more than 40 years, but I learned several new things from Tim's videos. He really seems to care about helping everyone get the most fun and success from hobby rocketry.” -- Lance Pullis | |
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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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