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William Wynne: Worth Your While
I wholeheartedly recommend you explore the blog posts of an acquaintance of mine, William Wynne. I started reading due to his role as the...
Sep 29, 20242 min read


Titanic Trifles
I wanted a project to challenge me into the next level of my rocketry hobby by creating things I’d never seen before. I chose to bring to...
Jul 23, 202310 min read


Getting Somewhere
At the beginning of 2017, I decided I needed a long-term project to keep myself from being absorbed totally by work at the funeral home. I thought, "Don't just build another model airplane to hang on the wall. Build an airplane! Then, I happened to see this video, posted only a few days before having that thought: My Homebuilt Airplane | Pilot n' Plane The idea of a wooden airplane intrigued me, since it would basically require the same kind of building techniques as a large
Jun 3, 20234 min read


T-Minus Zero
As I've learned through an explosive experience in 2003, fuses are for fireworks. ( Not Quite a Dud ) We don't use fuses in model rocketry. We launch on command, at the end of a countdown, which can be paused at any point that something becomes unsafe, such as a gust of wind knocking over the rocket, perhaps pointing it toward the spectators, or because of a low flying aircraft approaching the flying field at the last second. The launch controller is the device that supplies
Apr 16, 20238 min read
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