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 Rocketry Product: Estes - Mean Machine {Kit} (1295) [1978-1998, 2007-2013, 2018-]

Shroudlines: The Forgotten Tale of Long Tall Sally (2018-04-29)

It's amazing what you find when you shuffle your rocket room around. I am in the process of moving most of my stuff from a front bedroom to my new workspace in the a/c cooled garage. The bedroom ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Two Bring Backs from Estes (2018-06-07)

Estes has listed two new kits on their Coming Soon page: CLICK HERE The Black Brant III is a BT-50 based model. The nose cone and tail cone were introduced in this kit and later showed up in the ... [Read More]

Beyond Blue Aerospace: Model Rocketry – June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22)

The Mean Machine mid-power (E-size engine) rocket launch today used the BBA launch controller and igniter. An onboard camera provides a good ... [Read More]

Improbable Ventures: Teaser – launch of the “Mean Machine” (2019-10-28)

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Improbable Ventures: Launch: the Mean Machine (2019-11-01)

So last weekend, I went out to 60 Acres Field (see pic below) as I mentioned in my last post, and I launched two rockets. One was small, and the other was quite big. This post is about the bigger ... [Read More]

Improbable Ventures: Launches of Athena and the Mean Machine – video highlights (2019-11-09)

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Improbable Ventures: Local rocket club launch (2019-11-23)

This weekend, our local Seattle area rocket club (Washington Aerospace Club, or WAC) held a small launch event at 60 Acres Field, a park that’s roughly a 30 min drive from where we live. We ... [Read More]

Improbable Ventures: Catastrophic failure (2019-11-25)

Last weekend, I attended a launch event hosted by my local rocket club. It was a great experience, and I enjoyed watching others launch a ton of rockets, large and small. A launch report that the ... [Read More]

Improbable Ventures: Catastrophic failure: video (2019-11-28)

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Neurotic Ape Rocketry: First launch of a scratch built... (2008-07-13)

This was my first kit bash, officially called The Patient. This was made from the body tube and cone of an Estes Mean Machine. I made through-the-wall fins, papered them and then Cy'd and sanded the ... [Read More]