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

    Teaser – launch of the “Mean Machine” (2019-10-28)
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    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]

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

    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]

    Catastrophic failure: video (2019-11-28)
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