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Project 463 (2005-11-16)

Project 463 remains the largest hobby rocket ever flown, at 1200 lbs. This web page doesnt exactly do justice to the scale of the thing with the small images... But the first and only flight used ... [Read More]

Why people visited this page today (2011-04-27)

High power rocketry - 88 Milky way time lapse - 19 High power rocket - 13 Explosion - 12 Q motor - 11 Elektro-l - 10 Project 463 - 8 Vladimir petrovich demikhov - 8 Notsnik - 7 Sr-71 - 7 Right on ... [Read More]

Downright Ignorant (2006-12-15)

At the time, the largest hobby rocket ever made (mostly non metal parts - total motor power less than two O motors). Still smaller than project 463, posted previously, but certainly a great flight. [Read More]

Stratospheric Dreams (2009-06-20)

One of my personal favorite rocket attempts of all time was this one; an S motor attempt, that sadly failed in a CATO. Simmed to hit over 100,000 feet (claimed at 115,000), the most impressive part ... [Read More]