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Oct. 21, 2024

EP. 4.16: Why do our rockets turn into the wind?

In this episode, The Rocet n00b teams up with his colleagues from The Rocketry Show to interview Tom Fetter about why our rockets turn into the wind? Tom has done a ton of research on the topic, and was excited …

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Nov. 22, 2022

#3.15 Open Rocket Overview with Neil Weinstock

You’ve found Episode 15 of the Model Rocket Show! This time around, are talking to Neil Weinstock from the Open Rocket project about this useful software tool. Neil Weinstock is one of the developers working on open Rocket,...

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Sept. 26, 2022

#3.14 John Boren returns

John Boren returns to update us on his world, and on his world at Estes, now under new management! It was an enjoyable discussion, and we hope you enjoy it!

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Feb. 21, 2022

13: Mike Nowak and James Duffy – FAI Competition Rocketry

James Duffy, left, and Mike Nowak, right, at the opening ceremonies of the European Space Modeling Competition in Ukraine, 2015 Here's an episode we recorded a while back, and since it's been a hot topic recently due to virtual NARCON,

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Jan. 3, 2022

12: State of the show, and a deep dive into The Model Rocket Safety C…

We're baaack! Daniel The Rocket n00b gives the update what's going on in his world. and the state of the program. Then Gheem and Jesse join forces to do a deep dive on The Model Rocket Safety Code. This is …

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Aug. 21, 2021

11: Frank Burke and His RC Rocket Gliders

Model Rocket Guy Jesse U (left) with our guest, Frank Burke In this episode, Model Rocket Guy Jesse U of The Rocketry Show sits in for the N00b. Jesse talks with Frank Burke, maker of a number of amazing, large, …

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July 1, 2021

#10: Randy Boadway – eRockets.biz and Semroc

Our guest this week is our esteemed sponsor - Randy Boadway, owner of eRockets.biz and producer of Semroc kits and parts. We have a great conversation, lots of fun, and Randy even tells me what the "best wood glue in …

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May 15, 2021

#9: Chris Michielssen – Model Rocket Building!

Our guest, Chris Michielssen's fantastic blog I found Chris Michielssen's blog, Model Rocket Building (which you can visit by CLICKING HERE) shortly after I got started in this hobby back in 2014, and in it I found a wealth of …

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March 6, 2021

Field Notes 2020: Part 1

2020 was a tough year. Rocketry really helped some of us get through it. I took a recorder along to almost every launch I went to, and the result is this 2-part series, Field Notes 2020. Because of the uncertainty,

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Jan. 25, 2021

Season 2 Episode 1 Teaser: Field Notes 2020

The N00b has hours of audio to edit. - I took my recorder along to document (almost) every single launch I went to this year. There weren't as many formal launches as we had planned, obviously, but I still managed …

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Dec. 7, 2020

Workshop! With The Rocketry Show Guys

After a hiatus (you know, it's 2020...), we're back with The Model Rocket Show! This episode is a classic "workshop" episode fans of The Rocketry Show have come to enjoy - and the N00b is joined by Jesse and Gheem …

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Sept. 7, 2020

James Duffy – Scale Modeling, FAI, and more!

In this episode, we chat with James Duffy, an accomplished scale modeler and competitor in FAI international model rocketry competitions. James' main specialties in scale modeling are the Bumper WAC - an early American two-stage sounding rocket consis...

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July 20, 2020

Gary Rosenfield of AeroTech and Quest Aerospace

In this episode, we talk with Gary Rosenfield, who founded AeroTech Consumer Aerospace in 1982. AeroTech makes ammonium perchlorate composite propellant motors, often referred to as simply "composite motors.

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June 20, 2020

The FAQ – Questions, Volume 1

In this episode the Rocket N00b answers some model rocketry questions - some beginner's questions commonly asked on online forums, as well as a couple questions sent to him through social media. "What's the Best Glue?" Yes, we know.

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May 11, 2020

K’Tesh! A Chat with Jim Parsons, OpenRocket Wizard

The Omega booster and Cineroc, simulated in OpenRocket by our guest, Jim Parsons In this episode, we talk with Jim Parsons, who was once described as "the Chuck Norris of OpenRocket." OpenRocket is free model rocket design and simulation software …

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April 15, 2020

FlisKits – Nothing Flies Like a Flis!

In today's episode, The Rocket N00b talks about FlisKits, the independent model rocket company started nearly 18 years ago by Jim Flis. We take a look back at an annual tradition of CMASS - the Central Massachusetts Spacemodeling Society - …

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March 28, 2020

Pilot – Welcome to The Model Rocket Show!

In our first episode, Daniel The Rocket N00b tells us his "origin story"...how he got into Model Rocketry, and gives an overview on what to expect on future episodes. The Rocket N00b and his fleet.

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