Shapeways Black Friday Sale

Shapeways is offering two options for Black Friday with 20% off of orders over $75 OR Free Worldwide Shipping on orders of any value. For 20% off orders of $75 or more, please enter tdzmu at checkout OR for free worldwide shipping on orders of any value, enter v9v7r Also, as of this morning, our nose cone prices … Continue Reading ››

News 2012-11-23 Josh T

George’s Little Joe II Pages

If you've never visited George Gassaway's site, be sure to check it out. There is a ton of useful and interesting stuff there including his award-winning Space Shuttle project, as well as his Little Joe II model projects and comprehensive scale data. Actually, there seems to be a ton of Little Joe II information that … Continue Reading ››

Blog 2012-09-10 Josh T

Protected: Early Bomarc Vehicles

For flight chronology, see the Bomarc entry at Encyclopedia Astronautica (astronautix.com). Unfortunately, I have not been able to clearly match some photos with flight dates using the vehicle configuration numbers given at that site (621-1...623-3...624-13, etc.). Based on video dates and flight images taken from the Rocket.aero Bomarc DVD, along with a clear … Continue Reading ››

Scale Data & Photos 2012-07-31 Josh T

Videos Uploaded 7/15/12

I finally got around to transferring some analog videos to digital recently, so I went ahead and uploaded much of the rocketry-related content to YouTube, including several Saturn I test flights (2003-2005) and the related PVC Spider R&D tests. I even added video from the Dyna-Soar/Titan I flight (2005) and the Black Brant XII (2005). Continue Reading ››

News 2012-07-15 Josh T

Web Updates 7/3/12

I am still making minor adjustments to the Meatball Rocketry web content to bring things up to speed. Some interesting items:

I just added a PDF version of the 2005 R&D report on the PVC Spider, to replace the HTML version that was previously available. (link)
I finally got around to publishing a brief Scale Data … Continue Reading ››
News 2012-07-03 Josh T

Nike-Orion Photos

Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton, Virginia (2011 & 2012)

UPDATED 11-26-2014 With gallery of Orion stage. The following photos were taken primarily to document the style of the stenciled lettering on the Nike M5E1 motor. Some fin detail photos are also included. Note the extra metal band at the top of the Nike's forward flange (probably not part of any flight vehicle). The screws on … Continue Reading ››

Scale Data & Photos 2012-06-27 Josh T

Looking Back Ten Years…

It seems unreal to me that ten years have passed since Jess and I traveled to Pennsylvania for our first Sport Scale event at RAMTEC-10 in 2002 with the Black Brant XII and the Iris. She was pregnant with Ben at the time, who will be turning ten in September. As far as I know, that … Continue Reading ››

Blog 2012-06-16 Josh T

Safe Rocket Recovery?

About a year ago I exchanged some emails with John Pursley on the subject of rocketry construction and what it means to recover "safely." He posted some similar thoughts on his blog later in the year. Some of what he mentions goes against the grain a bit, at least in terms of popular ideas regarding … Continue Reading ››

Blog 2012-05-19 Josh T

Classic Nose Cones 2

Clicking on a nose cone graphic will take you to our Shapeways Shop page where you can select materials and order. This is a little easier than navigating our shop at Shapeways directly.

Model Parts 2012-05-06 Josh T

Meatball Rocketry