Updated Fleet Page

I have not written much on this blog lately, as longtime readers will have noticed, due partly to a number of other things I've been working on. Daily page views have decreased, understandably, since the blog hasn't been updated as regularly as it was in the past.

But rest assured, I haven't abandoned the Rocket N00b blog, and I'm kicking off a new phase of posts with a much-needed update.

While checking the blog stats recently, I noticed I regularly get a lot of views on my Fleet page. That's the page you land on if you click the link in the sidebar called My Fleet of Rockets. It's a tally of all the rockets I have built and flown since I got started in the summer of 2014.

This made me realize that I hadn't updated the fleet page in quite a long time. In fact, there are a number of rockets I've built and flown - and one or two I've even since lost - which until now had no mention on the fleet page.

And that was a real shame, because it's the perfect place for gratuitous, pretty photographs of the rockets I'm most proud of, as well as information about specific kits.

Well, the page is now up to date, and I'll keep posting information on newly built rockets, current projects, and any other pertinent information as it comes along.

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(A) Little Time for Rockets

I'm in the final week of rehearsals for my final show at the Bloomington Playwrights Project, the theater which is also responsible for me discovering rocketry.

As a result, I've been rather too busy to blog much, so my final post in the mid power Quest Big Dog series will be out in a few more days - maybe a week.

But I'm going to launch on Wednesday - and this time, I'll be lucky enough to launch at a farm! One of my fellow cast members has a huge place, and he's having us over for some rocket time.

This is great news, because this will be the last time Chad will be in town before I move to Boston, so it will be our last launch together here in Bloomington.

So I'll be pulling out all the stops, and launching everything I've got - including the Big Dog, the recently-built Estes Cosmic Explorer with an E motor mount, and the Quest Quad Runner - which I've had ready to go since December, but haven't wanted to risk losing on its maiden flight.

Here are the never-flown additions to the fleet that I will finally be launching:

Estes Cosmic Explorer with a larger motor mount

Quest Big Dog

Sounder I - a small scratch built rocket which will go high and fast

The Ceres B booster, from Mike Westerfields book
Make: Rockets: Down-to-Earth Rocket Science

Trident 1A - a 3-motor cluster, my first ever design

The Quest Quad Runner - a 4-motor cluster

Janus II with a camera payload bay.
This also holds an altimeter.

Aside from these new additions, I'll launch the rest of the current fleet as well. Pictures and video to follow!

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