This year, Narcon (the Annual National Association of Rocketry Conference) will take place in Connecticut, well within striking distance for NYC rocketry people. I plan on attending, if at all ... [Read More]
AeroTech is releasing its first new 24mm single-use motor since 2001, the 24 X 95mm Blue Thunder? F32T, during NARCON 2009 in Wethersfield, CT. The F32T features an all-new molded phenolic casing ... [Read More]
This weekend, I was lucky enough to attend one day of the two day National Association of Rocketry annual conference. The location was in central CT. New York city rocketry people (me and probably ... [Read More]
COCOA BEACH, Fla. – The National Association of Rocketry (NAR) will convene its next annual national convention, known as NARCON, on Florida’s Space Coast during the weekend of Feb. 28 ... [Read More]
I'll be doing a technical session on Model Rocket Construction and Tips at the upcoming NARCON , February 28 thru March 2. Check out the website HERE From the website: "You are invited to ... [Read More]
Along with that new parachute - PIGASUS will debut at NARCON! It's about time, I haven't been able to produce new Odd'l Rockets stuff lately. Hard to believe, but banjo playing can pull you ... [Read More]
NARCON WAS A BIG SUCCESS! Everybody who attended would agree. I had only been to NARAMs and some smaller conventions in the past. I'd forgot how great these get-togethers can be. Along with the ... [Read More]
We had a fun time at the National Association of Rocketry’s 2014 Convention, NARCON, in Cocoa Beach. Our room had a wonderful view of the beach and ocean, but the event kept us so busy that we ... [Read More]
I’ve uploaded some photos from the National Association of Rocketry’s 2014 NARCON convention in Cocoa Beach, Florida, to RocketReviews.com’s Photo Album. The ... [Read More]
Florida’s Space Coast hosted NARCON, the National Association of Rocketry’s annual convention, from February 28 to March 2, 2014. We made the one-hour trek from Oviedo to Cocoa Beach on ... [Read More]
From last March, my NARCON session on LPR Construction and Tips is on the www.narcon.org website. CLICK HERE Other sessions are being added. Many of the techniques from the blog are on the ... [Read More]
The Seattle NARCON opened their long awaited Model Rocket Display this past weekend. Here are some pictures from the NAR Facebook page by Jim Wilkerson. The G. Harry Stine Archive boxes ready for ... [Read More]
Stefan Jones posted some great pictures from the recent NARCON in Seattle, Washington. To see them, CLICK HERE My favorite picture is the Astron Mark on a original wooden Electro ... [Read More]
NARCON is in Dayton, OH this year. A few fellow club members went to NARCON in 2014 and I kind of wish I’d been there too — of course that was in Cocoa Beach, a way more exciting ... [Read More]
So I had a good time at NARCON, but I’m not going to write much about it here just now because I’m putting together a presentation for next week’s club meeting. I’ll post that ... [Read More]
On the Rocketry Center Forum, Rich Holmes posted video links to the NARCON sessions: CLICK HERE That link will take you to the manufacturers session. Questions about Quest Chinese engines and ... [Read More]
Image from the NARCON Facebook event page, hosted by NAR president Ted Cochran The NARCON 2016 Part 1 episode of The Rocketry Show went up yesterday. NARCON - the National Association of Rocketry's ... [Read More]
Some NARCON 2016 sessions have been posted on YouTube: CLICK HERE Lots of great information, the link above goes to James Duffy's presentation of the G. Harry Stine Archives. [Read More]
Inside the Udvar-Hazy Center, image from the National Air and Space Museum website . NARCON 2017 , the National Association of Rocketry's annual conference, is sold out. They increased the available ... [Read More]
NARCON 2017 is over. There were a lot of exciting things announced , we got some good stuff for The Rocketry Show, and I had a great time. But it's late Sunday night, and I fly back to Boston ... [Read More]
A Black Brant V sounding rocket, from Wallops Flight Facility, parked all weekend outside NARCON I'm finally back from NARCON, and what a weekend it was! Three days of presentations on all aspects ... [Read More]
Inert Black Brant sounding rocket in the hotel parking lot. We got a visit from the police - who fortunately had a sense of humor - when someone reported this to the authorities (Click to enlarge). ... [Read More]
Discovery While I was on vacation this weekend, the NARCON episode of The Rocketry Show hit the web. It turned out nice, and there's a little extra bit at the end that I'm glad we captured. Click ... [Read More]