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Here's some shots of the rocket the Overmoes (Alan and Brad) plan on flying at HellFire15. I showed it at the last meeting. We are planning on putting it up on an N1000 which is the long burn N which has a 12 second burn. The rocket is about 10 ft tall and 5" in diameter. We are calling this project Sgt. Pepper.  It should be cool one way or another. 

I have always built short fat rockets because I liked seeing them take off slow. So for Hellfire this year I decided to go in the opposite direction and build long and lean. My project started with a Liberty Launch Systems Competitor 4. This is a 10 foot long all fiberglass kit with G-10 fiberglass fins, coupler and a 5:1 nose cone, and comes equipped with a 24" long 75mm motor mount tube and centering rings. The booster section is only 48" long, which could present some problems with a few motors that I might want to use and not provide enough room for a proper installation of a drogue system. So I also purchased an additional coupler and 24" airframe section. With the additional section added on, the booster is now 72" long, plenty long enough for even the longest 75mm motors. 

Frank Whitby, UROC member and amateur beekeeper promotes beekeeping and urban gardening in Salt Lake City. Frank's son Jack is in Boy Scout Troop 202 at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Salt Lake City. St. Ambrose is the patron saint of beekeepers and candle makers, so Frank thought it appropriate that the scouts work on the beekeeping merit badge. The beekeeping merit badge, By the way, was eliminated by the boy scouts in 1995 for lack of interest in the activity, but this has not stopped the scouts Of Troop 202 from working on it. The scouts started with class work in February, helped Frank maintain and inspect his existing hives in March and April, and then started up their own hives in late April.