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Last update to this page was November 16, 2006 .

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Certification
   "Level 1 Success" by Jeff Gortatowski - Keep It Simple!
   "Level 1" by Brother John (Van Norman), Ministry of the Rocketeer"
   "More on Level 1" by Brother John (Van Norman), Ministry of the Rocketeer
   "Level 1 Observations" by Kerry Garrison   
   "Carbon Copy" (Level 3 Docs & Fin Attachment for Min. Diameter by Brad Ballreich
   "So You Want To Be a Level 3?" by Mark "Dok" Hanson
   "Photon" Level 3 Documentation by Stephen Roberson (540KB PDF)

Construction
   "Fiberglass 101" by Barry C. Forrest - how to glass your airframe, and basic vacuum bagging
   "Notes on Fiberglassing Fins" by Jeff Stai - glassing fins to motor tube & glassing the airframe
   "Notes on Fiberglassing" by John Wahlquist - glassing the airframe
   "How I Fiberglass a Fin Can" by Wayne Mrazek - strong and clean! (the rocket, we mean)
   "My Reasons for Fiberglassing" by Kurt Gugisberg - boom!
   "Big Nose Cones" by Troy Monroe Stacey - frame it, foam it, fly it! (620K PDF)  
   "Motor Retention" by Jeff Gortatowski - "Kaplow Klips!"

Recovery and Electronics
   Rocket Electronics 101 by John Wahlquist
   Spreadsheet for Rocket Electronics 101 by John Wahlquist

Humor
   "You may be a ROCaholic if..." by John Van Norman
   "T'was the Night..." by John Van Norman

Inflight Photo/Video
   "Rocket Photography 1999" by Stephen Roberson (1.1MB PDF)
   "Photon's" In-Flight Rocket Video by Stephen Roberson (770KB PDF)

History
   Pacific Rockets, the Journal of the Pacific Rocket Society, Inc., Volume 1, Number 1, scans provided by John Van Norman (original JPG scans, 200k-1000k): Cover; Page 1; Page 2; Page 3; Page 4; Page 5; Page 6; Page 7; Page 8;)
   Pacific Rockets, the Journal of the Pacific Rocket Society, Inc., Volume 1, Number 2, scans (and both PDFs) provided by Dewayne Doud

Misc.
   "Flying cluster rockets for fun and..." by Hyam R. Sosnow (170KB PDF)  
   "Kids are Great!" by Larry Jacobs

Motor info. (Be sure to read the Caveats document before using the delay charts.)
   Aerotech delay grain charts: 29/38mm (16k PDF) 54mm (10k PDF) Graphs (11k PDF)
Thanks to Rich Silva!

Prep
   "How to assemble an AeroTech 24/40 hobby RMS reload" by Rick Dickinson