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The Variety Show! (Patreon)

Published:
2024-11-04 16:48:33
Imported:
2026-06

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Taylor is skipping the podcast this week to prep the Punisher for Midwest Power. So, it could wind up just being me! The show must go on, so, here's a few things I wanted to ask folks!

-What new rocketry products on the horizon are you excited for?
-What do you do for a living?
-What are your hobbies other than rocketry?
-What was your proudest rocketry moment in 2024?


If you have more discussion topics for brief segments, drop those in the comments, too! We're gonna freestyle this one!

Comments

Eric Beavers

What about Shane and Matt?! I am getting ready to start the build of the 8" Piercer - which I am super excited for. I'm conflicted on setting up with traditional deployment or cutting it down and going with HED - will fly on my O3400. I would also like to build a 3" MD but have not settled on that yet - was thinking of doing it as a scratch build. Our club is talking about a 3:4 Nike Smoke Build and I am going to try to build a 2 stager for balls next year - most likely teaming up with Josh Sickles who knows a lot more about 2 stage stuff than I do.

Josh Sickles

-I have not been paying close enough attention to what's comming out, so I am looking forward to everyone else's awnsears -I am a civil engineer for my City. --I do a lot of blacksmithing, outdoors stuff, got into HAM radio due to the Altus stuff requiring it, shooting, and music. Band geek in high-school. -proudest moment in rocketry this year was for our new club we started in GJ! Seemed like an insurmountable task, but we got it togeather. Rob, Ben, Nick our elected officials and Eric Beavers have all been instrumental in its inseption. I've passively heard our club being talked about multiple times and it bring a smile to my face every time. Now I only have to drive an hour and a half to launch high power instead of 3 hours each direction. One day we will have our second HP launch. Lol.

Michael Grayless

-What new rocketry products on the horizon are you excited for? The 12” LOC kit that they showed on the podcast -What do you do for a living? I’m in the Air Force, where my job is Aircraft Maintenance -What are your hobbies other than rocketry? I have 66 Mustang that I work on from time to time. It’s my retirement project for after I retire from the Air Force in about a year. -What was your proudest rocketry moment in 2024? If I get my level 2 by the end of the year that will be it. Otherwise it’s that I have made it to more launches than I did last year.

Bryce

1) Not super excited about anything on the horizon that I know about. Blue Jay almost hooked me, but it lacks one of the only features I care about. 2) Professional Rocket Scientist 3) Jazz Piano, cooking, and Ham Radio 4) Definitely celebrating with my Spaceport team after a tough couple days and finally getting their project off the ground. Another close one is getting elected to the Board of TRA.

Richard Schubert akaBob

1) I heard rumors of an Altimeter 4, so probably that 2) Mechanical Design Engineer 3) Cad design, Experimental aircraft, Motorcycles, Reptile breeding, MMO video gamer 4) Perfect first flight of my dual deploy Atomic Piledriver on a Loki J-474, which is a custom design based off the Nuclear Sledgehammer

Rob Daugherty

-What new rocketry products on the horizon are you excited for? I’m always excited to see whatever is coming out, especially things that advance the hobby past where it is currently. -What do you do for a living? I drive truck. I pull a 48’ reefer and haul groceries to natural food stores. -What are your hobbies other than rocketry? BMX racing would be my main one. We also casually play disc golf. -What was your proudest rocketry moment in 2024? Getting the WARP CORE club started here in GJ was a big one! Got some great guys on board, like Josh Mention, and excited to see where it goes from here! Also, passing my HAM radio test so we can work more with the Altus Metrum stuff.

Jonathan Gaboury

The 2 main products I'm looking forward to are the blue jay and all the new tubes and nosecones from Wildman. As for a job, I'm too young to pursue what I've always wanted to do which is something in the aerospace field. My only other hobby other than rocketry is playing soccer. My proudest 2024 moment was the successful launch and recovery of my 3-inch minimum diameter punisher on an L2200 to 25000 feet.

Kristopher Hull

As others have mentioned, I am intrigued by the imminent availability of the Blue Jay altimeter, mainly for its compact size, making it perfect for mid power birds, and even some low power. Other than that, there are no rocketry products that I am aware of that are coming out that have truly captured my attention. In my day life, I am a A&P mechanic (AKA aircraft mechanic), currently working on the GE9X jet engine flight test program for GE Aerospace. In the last I have been a flight mechanic for Kalitta Air on 747s, I have worked for Boeing, and then I have worked for Horizon Air in Seattle many years ago. Other hobbies include aviation photography, aviation historian, collecting aviation and military memorabilia, and a few others. As for my goals that I had set for 2024, I just wanted to fly more. My previous job had me on the road 3 weeks a month, and I only made it to one launch in 4 years, so this year it was nice to get to 5 launches, and fly more flights than past years. Plus, thanks to Bryce, I had my official introduction to EX motors and I think Bryce has a new padawon in that aspect……..

Jonas

1.) I’m excited to have Madcow build me a 4” fiberglass Black Brant kit that would be for my L3. We shall see if they come through for me. 2.) I work on EV charging infrastructure deployment. 3.) Surfing, Cycling, Snowboarding, Camping, Hunting, Fishing, Ancestral Skills, and Sheep Shearing are a few of my other hobbies. 4.) my proudest moment in 2024 was when my son got his Jr. L1 HPR cert, which was followed almost immediately by my rocket shredding during my L2 attempt. But that’s rocketry for you — lots of ups and downs.

Upsrocketman

I'm excited to recieve my new Featherweight Blue Jay's in the mail so I can finish building my 38mm Arcas. I know this might come as a shock, but I am a Ups driver. In my spare non-rocket time, I brew beer with my neighbor and work on keeping my 2000 Jetta Vr6 running.

Brian Kelsay

Working on my eggtimer telemetry base station and altimeter telemetry add on. I'd like to see a demo of the Fluctus. I work in computer security. I also make beer/wine/whiskey. Proudest moment was my level 1 cert and helping a young guy from my club fix a zipper on his level 1 failed attempt so he could fly it again and he passed.

Soumrak

1) Nothing in particular I can think of. Blue Jay would’ve been it, but I already have one so it’s not exactly ‘on the horizon’ anymore 2) I’m a machinist 3) PC building/gaming and Airsoft 4) Well the only rocket I flew this year (so far) went unstable at Mach 3.5, but at least it went over 30,000’. No recovery sadly.