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Paul Robinson of Animal Motor Works stopped by our area and attended our local club's monthly launch. He brought with him a large trailer packed with AMW cases, reloads, and accessories. After perusing the “Zoo” to familiarize myself with AMW’s products, Paul made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. I ended up with a nice set of the AMW Pro-X 38mm cases covering the 2 – 5 grain reloads. There is also a 1 grain case and a 6 grain case in the 38mm size which I may be adding later.… Continue

I successfully completed my Level 1 cert. flight today, 3/1/2008. I flew my LOC IV on a 29/240 Mojave Green H250G-M. It was a great looking flight with parachute deployment just as the rocket began to arc over. I’m not sure about the projected altitude because I don’t have a good set of data for the Mojave Green motor to edit i… Continue

Recently, I built a storage and transportation rack out of PVC for my rockets. The fact that I needed a better way to transport them to the flying field undamaged motivated this project. It works better than I had imagined it would. I can carry (6) mid to high power rockets wherever I want similar to carrying a suitcase. It will NOT tip over

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