Hi and welcome!
Welcome to Rocket Feels! I’ve never done a blog before, so this will be a fun learning experience for me.
Rocket
I’m starting this blog to tell you about my new personal project, which will merge two separate, independently cool devices: a model rocket, and a quadcopter. Why?
Cuz it’ll be cool
Cuz it’ll be fun
Parachutes don’t slow model rockets down enough
Although honestly, I’m not certain this is a problem that actually needs solving. See 1 and 2 above for why that’s ok
When you launch a model rocket, it go up, and it come down. The going up is driven by a small solid rocket motor, which is ignited by an electric charge. It burns propellant for a few seconds of flight, then it coasts for a few seconds, then it ignites another piece of fuel that pops a parachute out the front of the rocket. The rocket then drifts down on the parachute, and lands at several feet per second.
A rocket which lands, in my opinion, too fast
The problem I’ll be solving is that the rocket is going too fast when it hits the ground. There’s a risk of something breaking. I would prefer that the rocket land more softly. Again, is this really a concern? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Doesn’t really matter! Cuz it’ll be cool, and it’ll be fun 😁.
A few months ago, I took the first step towards making this project real by returning to model rockets for the first time since summer camp as a kid.
As my 19-month old housemate would say, “kshhhhhh!”
It’s actually a good metaphor for what you can expect here: definite missteps, not always progressing, but we’ll get there in the end, and with good humor throughout. I hope you’ll join me!
Feels
The other thing you you can expect from this blog is my honesty, and an insight into who I am. I’m not very good at keeping myself to myself; when someone greets me with “How are you?”, I usually give them an actual answer. What I think saves me from the “Look, I’m just being honest” attitude, which can lead to real hurt, is that I always, always, try to be kind. To other people, at least. I’m working on being kinder to myself.
So I invite you along on my journey. It’ll be fun!
P.S.
The other other thing you can expect is puns and general silliness. I love puns. I rocket making puns, and I’m generally quite silly.
P.P.S.
I’ve gotten the subscription system set up, and it seems to work? I’d be honored and delighted if you would subscribe. If you check back once in a while, there might be new posts ready for you, but the bestest way for you to follow along is to subscribe 😁. But no presh! I get not wanting yet more emails in your life.
