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If you’ve ever built a model rocket, you’ll know there’s not a whole lot to them. Essentially it’s a cardboard tube, a plastic nosecone, some fins, and a little clip that will keep it riding the ...

When building a model rocket, it can be fun to get into the maths of it all—calculating the expected performance of your build, and then seeing how it measures up in the real world. To aid in that ...

Mini stuff is the best kind of stuff. OK, yeah, we all love a huge V8 and a real car to drive it with, but I think every young enthusiast dreamed about putting a miniature engine into a miniature car ...

Landing a real rocket with propulsion is an incredibly complex task that took years to perfect; only recently did it cross into the realm of actual practicality. Joe Barnard, creator of the Youtube ...

Click to open image viewer. This is an unassembled Vostok model built by Model Products. The Vostok was a key Soviet launch vehicle. The model could be assembled into a static display model or a ...

Click to open image viewer. This is a Saturn 1B flying rocket model built by L.M. Cox. It is based on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's rocket of the same name and configuration that ...