August 18, 2013

Mars Rover that Two Girls Built in Garage
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    Camille and Genevieve Beatty who are 11 and 13 have built a great looking Mars Rover in their Garage. It guess it helps that their dad has a fully equipped robot building setup, but from looking at the build pictures I am thinking that the girls actually did most of the work. I am sure the dad helped along the way but that is how we learn right.

Spin Stabilized Rocket
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    This Spin Stabilized Rocket looks really cool. The three 13mm rocket motor tubes are all angled to that it spins the rocket as it flies. You can see the rocket fly in the video below. Sure is a cool idea but I am not sure the result was optimal, but I am not sure if it is more predictable than motors installed straight in though.