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6/7/10 Paul Mazel takes his stretched Predator 10k on the CTI full K300 to a whopping 14,972' with a perfect flight and recovery!

5/27/10 ARR is proud to announce a new line of economy rocket kits, named "Basic Blues", see products page for details!

4/30/10 Added Aerotech's new Metalstorm motors to the webstore! See Products and High Power.  See static test picture!

4/18/10 Robert Synoski's 2.6 inch Blue Tube 1.0 rocket takes the brute sledgehammer force of the J1999 Warp 9 motor (491 lbs of thrust for 0.45 seconds!) and vanishes into thin air pulling 80 g's.  The rocket weighed about 6 pounds on the pad and had a tracking transmitter which stopped transmitting shortly after launch.  The force of the motor trashed the launch pad, bending the legs and caused the rocket to whip off the rail at an angle.  Unfortunately, location and altitude are unknown but if simulation data is accurate, it hit over 760mph in a half second! My Nikon digital SLR was snapping pictures at 1/2500th of a second exposure and I only caught 1 image!  Picture  Video YouTube (quicker)

4/17/10 ARR is deeply saddened by the passing of Pete Fox at our launch Saturday.  Even though he lost his battle with cancer, his courage and positive attitude was truly inspiring. He was always quick to help and was very knowledgeable as well.  He will be missed!

3/30/10 ARR is proud to announce that Sunriver Nature Center and Observatory has come on board as a stocking Blue Tube Dealer!  Robert Grossfeld has a very respectable supply of airframes, couplers, and even a few electronics bays and kits too!  We're very excited to see the further growth and expansion of this product across the HPR community! See www.whatsyourrocketmadeof.com for dealers near you!

3/13/10 ARR celebrates it's 1 year anniversary for the release of Blue Tube to the rocketry community!  We're very pleased with the improvements with Blue Tube 2.0 and as part of that, ARR has extended special inventory purchase incentives to all authorized Blue Tube dealers and ARR will be turning off the Paypal shipping model for the entire weekend starting midnight on Friday night through Sunday at midnight for the entire webstore! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!

3/7/10 Rocksim data available for Blue Tube! Download here.  Copy files to the "DATAIMPORT" folder of your Rocksim installation and launch Rocksim. That's it! The full suite of airframes and couplers will be available for your use.  Much time was spent making sure that the calculated mass values are within 1% of measured values from inventory. Enjoy!

3/6/10 Checkout the Ingram High School Student NASA SLI Blue Tube rocket project update here! YouTube video too!

2/20/10 Robert Synoski, prefect of Tripoli Tampa flew his 2.6 inch 4.5 lb inch Blue Tube to 47g’s and 547mph on an Aerotech J1299 Warp-9 motor. The 0.45 second burn coasted his rocket to 5500 feet where it was recovered without a scratch. Next up, the J1999 to almost 80g’s in March! No liftoff photo available (are you surprised)?

1/14/10 The Predator Jr. kit has been modified to accept the new Aerotech 38/1320 motor!! Check out the kits here. 

1/14/10 ARR is pleased to announce the addition of another Blue Tube Dealer! ARR says "Goodday Mate" to Blake Nicolic of Australian Rocketry, Ltd! We are very excited about the prospects of having Blue Tube 2.0 offered in yet another continent!

1/5/10 Happy New Year!! Blue Tube 2.0 is ON THE SHELF! New 7.5" and full length couplers! Added new 38/1320 reloads and hardware to the site.. And you thought the case for the J570W was long!!

11/2/09 ARR offers a 30 day "No Questions Asked" return policy for Blue Tube 2.0 as a way to give more customers the chance to try this best-in-class exciting product!

11/2/09 ARR is proud to announce Blue Tube 2.0* AND the release of 7.5" airframes and full length couplers! Blue Tube 2.0 is stronger, more resistant to humidity and made with a proprietary non water based adhesive that carries a Type II water resistance rating! See the PRODUCTS link on the left to order now! Inventory arriving in 2 weeks!
*Patent Applied For

8/11/09 My first Blue Tube rocket, Blackbird II finally flies!  Maiden flight was on a 4,500nS L 98mm blue motor. Rocket is 18 pounds dry, 27 loaded,  altitude was 5,143 feet with a maximum velocity of 424 mph. I had a good 15+ mph headwind coming from the right, but it flew beautifully! Unfortunately, the main completely fouled at 500 feet and the rocket hit the ground, but was recovered without a scratch!
Liftoff  Flight Data Video Video w/ tangled chute

9/23/09 The ZOO HAS ARRIVED!  First shipments of AMW reloads in house! Click on the image for stock levels!

9/23/09 Performance Rocketry Kits now in stock!  Check out what is on the shelf here.

8/11/09 I finally finished my 6 inch x 10 foot Blue Tube rocket, "Blackbird II" See construction photos here.  

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