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Prototype of the scale, wooden model of the Raygun Gothic Rocket

Sunday, February 7, 2010

So one of the ideas I had while building the Rocket Sam papercraft model was to build some scale models of the Raygun Gothic Rocket that everyone would be able to build.
I’m doing the first in wood, and I just got done putting together a prototype.  This was laser cut out of 1/16″ plywood, it’s [...]

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West Oakland Rocketry Club Highlights

Saturday, January 30, 2010

The West Oakland Rocketry Club is an Art Rocketry club, based out of West Oakland CA, that Almost Scientific has been part of since the first launch.
Every once in a while (usually at the prompting of Radio Robot) we gather up our hot glue guns, cardboard tubes, Estes motors, wires, pie, our custom designed Launch [...]

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West Oakland Rocketry Club: Santa Launch 2008: Photos

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

WORC saw fit to assemble recently, and, as is our custom, rockets were rapidly made and deployed.  Some even went up.
See the full gallery of photos by clicking your pointer right here.

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The Lumbering Contraption — Video

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Nick Winterhalter got this great video by attaching a camera to one of the spokes of The Lumbering Contraption at the race.  I love the water bottle.

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The Lumbering Contraption — photos from the race

Monday, September 29, 2008

The race was fantastic.  So much fun.  We were not the fastest there (shocking), in fact, I don’t even remember any of our times.
We did win a lovely trophy for Best Engineering.
Number of “official” runs = 2
Number of injures = 1
Severity of injury = “minor”

Below are some of the photos I took.  Click here to [...]

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The Lumbering Contraption

Monday, September 22, 2008

Ummmmmm — why are we building a 10′ tall 10′ wide hamster wheel call the Lumbering Contraption?
(Not to pick noses, as the Internets would have you believe.)
Well, this Sunday, September 28th, 2008, is the great Handcar Regatta — a race of human-powered rail-track creations.
We have been hard at work in the Louise St. Lab these [...]

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WORC Photoshoot: Tahoe

Monday, February 11, 2008

The West Oakland Rocketry Club meet this past weekend in Tahoe. While Ice Rockets and Rocket Sleds were the rockets de jour, in true WORC style we also saw the launch of a vinyl record, a xmass trees, two vibrators, and an ape plane.  Some of them even went straight up.
Below are a [...]

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West Oakland Rocketry Club: Tahoe

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

 The West Oakland Rocketry Club (WORC) will be meeting this weekend in Tahoe.
While last time our rocket designs revolved around Thanksgiving, including the famous Turkey Rocket (photos of previous events here and here), and the obvious theme this time is Ice Rockets.
Photos to come.
This event is not open to the public.
Here is the announcement I [...]

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WORC Photoshoot: Kung Pow!

Monday, December 17, 2007

Here are some of my choice photos from the first WORC meeting a few months ago:

To see the complete gallery go here.

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West Oakland Rocketry Club: Turkey Shoot

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Below is the announcement poster I designed for the upcoming WORC Tureky shoot.
My photos can bee seen here: 5 … 4 … 3 … 2 … 1 … KUNG POW!

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Tottaly Illegal SF Soap Box Derby

Monday, October 29, 2007

This weekend was the Soapbox Derby race here in SF and I worked on a racer with a few friends.  It was mad mad fun.
My photos
http://almostscientific.com/SoapboxDerby2007/

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