Scott Wasson
@scottwasson.bsky.social
Founder, The Tech Report and Ars Technica. Formerly AMD Radeon and Intel GPU groups. Now product management at MLCommons. Opinions are my own.
Here’s the launch of my level 2 high-power certification flight: an Apogee Zephyr flying on an Aerotech J270 engine. Went to ~4500 feet; recovered it in good shape to pass the cert test.
March 31, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Here’s the launch of my level 2 high-power certification flight: an Apogee Zephyr flying on an Aerotech J270 engine. Went to ~4500 feet; recovered it in good shape to pass the cert test.
Had near-ideal launch conditions today. Here's my EZ-DD rocket going up on an Aerotech G77R motor with Redline propellant. You can faintly hear the Eggtimer base announcing flight data. Apogee was at 1275 ft, and the main parachute deployed at 600 ft. All worked as planned!
December 28, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Had near-ideal launch conditions today. Here's my EZ-DD rocket going up on an Aerotech G77R motor with Redline propellant. You can faintly hear the Eggtimer base announcing flight data. Apogee was at 1275 ft, and the main parachute deployed at 600 ft. All worked as planned!
Here is my EZ-DD rocket’s first flight on an Aerotech G74 engine. All went perfectly with the dual deployment system. Peak altitude was 927 ft on this smallish engine. About the limit today due to low cloud cover.
December 14, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Here is my EZ-DD rocket’s first flight on an Aerotech G74 engine. All went perfectly with the dual deployment system. Peak altitude was 927 ft on this smallish engine. About the limit today due to low cloud cover.