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What Our First Static Fire Taught Me About Solid Motors
Grain geometry, nozzle erosion and the three things that almost ended the test stand campaign.
Rocket Science · 2026-08-02 · 9 min
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What Our First Static Fire Taught Me About Solid Motors
Grain geometry, nozzle erosion and the three things that almost ended the test stand campaign.
9 min · 2026-08-02
Five FEA Sanity Checks Before You Trust A Single Stress Plot
Mesh convergence, boundary conditions and hand calculations that keep you honest.
7 min · 2026-07-21
A Parametric CAD Workflow For Rapid Airframe Iteration
How a handful of driving parameters turned a two-day redesign into twenty minutes.
6 min · 2026-07-04
Building Intuition For Orbital Mechanics Without The Algebra Fog
Delta-v budgets, Hohmann transfers and why burns feel backwards at first.
11 min · 2026-06-19
Composite Layup Lessons From A Very Ugly First Fin Can
Resin ratios, vacuum bagging mistakes and the fixture that finally worked.
8 min · 2026-06-02
The Study System That Survived My Hardest Semester
Notes, spaced repetition and protecting deep work time around lab hours.
5 min · 2026-05-18