Isaac @idropyou@social.cleverlibre.org

After a frustrating evening attempting to glass a foam nosecone form and some sleep, got it figured out. Put four layers on. Should do. Now I gotta figure out the shoulder... #rocketry #highpowerrocketry

Ok, it's clear I need a way better #introduction post.

Hi, I'm Isaac. #wisconsin born and raised and still living in this wonderful state (just now on the opposite side of it). As a lover of all seasons, this is definitely home.

I grew up on a dairy farm and migrated away due to the draw of computers and getting a degree. I work as a lead systems and software engineer; which lets me enjoy the hobby of collecting hobbies. I am most definitely found being busy. I spend copious amounts of time #cycling, mostly riding and racing #MTB but also enjoying time on the road bike and commuting by bike to work when possible. I also coach middle/high schoool MTB racing and have spent several years on the board of our local MTB advocacy group.

I enjoy the outdoors and spend a lot of time #camping in our #nationalparks and other spaces; towing a little Aliner classic camper around the country and enjoying it all with my wife and son. I enjoy hunting (no, I'm not a gun nut), fishing and hiking. I spend too much on #photography equipment and not having enough time to use it; and can't wait until retirement so I can shoot more. #birds are one of my favorite subjects. If we're not enjoying our wild spaces, we're donating to orgs to help preserve them.

I'm always tinkering and #making things; my upbringing (poor farm kid) allowed me to learn to be rather handy and have the ability to make all kinds of stuff. Some days I'd much rather be running my welder than a computer.

In the late winter and early spring you can find me making #maplesyrup from ~100 taps on equipment I've built. My dad taught me the art and science of it and now my son gets to learn and we have a lot of fun.

And, I enjoy #rocketry. Low, mid and now high power - but I'm only L1 high power certified so far. It allows me to make stuff. I enjoy scratch building immensely. It's also yet another reason to be #outside and spend some fun time with my son.

That's me in a very condensed version. Glad to be here.

Stuck some fins on the 5" diameter Big Daddy. Internal fillet fun up next. Also got the motor tube and forward centering ring epoxied into the Doorknob body tube. #rocketry #highpowerrocketry

Veteran's Day means a lot to me; but a few years ago it got way more personal. Returning a soldier's dog tag on Veteran's day in 2014 will stick with me until I pass away. Here's the story. #veteransday

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@benholmen Welcome aboard!

Another #modelrocket #rocketry #modelrocketry project I'm working on is a scratch-built scale model of the Aries mashup that was the Red Tigress 1 mission on 8/20/91. Nothing fancy, physically. BT-60 tube, conical balsa cone. Rear fin shroud was a bit challenging, but not bad. Working on making decals in GIMP tonight I am deviating from scale by just going with one 18mm motor mount. I considered going with four 13mm motors, but that's probably risky on this and not a lot of good delay times worked with a 4x cluster. I have never seen a kit of this rocket, nor any other scratch builds. I love how this thing looks and can't wait to finish it up and fly it.

Very nice, #moon. Very nice.

Now Violet needs to distract me from work... #catsofmastodon

Rosie says stop working and pet me. #catsofmastodon

Ah, #BikeTooter. Great tag. I'll pile in. Older pic from a ride at Levis Mounds in western Wisconsin. That's my awesome '18 Trek Stache in the tree. Does everything I throw at it.

Also sanded the filled spirals on the Doorknob body tube. These tubes were from my work, on their way to being thrown out. Got a ton of them. 61" long, 5.25" OD with 1/8" thick walls. Very beefy. Cost of nothing is even better. Got many other build ideas stewing.

As for spiral filling, I've gone to using wall spackle from wood filler. Doesn't shrink when it dries and sands very nice with 400 grit to smooth it out and not cause paper tube fuzzies. Goes on easier too and seems to stick really well.

#rocketry #highpowerrocketry #modelrockets #modelrocketry

Taking advantage of the time change to work on some builds. #rocketry #highpowerrocketry #modelrockets. Shaped a tip for a 5" Big Daddy nosecone form (will be fiberglass laid over), drilled vent holes in the Big Daddy tube and a 5" Doorknob. Now to reinforce the air foiled Doorknob fins with some epoxy.