After being commissioned for the Dragonfly 25 EGPU, I saw the potential for a high performance computing setup that would be more portable than my Firefly 44 PC build. Many improvements were made on the Dragonfly 17 as compared to the Dragonfly 25 (smaller numbers are better in small form factor PCs), such as a unified cooling design, 30% smaller build, more budget friendly power solution, and a thinner form factor, which fits much better in a laptop bag.

While looking through a motor inventory, we found some spare grains for reloadable H550ST motors, but without much additional hardware. ...

After completing my L3 certification flight, I went back to attempting to build small but capable rockets. Project Umi was a rocket...

In early 2022, I got my Level 1 High Power Rocketry certification on a rocket named Bonnibel Bubblegum. The rocket flew on an Aerotech...

The world of laptops is a much more difficult world to do extreme hardware modding or crazy builds, but something I'd always wanted to...

In late 2023, I acquired an Aerotech J435WS rocket motor. This is the highest impulse DMS 38mm motor, so I wanted to do something...

The Shasta L1 kit was first prototyped by Max Manson in mid 2022 in order to make a lower cost alternative to the kits Stanford SSI used...

As a PC hardware enthusiast, some of my favorite builds are Small Form Factor PCs. I enjoy the challenge of fitting components in as...

After trying some BIOS modding on my 2016 HP Omen 15 laptop, it released the magic blue smoke that I could not put back in. With the...