Model Forum / General / Rockets / May 2004

Sounds like a good idea to me. I'd liked to think everyone will go along
with it.

You realize Joel, this requires some intelligence, not to mention some
consideration for the others of the group.

Why not get started by listing what you happen to be working on or your
flight plans for the holiday weekend?

We're hoping to get some repairs, building and flying done by Monday
evening. If the weather is good, we'll spend Monday eating BBQ and burning
off some excess engines. There was a nice rain here today, so the fire
hazard is gone for us.

I hope you guys in California get some rain soon and the fire problems there
cease.

Randy

Nice try but you know everything that is wrong in rocketry & the
government can be traced back to TRA illegally decertifying Jerry's
motors.

Yea!  As a new reader to rmr (but certainly not Usenet), I have to say
that my introduction to this group has been less than pleasant...  in just
a handful of days, I've killfiled a religious argument, multiple threads
involving a lawbreaker and his detractors throwing mud at each other, and
another mud-slinging argument over safety (apparently greatly complicated
by both sides talking past each other or just misunderstanding), and an
argument about the ability of model rockets to be used in terrorist
activity.

Some of these conversations cover very important topics.  But they're
being carried on in a most uncivil and _unhelpful_ manner.

I came here looking for rocketry information and I see more name-calling
than anything else.  If this is what rocketry hobbiests are like in
general, it sure makes _me_ want to run right out and find people just
like you bunch in my local area, so I can experience this kind of
"friendly debate" in person!

Is this the impression you want to give people of this hobby?

If you can take a piece of advice to a newbie in your group, I'd like to
add one more bit to Joel's...  before you post, ask yourself, "Is this
post going to display the members of my hobby in a good light?"

Oh, and Hi!  I'm Carl, I live in Kansas, and I built my first rocket in
the 7th grade (can you say "Alpha III"?), then promptly lost it on its
second flight and didn't bother with a second.  Now I'm 35 and my
4-year-old son thinks rockets are pretty nifty (he likes the Gumby video a
lot), and he's given me an excuse to explore a hobby I've always been
interested in but could never justify the time for.  We've flown an "RTF"
Patriot, and just finished building and painting our Quark last night.
Hoping the weather cooperates for a launch this weekend.

Glad to meet y'all, even if you've been a bit unruly.

--
Carl D Cravens (raven@phoenyx.net)
Old immortals never die, they just... don't.

I'm going to spend as much of the weekend as possible doing some catch up
finishing.

1. Edmonds Deltee Thunder - needs about an hour
2. LOC Viper III - Fin Repair
3. Sumo - Repaint
4. Finish initial build of an Outlander
5. Try and get the fin can of my Sudden Rush and Endeavor completed

Non Rocketry - finish my Niles OS-6 / ADCOM GFA535 install so I can listen
to the stereo whilst soaking in the spa.

And If I start feeling to productive, I'll VPN into work and try to reduce
my e-mail inbox to zero.

That 'bout covers it.

Oh yeah and reserve a couple of hours while funny furrin guys who wished
they drove NASCAR take a 500 mile jaunt in Indianapolis.

Too late; since I started agressively plonking annoying posters, rmr
just went away...

GC