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Model Forum / General / Rockets / February 2007[ROL]CP Technologies Rocket Motor Design Class in April
The next CP Technologies solid rocket motor design course will be April 26 through April 29, 2007 in Casper, Wyoming. The class costs $195 and includes the "How To Make Amateur Rockets" 2nd Edition bookset, all motor/propellant materials and lunches. A $30 discount is given to students who already own the 2nd Edition bookset. John Wickman, a professional aerospace engineer, teaches the course. Participants do not have to be US citizens and do not have to be members of any rocketry organization to attend. Participants will learn how to design both ammonium perchlorate and ammonium nitrate composite solid rocket motors. They will be assigned an individual maximum motor peak chamber pressure and pressure-time curve shape and design a motor to meet those goals during the class. They will make their individual motors and test fire them on the last day to see how close they came to their design goals. Those attending the class will make their own motor parts, mix and cast the propellant and assemble their own motors. They will also learn about several different types of igniters and make an igniter for use in their motor. Propellant formulation as well as thermal and structural analysis of motors will also be covered in the class. People interested in attending the class should sign up as soon as possible since the class size is restricted to six students. More information on the class can be found at www.space-rockets.com/ae101 http://www.rocketryonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=104 interesting. rol decides to discontinue rol news last summer. then, rocketry planet hands rol their a.s in a hat and now they want to start posting news agian. i wished they'd make up their damned mind. the damage is done. > interesting. rol decides to discontinue rol news last summer. then, rocketry planet hands rol their a.s in a hat and now they want to start posting news agian. i wished they'd make up their damned mind. the damage is done. I guess you missed the fact that Brent has sold ROL to Kevin and Tim recently. If they want to post news stories and work on restoring ROL to it's former glory, good luck to them. --Matt ;^] > If they want to post news stories and work on restoring ROL to it's > former glory, good luck to them. yeah, good luck, cause they are gonna need it. the site has sucked since McWeinie bought it. former glory. what a laugh. the only way that could happen is if the domain name expired and the original rol creator purchased it. >> If they want to post news stories and work on restoring ROL to it's >> former glory, good luck to them. > > yeah, good luck, cause they are gonna need it. the site has sucked since McWeinie bought it. former glory. what a laugh. the only way that could happen is if the domain name expired and the original rol creator purchased it. Such bitterness over a -website-. Do you need a hug? --Matt ;^] >> interesting. rol decides to discontinue rol news last summer. then, >> rocketry planet hands rol their a.s in a hat and now they want to start [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > --Matt ;^] I am personally glad to see that ROL is getting back on it's feet. My brother and I used to surf it many a late night as we first started out in this hobby. Info Central was a great tool to help design and build your rockets! Kevin and Tim are doing a great job, and I can't wait to see ROL return to the great rocketry information site it used to be! Erik Gates Gates Brothers Rocketry >I am personally glad to see that ROL is getting back on it's feet. My >brother and I used to surf it many a late night as we first started out in >this hobby. Info Central was a great tool to help design and build your >rockets! Kevin and Tim are doing a great job, and I can't wait to see ROL >return to the great rocketry information site it used to be! Not to take away from Kevin but I'd like to give some credit to Darrell who was the creater of ROL 1.0. Many people (including me) stopped liking ROL when it bacame 2.0. Darrell has done a nice job with his latest creation - Rocketry Planet. Phil > Not to take away from Kevin but I'd like to give some credit to > Darrell who was the creater of ROL 1.0. Many people (including me) > stopped liking ROL when it bacame 2.0. Darrell has done a nice job > with his latest creation - Rocketry Planet. Thanks Phil. I appreciate the kind words. While there has been a lot of controversy surrounding Rocketry Online since I sold it and the subsequent "upgrade" to 2.0, most people do not realize how much work goes into running a vertical portal where people come to expect a daily buffet. I wish Kevin and Tim all the best, but it takes more than just an established domain name to be successful in that market.  SignatureRocketry Planet — hobby rocketry news, feature articles, news archive, discussion forums, live chat, free auctions, launch calendar and the largest collection of web links anywhere! http://www.rocketryplanet.com > I am personally glad to see that ROL is getting back on it's feet. My > brother and I used to surf it many a late night as we first started out in > this hobby. Info Central was a great tool to help design and build your > rockets! Kevin and Tim are doing a great job, and I can't wait to see ROL > return to the great rocketry information site it used to be! what's the matter erik, newsgroup access so limited in your part of the world you have to reach back in time to respond to a message about the current owners of ROL and the site in general? sounds to me like ya'll are talking about it and you came out to their defense. i am also intrigued by your definition of "good job". if what they are doing defines a good job, then they get what they deserve. in his latest rush to post a cut-n-paste news release, one of the new owners forgot to even put the "[ROL]" in the title (with the missing space before the title, too, mind you). defining his style? ROL used to be a great site. it was run in the ground by McWeenie who started this cut-n-paste mentality. one of the new owners is also the person who recommended the move to ROL 2.0. McWeenie wasn't a computer-oriented person, he relied on this new person's advice, therefore the old cut-n-paste mentality is intact and thriving at ROL, under a new ownership who thinks the new design looks great. infocentral is a good idea that is being held hostage. it may be the only thing that saves ROL. > infocentral is a good idea that is being held hostage. it may be > the only thing that saves ROL. Interesting term, "held hostage." The INFOcentral concept was born to be a graphical compliment to the UseNET rec.models.rockets FAQ. At the time, the largest Internet-based repository of information about hobby rocketry was located in the RMR FAQ, which was all text and lacked the graphical capability of the Web. INFOcentral was created to be a community-driven web repository project that was independent of any group or business interest. This was so no matter what organization or club a contributor was affiliated with, or no matter what website or portal a contributor might be affiliated with, they could feel their contributions were still being made to a neutral destination that benefited the community at large. That is why INFOcentral was set up on a separate, independent domain name. This, along with the superb editorial guidance of John Coker, is what made INFOcentral the great thing it became. I may have created it, but it was the community who built it. From what I have heard about the future plans for INFOcentral, it may soon lose its independence. After being folded into the ROL site, its independent nature will be over. That segregation, like all segregation, will hurt the community that built INFOcentral. 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