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[Planet News] R118: NAR S&T New Motor Certifications

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Planet News - 16 Feb 2008 03:38 GMT
News Release by NAR Standards & Testing
Friday, February 15, 2008

MARION, Iowa USA — The following motors have been certified by NAR
Standards & Testing for general use as Model Rocket Motors effective
August 07, 2007.

Quest:

A6-4
18mm x 70mm
2.3  Newton-seconds total impulse
10.07  Newtons Peak Thrust
4.16 Newtons Average Thrust

Propellant mass: 3.0 grams

Quest:

C6-3,5
8mm x 70mm
8.76  Newton-seconds total impulse
15.46  Newtons Peak Thrust
3.45 Newtons Average Thrust

Propellant mass: 12.0 grams

Quest:

D5-P
20mm x 88mm
19.61  Newton-seconds total impulse
11.49  Newtons Peak Thrust
4.93   Newtons Average Thrust

Propellant mass: 25.0 grams

Bill Spadafora
NAR Standards & Testing
Email: s-and-t at nar.org

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Alan Jones - 17 Feb 2008 16:38 GMT
>News Release by NAR Standards & Testing
>Friday, February 15, 2008
>
>MARION, Iowa USA — The following motors have been certified by NAR
>Standards & Testing for general use as Model Rocket Motors effective
>August 07, 2007.

Nuts!  Does this mean that these motors cannot be contest certified?

>Quest:
>
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>C6-3,5
>8mm x 70mm

I'd love to fly an 8mm C motor, but I'm suspicious about packing 8.76
N-s in only 70mm of length.
 
>8.76  Newton-seconds total impulse
>15.46  Newtons Peak Thrust
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>
>Propellant mass: 25.0 grams

Very nice!  This should pick up where the FSI E5 left off.  Although I
still have to work around the "P".

Alan

>Bill Spadafora
>NAR Standards & Testing
>Email: s-and-t at nar.org
shreadvector - 18 Feb 2008 17:07 GMT
> On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:38:59 -0500, Planet News
>
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The C6-5 is 18mm diameter. You were responding to a typo.
 
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