Model Forum / General / Rockets / July 2003

Has anyone launched hybrid engines in colder temps, between 32F to 5F.  I am
going to build a rocket for a hybrid engine and would like to launch it this
winter, about the only time of year we can get a field big enough for
anything over a G.

...Then by all means do. Into a plastic
bag. Then send it to him in a pretty box
with a note "thinking of you."

How about some input on a recovery system for the LOC Bruiser.
Has anyone flown this on an I motor?
                     Name: Bruiser
                     Fin style:  Tube within tube

from [ http://lautenberg.senate.gov/~lautenberg/press/2003/01/2003729742.html
]
Lautenberg, Schumer Join Forces to Stop Republican Attempts to Pass
Legislation That Would Make it Easier for Terrorists to Build Missiles

How do you shrink it?

Lautenberg E-mail response:
Thank you for contacting me.  Due to the volume of e-mails, I can only
respond to constituents with New Jersey mailing addresses.  If you need
further assistance, please contact the Senator from your home state.

Given the discussion earlier from Ray Dunakin and Bob Kaplow, if you go to:
http://listserv.syr.edu/archives/foi-l.html
and use the search function, and search for RAVNITZKY
and ensure that you spell the name correctly or it will not work properly

Another one of those customer service "attaboy"s: While taking my Plano 7592
4 drawer tackle box out of my car at NARAM-44, I managed to break off the
handle. It's really a drag to lug something that big without the handle. In
my usual procrastination mode, I waited until last weeks ...

[ from http://www.space-rockets.com/arsanews#compromise ]
July 26, 2003 - Today, ARSA revealed a compromise version of S724 for
the United States Congress to consider. The compromise bill was
reviewed and fine tuned by a "focus" group drawing members from a wide

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/30/national/30ROCK.html
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Rockets-Security.html
Looks like the NAR President and legal staff were correct that a legislative approach
would most likely backfire and cause severe damage to some areas of the ...

Please give me a list of all the popular abbrevriations...Mr. Pratt was so
cool to take his time to answer my questions as well as Mr. Irvine and
others but it was peppered with a veritable alphabet soup of mysterious
abbrevriations...

As reported here previously,  using inaccurate and scientifically
insupportable information, two U.S. Senators attacked amateur and
hobby rocket enthusiasts across America.  
In response, John Kyte drafted a rebuttal press release for the NAR

Anyone have any tips, secrets, etc. for making STRONG paper or
cardstock shrouds?  Short of fiberglassing, that is.
i.e., are there any materials which are superior to plain cardstock;
what about soaking the shroud with CA or thinned epoxy, etc?

My understanding (corrections welcome) is that the Shuttle and perhaps
the Delta booster SRBs use propellant not too different from our own
composite engines.
Does NASA have to follow the restriction imposed by the new laws? I

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/07/29/europe.usa.reut/index.html
Not to be a pessimist, but this is truly sad.  While the US fights amongst
it's leaders on the NASA budget and problems, and our glorious current
representatives screw the future of America's future elite scientists ...