Model Forum / General / Rockets / August 2003

I've seen egg and bowling ball lofters with this efficient shape do very
well, and I know it is a subsonic design.
Can someone give me the quick tradeoffs between this design and a
minimum diameter model with respect to a maximum altitude flight in a

Are they still in business?  I have phoned and emailed several times
and have not received a response. They have some interesting kits!
Thanks for any updates.
Armando Flores

I know you didn't miss me. But was said bad about when I was gone??
  Dan McCullough
  TRA# 7963 L2
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Thank you for your patience.
After a couple of weeks of server trouble, we're back up.  Make sure to stop
by.  We've got something new, with a few more surprises to come in the next
week.

"minimum crew"
Western tech needed for recovery.
Note to self:
1. Submarine crews expendable.

Dr. Rocket's Reloadable Motors for sale...I have (1) 29/240 and (1) 29/180 tube
and (1) set of ends for sale. These items have never been used and are in
perfect condition. Bought new these items currently retail for around $120.00!
Since I will never use them I though I woud offer ...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) claims that amateur and hobby rockets
can be used to make "light anti-tank" weapons with a range of up to five
miles.
DOJ Letter:"These large rocket motors could potentially be adapted by

Has anyone else experienced slower delivery of ordered goods since the blackout
of a couple weeks ago? Coming back from vacation yesterday, I'd expected to see
a box o' engines. That vendor that I buy from regularly, said the blackout
could have backed-up mail handling some. That ...

Had a pretty decent day thursday and went flying.  We finally flew my wife's
Custom Landviper, a three motor cluster.  It had been 15 years since I flew my
homemade two D model.  The first flight went of great with b6-4.  She wanted to
go again so we used c6-5 (it was nice to gets ...

Someone in another thread refered to this article and posted a link, but
 Fox News had lost the article, and I've lost the original thread where
I saw the link. Fortunately, the author has a copy on his blog, so I'm
posting the link he sent me.

Are you interested in . . . . .
Persuading more prospects to buy faster.
Motivating customers to buy more often.
Convincing more buyers to pay top dollar.

Can someone be banned from a TRA-sponsored launch purely on political
issues? What rights does a local club have in doing something like
this?
Jim

I was recently cruising around various vendor sites, and I came across the
Aerotech aft closure wrench for sale at about 10 bucks.  It was listed with  
the rms reload kits.  I can't for the life of me remember where I saw it.  
Can anybody help me out?

Saturday, I attended a JMRC launch at the Michigan International
Speedway.  Although I brought a lot of rockets, I spent more time BSing
than flying, but felt compelled to fly at least a couple of rockets
after driving 100 miles to get there.

I almost hate to say this but I am beginning to believe that perhaps we should allow S724 to die a quiet death...... and then focus
on the lawsuit......Although I think Mark B. makes some good points I think he is being overly optimistic.....If we let S.724 die
now.....then it goes ...