Model Forum / General / Rockets / August 2003

I'm mucking about with an AVR/PIC uC and want to choose a suitable
accelerometer
(probably from Analog Devices - but please let me know of any suitable
alternatives!)

Just a quick note to let everyone know that the full color range of
Series 1000 nylon rail buttons are back in stock after a lengthy
hiatus. I had considered dropping the non-B&W colors, but I had enough
inquiries to give it one more go.

On the field updates were successful. Twice I logged in and uploaded images.
I apologize for the quality. I wanted to compress to keep transfer time down
but I did not mean to compress THAT much !! yick :-) (tablet screen is not
the most visible in sunlight)

My son is 11 and has built a few Estes model rockets (level 1 and level 2)
in his summer camp. He's flown them at camp- but now wants to fly them with
me (his dad) on our own.
So we need to buy a launcher and controller (aside from engines, igniters,

Is there some system that is remote control operated for 'aiming' the
parachute on the decending rocket after launch ?
Thanks,
Jim

Well...as an alternative to lawyers, LEUP's (or is thst LRRP's?) multiple
permits and a raft of fees I are lookin at these...using Pratt Hobbies as a
reference guide.
I notice that the specific thrust is much lower but the "burn" time is

Can anyone tell me the nozzle diameter for the Aerotech I211W motor? I think
I have mixed up some nozzles and want to make sure I have it right!
Thanks,
Stuart Leslie

I've lost the instructions that accompanied my Tango Papa
decal sheet, does anyone here know if Krylon Acrylic "Crystal
Clear" is compatible with these decals?

Fine time everyone picks to increase the posting rate to RMR. I'm 500
messages behind, and off to NARAM as soon as I get some sleep. Just finished
a day of "prepping" and packing the car. I think I've got space left for
about 1 shoebox. Junk is a gas, it expands to fill all space.

I could hop a 7 to Times Square, transfer to an A, B, C or D to Columbus
Circle.
Directions to Central Park? Well, yeah, BUT imagine carrying one
previously-flown Mega-Nuke, EZ-UP and other accoutrements including a

I am here in Kentucky/Indiana at the Ramada. I am set up and online.
Will have some hotel pics later tonight with the first update.
I had good signal on my phone coming through evansville so hopefully It will
also be good on the field. if so I will be performing near real time ...

...why NAR was originally opposed to a legislative
effort. In the courts, you can at least hope
for a reasonably impartial judgement based on the
law, although it seems to take just short of forever.

Ok, if you believe this, I'll sell you the Brooklyn Bridge.
I just called Senator Schumer's office.  (Twice, the first time the person
on the phone hung up on me, he just kept saying "Security" to all my
questions, and I asked if he was a parrot or a human.)

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=32550
read the LAST paragraph.....
"A provision deep within the regulations of the new Homeland Security Act is threatening to shut down the popular hobby of model
rocketry because the propellant used to make the rocket's ...

 Does anyone know, or can estimate, the size of rocketry?   No of people
that fly each year,  no of flights, money spent,, etc. Not just model, but
also Ex/Am, HPR.  How about a breakdown on different areas.
   Also, anybody know of a anti-armor system anywhere in the world that ...