Model Forum / General / Rockets / August 2003

I just broke down and bought a case of 6 V-Probes on ebay.  At less than $22
including shipping, I couldn't resist.  I've read a little about the
V-Probe's shaky flight characterisitics, but I'm more interested in kit bash
ideas.  Seems like the alien lander might be made into a ...

If anyone is interested, there is a new issue of ROCINews available on
the ROCI website.
http://www.indyrockets.org/roci.html
Select the ROCINews tab near the top of the page to go to the recent

The Northern Virginia Association of Rocketry (NOVAAR), NAR Section #205 is
pleased to announce that it has been awarded the bid for NARAM-46. .
Here are the particulars...
NARAM-46

http://www.questaerospace.com/
-Fred Shecter NAR 20117

SIAR
www.starlords.org
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"In this universe the night was falling,the shadows were lengthening

  Yet another Newbie here. I was hoping someone could provide a good link
to a location that would show a good process for glassing a 3.9 tube. I
could swear I had seen one on the rocketryonline sight at one time but I
can't seem to find it now. Thanks for any help.

Here is a story from strategypage.com.
Basically it states that shoulder fired missles might damage, but will
not bring down a modern, large Jetliner.  Older models are vulnerable.
http://www.strategypage.com/dls/articles/20030813a.asp

I've been using these occasionally over the past couple years. Didn't get to
really put them to use much at first though, because too often they were
getting wiped out in recovery failures, etc. And a lot of times, I simply
didn't bother to attach one -- too lazy, too much in a ...

http://www.theorator.com/bills108/s311.html
Schumer is so 2-faced....last February along with that other stalwart for freedom Mrs.Boxer, they introduce this act........and then
he turns around  6 months later and says our models can shoot down the same planes that will have the ...

I think walmart SCREWED UP !!
I just got a Aiptek Pencam SD for $29.99 !!! (bought all three)
this can is 1.3megapixel horizontal configuration (not vertical)
it can accept SD memory cards ($52 for 128mb at walmart) which can hold over

I am trying to find a club in the Mojave CA. area and NAR site works find
but I try from my favorites or ROL and can't connect to Tripoli.  Has anyone
else have/had this problem?
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Any worthy flights this year?

This is a model of the  frontrunner in the XPrize race to build the first
cheap, commercial spacecraft. Designed by Burt Rutan of Scaled Composites,
SpaceShipOne is carried aloft by WhiteKnight and is released after which it
fires its rocket engine to boost itself to over 100km.

Just got back recently from my annual Nevada rocketry trip. Had some
interesting flights and got some cool new pics. I'll post more info later when
I get the pics scanned and uploaded.

We plan on getting out mission control wired for 12volt and was
wondering if there were some standard connectors to use. I do NOT want
someone to foolish to read trying to plug a 12v device into a 110v
outlet (you could label them in eye-yanking color that flashes, and