Model Forum / General / Rockets / September 2003

Some REAL WORLD proof to refute the grossly exaggerated assertions
of senators Schumer and Lautenberg:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3191309.stm
..."One estimate suggests that in approximately 2,000 firings of the rocket no-one

How much would it cost to build a model rocket that has no purpose other
than to break past earth's atmosphere into outerspace, and just keep on
going?

Up to know, simply making a hole in the airframe, and screwing in the screw
for the rail button has worked well. On a few rockets I have put epoxy on
the threads of the screw to hold everything in. Well, I was just test
fitting the Raptor onto the rail. The Raptor is 4", 84" long, ...

Shultz posted a link t a Tripoli copy of the ATF summary judgement
points and authorities
ATFpointauthmotsummjudg.pdf (or whatever)
Page 14 is the smoking gun.

I am looking to buy a model rocket by Hi Impulse; the Phantom 4000 is no
longer being produced and the one I had is no longer.  This one will be used
to convince the PTA at school not to make cuts in our program.  Can someone
help me.

  I'm in the process of retiring my venerable old HP200 and replacing it
with an HP IPAQ 2215 running Pocket PC 2003.  I seem to recall hearing
that there were some rocketry programs for the Palm OS, are there any for
the Pocket PC?

http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/08/28/sandisk/
High capacity SD cards that can withstand very high extremes in
temperature (-25 to +185 F) and G's (3000), and are able to be
compatible with a wide range of computers, devices and data types from

Guys, many thanks to Rocky Firth who has graciously donated some bandwidth
so that we can see the LOKI/ARCAS AWS manual material. The address below
will get you there but you will of course, need the Adobe PDF viewer. Most
of you have it but it can be obtained as a free download ...

I'm looking to build (or realistically, have built) an HPR pad.
I've seen a couple at various launches that use a turnbuckle for
elevation adjustment, that seem to be pretty slick. Something out
of 1-1.5" square steel stock, capable of handling a rocket in the