Model Forum / General / Rockets / September 2003

Students of the Cal State Long Beach Aerospace Engineering Department,
teamed with Garvey Spacecraft, succeeded this past Saturday in
launching a rocket for the first time anywhere with a liquid fueled
aerospike engine. The 1,000 lbf LOX/ethanol aerospike engine was

Just a quick reminder,  DART-SD just did a quick present at a local Cub
Scout pack meeting.  Cub Scouts, and the such are back in full swing now
with school being back in.  Not only is it a great way to promote rocketry
as something the whole family can do together and maybe pick up ...

How does one "scale up" a rocket. Let's say there's a 6" one that you
really like and you want to scale it up to 12". Does everything get
doubled like fin dimensions, nosecone length, etc? Or is there a trade
secret about this that I don't know about?

A have been lurking on this group for a awhile and read the "virus alert"
thread posted earlier on this group and I just want everyone to know that if
you are getting allot of these in your mailbox, there is a good chance that
you have the virus.

Launch report
On Saturday I loaded up the boys and half a dozen rockets into the van
and made the 30 mile pilgrimage to Muncie for ROCI's launch at the AMA
facility.  When you're in between the ages of 3 and 7, a rockets launch

Gee, no wonder it's cheaper for the Chinese to do such things, they
just steal.
Quote from the Scientific American article.
The Chinese needed a suit with similar functions, so after obtaining

I've seen large vendors get larger motors like K700's on at least two
occasions this summer, when smaller vendors have had the same motors ordered
since last winter. The smaller vendors just keep getting the runaround and
empty promises. Has anyone else been seeing this?

2003 Nevada Rocket Trip Report
In early August I set off on my annual rocketry and camping trip through the
Mojave desert and Nevada. This year I had some special flights I wanted to make
that required more altitude and recovery space, so my travels were limited and

Selling my built and never fown Saab. West system throughout. 5" diam with a
98mm mount. ALL G10 construction. G10 nosecone was custom Chromed. Rocket is
painted gloss black at a body shop. Rocket is gorgeous. This baby will take the
power and easily hit 2 miles. Selling for kit ...

I have a kit I got stuck with. It has pre fiberglassed and sanded tubes.
Selling for below cost. Regular price $765. Now only $500 + shipping
Bill Rossi
SMOKIN' ROCKETS

Just wondering if antone has plans for the Estes Venus Probe that they could
scan for me?  My nephew lost his instuctions.  I took him to our clubs high
power launch yesterday and he loved it.  Got some video that i will try to
capture and I will post to a.b.m.r.

Reading Richard Morrow's "Small Sounding Rockets", on page 380, I came across
polyvinylchloride-based Plastisol used as a fuel/binder in Atlantic Research
Corporation's composite "Arctite" propellant (the people people who brought us
ARCAS & ARCON, among others).

Does anyone know where I can get some of this?  I want to clone a couple
of the old FSI Viking kits and this is correct size for the tube fins
and motor mounts.
Rocky Firth

Does anyone know of anywhere in Canada to get Aerotech E single use motors
(E15 or E30)?  Or are they even making these again?

Are there any Oregon (TRA#44, TRA#49, or NAR#555) rocketry folks
hanging out here? I'm just getting back into high-power rocketry and I
have a few questions about these groups I'd like to ask. Nothing
technical, just some basic questions about the groups, the facilities