Model Forum / General / Rockets / November 2003

Hi;
WOW!!!
Great Names.
Here is a list of my Domains--

here in holland rocketry/fireworks are forbidden
only when you are a meber of a rocketry group,
you're allowed to launch these things and that is only when special
permission from the local comite is granted.

when i told somebody i started building modelrockets,
he gave me a whole box with C and D engines for free.
it also contained a large parachute, igniter, igniter plugs, and a rocket ,
the exact same wich i had just build the other day...........

The folks at American Science & Surplus always have at least one
writeup for an item in their catalog that causes me to laugh so hard I
'bout pee my pants...
http://www.sciplus.com/singleItem.cfm?terms=9771&cartLogFrom=Search

Ok, just saw a commercial for The Rocket Challenge with a spectacular
failure off the pad, and another rocket being worked on on the pad which
looked like the ejection charge went off.  Went by too quick to really tell.
Joel. phx

I think we should all send a comment to Discovery to show how many
happy viewers they had [which may enourage them to produce
more coverage in the future]. I couldn't find an email address, but I
posted the following comment via their website at

Tomorrow, I will sit down and note all the advertisers that sponsored
this show. I'll even note the local ones.
Each of them is getting a thank you letter from me.
I hope some others out there will follow suit.

My main squeeze has got the "shakes" for you. Guess her secret was that
she likes 'em a "little less rough around the edges" (like me). Go figure...
So I got a little jealous and told her that you just lost like 350
pounds and that you donated your extra "stetched dermis" to ...

I was making my first motor some days ago and i was going to melt the 65/35
KNO3/Sugar propellant. I had the temperature in the oil bath between
190-200, mostly near 190. I started with a small quantity of propellant as
was told on Richard Nakkas website(to start with small amount ...

Forgive me if this as been addressed already, but did the Discovery
channel's coverage of LDRS mention anything about the current state of HPR
and its battles with Homeland security? Good coverage of HPR  could help.. i
figure.

The SaveRocketryNow prize distribution poll collected the following votes:
Leave the prizes grouped as they are: 45 votes
Reorganize prizes so there are about 80 winners: 114
Raffle each prize individually: 31

When reading the link Jerry posted (www.v-serv.com/usr), I was reminded
of an aspect that I thought worthy of an independent thread.
That being the science side of rocketeering. The film was remarkably
lacking in the science involved. Ya might say that is because of a lack

Aerospike Motor Test Successful by Binder Design
October 23, 2003
Web posted at: 12:49 PM EDT
(ROL Newswire ) -- The first documented successful test of a composite

If you've never attended an MDRA event in MD, you're missing out on the
symphonia which is rocketry.
Great bunch of super-friendly folks who know the ins-and-outs of how to
run a quality show. Did I mention kickass rockets in all flavors, too?

The first commercials have aired on the east coast and the webmaster has
reported a spike in hits on flyrockets.com already.