Model Forum / General / Rockets / November 2003

I'm dying to know.... Who won what?

OK who was the guy making a complete idiot out of himself accusing one
of the other teams of stealing?
What a buffoon... was it Team Loc-Ness? The guy had his 15 minutes...
unfortunately not the kind of 15 minutes I'd like to see portrayed on

Am I misclicking here or what? I see no mention of rockets on the
Discovery Channel website:
www.discoverychannel.com

Ok, I dont want to sound like a pessamist, but isn't this what we DONT want
happening
QUOTED FROM DISCOVERY ONLINE
Rocket Challenge

My sister-in-law is a very thoughtful and caring person.  She saved me a
copy of the newspaper with my grandmother's obituary, and recently gave me
a copy to replace the one I had lost.  The newspaper is the Abilene
Reporter-News from Abilene, TX, dated Monday March 27, 1995.  ...

On the Fly Rockets site is a link to a special limited time offer from the
NAR.  Clicking on that link sends you to this page...
http://www.nar.org/Discovery.html
But I don't see any offer... just this text message...  am I missing

Google ranks a web site based on how many pages link to it.
The more web masters that put links to
http://www.flyrockets.com
the higher the ranking will be in Google.

I'm working on recording this, to the tune of "Lawyers, Guns, and
Money."
We're just nerds and geeks and hobbyists
Playing with our rocket toys.

November 4, 2003 - The ATFE and its contractor, Applied Research
Associates, have been purchasing high power rocket motors, rocket
kits, launch rails, electrical launchers and other items to conduct
tests at Hill Air Force Base in Utah. The purpose of the tests is to

Seems like this little tidbit quietly showed up on the NAR home page and
hasn't been mentioned here yet:
November 4, 2003: NARCON 2004, the NAR's National Convention will be hosted
by Wisconsin Organization of Space Modeling Hobbyists (WOOSH) March 12-14,

Anyone know whether and where Quest Micro-Maxx ax motors can be had in
wholesale or bulk quantities without a lot of hassle? I'm in the US if
that's relevant. Please reply off-line if possible. Alternatively, does
anyone have contact information for the company that makes these?

I was doing some research on electronics, and found this in a perfectflite
manual - for their microtimer.
"The small size of the microTimer allow it
to be used with black powder engines as well, providing an

Given I have :
nozzle diameter
Initial Air Pressure (psi)
Volume of rocket

There seems to be a controversy about the way the prize packages were
organized for the SRN Meg Raffle. If you are a ticket holder for the raffle,
please visit
http://www.saverocketrynow.org/rafflepoll.asp