Model Forum / General / Rockets / November 2003

site ownership - rent vs. buy, the prospect of permanent national and
regional launch sites
in anticipation of a revitalization of rocketry, both specifically in
the commercial HPR arena as well as any other rocketry areas a "New TRA"

Thanks to the President for doing something for our men and women in
Iraq:
http://msnbc.com/news/998294.asp?0cv=CA01
Zooty

I need a safe epoxy.
Our parrots are sensitive to toxins, especially those ingested by a
respiratory route. Think "canary" and "mine." Same concept.
FixIt binary putty is sold by Apogee for making rocket fin fillets.

I don't know if this story has made it to the rest of the country, but
we've got around 575 cases of Hepatitis A here in Pennsylvania. 3
dead, and a couple folks still in critical condition. The outbreak has
been determined to have come from green onions. The onions were

Now that everyone is bouncing off the walls over
the Discovery Channel show, a few thoughts:
It might be ultimately be a disservice that the
show featured LDRS. This does not represent

Recent comments about Aerotech rockets with broken fins reminded me
that I have one sitting in the repairs pile.  Has anyone come up with
a good solvent/glue or other way to fix broken Aerotech fins without
grinding them out and replacing?

Is there someone out there who can tell me where to find
a list of upperstage engines currently used for
launch vehicles?
Thank you,

Has anyone on this group have experience with the Estes Sweet Vee?
Comments, good or bad?
Keith

I was thinking about an idea for a cheap and easy (really quick) nose cone:
-Make the cone shape out of paper (poster board) - the original cut out
would be a packman shape with tabs on each side of the 'mouth'
-form the cone with tabs both bent into the middle of the cone (the tabs ...

I am working on a 5.5 inch to 54mm Nike-Apache. Anyone have a good
source for a nosecone and transition? I don't know if I up to making
my own.
Thanks,

In the market for some centering rings...
Was looking at 1/8" plywood to center a 29mm H motor mount...
also for shock cord mounts fore and aft....
Total weight of model fully loaded will be 1lb...

Anybody have a master listing of the assembled motor casing/closures,etc
without the reload grain ?  Or know where I can find such info?
I am especially interested in the 29/180, 29/240 motor casing assemblies.
thanks in advance

Not the following correction regarding my previous announcement of the
[unofficial] CTI Pro-XX Motor reference I have compiled and made
available at
http://www.slack.net/~ibjaiah/rockets/Pro-XX_Motor_Reference.html

Missile hits plane in Iraq
Also on Saturday morning, a DHL courier plane safely landed at Baghdad
International Airport after a heat-seeking, surface-to-air missile hit one
of its engines, according to military sources at the airport. No one was

<sarcasm>
I mean after all, more people are killed in car crashes than all the war the
USA had combined, and not to mention drunk driving. Then besides a pickup
truck packs alot of energy can be used to demolish houses and (gasp!) some