Model Forum / General / Rockets / December 2003

Has anyone successfully used piston launchers for RMS engines in the G/H/I
range?  Any special considerations other than guidance?
Koen

Are these motors still available and who are the dealers?  Anyone have a
thrust curve for KBA I450F?  It's not at thrust curve.org
Koen

Help I need a transition for a special project.  It needs to be able to fit
a 3.9 tube on the bottom and a 2.16 or there abouts on top similar in
profile to the BMS TA 550.  Also I need a conical nose cone similar to the
Estes/ BMS BNC 5S.  Any help would be appreciated as I am not ...

Is the motor block really necessary in an Estes motor mount? Or can the
little green paper ring be omitted and a drop of Tite Bond be smeared on the
tube to stop the motor hook from tearing forward?
John Hornsby

I'm a BAR building mid-power. I remember from my younger days that the Estes
kit elastic shock chords got brittle after a few flights and were subject to
sending my descending rocket in two different directions. My LOC Aura kit
has an elastic shock chord. Should I replace it with a ...

Or are they hiding behind John Ashcroft
s skirts? After all, they are wasting,er I mean spending public money
to do this crap!

I am getting serious about completing my L3 project and would like to do
some detailed technical drawings laying out, primarily, the recovery
system setup and various options for same.
I have ROCSIM but am looking for something that will permit me to do some

here is a tongue-in-cheek anthology of Jerry's attributions of godhood
it's by way of a "holiday gift" from me to him, an acknowledgement of
his perserverance and hopefully a context to help rmr'ers appreciate one
of Jerry's idiosyncracies in a new light.  Sometimes we all take

Does anyone know of a source for full-length paper coupler tubing, to fit
standard 2.56" airframe tubes? I used to get it from Rocket R&D but apparently
they are out of business due to health problems.

Can I use a surplus 20mm ammo can for a type IV magazine?
I plan on welding 2 hasps on it and coating the inside with epoxy paint.
Any inpuy would be appreciated.
Thanks

LARF had our xmas launch on Saturday 27th December, we where joined by Mike
Roberts from EARS/MARS, Richard Parkin from WRS/MARS and Martin Sweeney from
WRS/MARS.
A good time was had by all.

I've been out of the HPR scene for close to 5 years and I have been wanting
to get back into it.  I've heard of the new regulations but I don't fully
understand them.  When I flew HPR, all I needed was a LEUP and have an ATF
agent come to my house ask me a few questions.  I think it ...

I got several requests to post my Centuri Hobby Bench pictures on a
forum more people can get to.  
There are a lot of old kits hanging from the ceiling of Lee Piester
s three Hobby Bench stores in Phoenix and I tried to get pictures of

I've been trying to get to the Estes website at http://www.estesrockets.com/
for several days, and it appears to be down.  Anyone know what is going on?
Do I have the wrong url?
Oh, the reason I am looking, is that I damaged my son's favorite rocket, a

28 December 2003, 15:45 GMT
Communication Strategy of the Beagle 2 "Think Tank"
As part of the Media update on 27th December, Professor Alan Wells (Lander
Operations Control Centre, University of Leicester) outlined details of the