Model Forum / General / Rockets / January 2004

OK they say it exists but it's not on the cesaroni's site or some dealers
sites yet TMT lists it.  help!!!
Koen

What is the deal with Quest?  I tried to find their website at
http://www.questaerospace.com/ and I see a "coming in fall 2003" message.
Who is making the MicroMaxx motors?  Where is a good place to get them?
-- David

Hold on to your pants, we're going to Mars.

Consider the following buyer:
- doesn't know anything about rocketry
- doesn't know anything about rocket hobby stores
- isn't going to learn anything beyond the basics

NASA plans return to moon (UPI)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20040108-111922-8569r.htm
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NASA plans to scrap its space shuttle fleet to pay for the agency's new

I finally got a copy of the January issue of Smithsonian Air & Space magazine.
This has the LDRS article that was mentioned here a while back.
Now that I've read it, I think it's one of the best rocketry articles I've seen
in the mainstream press. It does start off with a comment ...

I have a friend that is working on an Estes Saturn 5 kit and needed to
know if there was a special way to rig to upper stage to land on its
side during recovery rather than having it land nose down. If anyone
has the original instructions or can help with this, it would be

I purchased a Launch Pad Hawk MIM-23A kit recently (www.the-launch-pad.com). I
want to upgrade this kit. Example: Flimsy Estes-type tubes that I will glass,
also reinforce the paper nose and tail cone sections. In addition, I will also
upgrade to a 29mm motor mount. Only problem is ...

What's the usual speed range for turning both balsa & styrafoam (pink, blue, if
that matters) on a lathe? Thanks.  --  Richard "a sprinkling of snow today"
Hickok

This one pretty much sums up our hobby...
http://www.klydemorris.com/strips.cfm?strip_ID=1213
    Bob Kaplow    NAR # 18L    TRA # "Impeach the TRA BoD"
        >>> To reply, remove the TRABoD! <<<

Looks like they're gonna have to renamed it "ISSssssssssssssss........"
http://www.local6.com/technology/2742496/detail.html

Well, I'm for one am getting frustrated with the prospects for breaking
altitude records in this contest.  I have the design but not the motors.
The list of approved motors = 16 total.  Of these Kosdon by Aerotech are out
(-3), Cesaroni I360 is out (-1), Ellis Mountain I230 was ...

I need an instruction manual written for a new kit that we will be offering
in about a month.
A couple things
1.    You should have experience doing this in the past (technical

Anyone hear from him lately?  I keep wandering over to his website,
but it still says to check back for new mid-power kits.  I'm checkin',
I'm checkin'.

Ok,
Can someone please look at their copy of the "Handbook" and tell me what the
greatest distance between motors was for chad staging? Seems like I remember
something like 12"s.