Model Forum / General / Rockets / January 2004

I received a newsletter from the local Tripoli organization recently,
and just got around to reading it, and there is something in there which
got me so angry I must comment on it.
(For the recoed, I belong only to NAR, but have attended

Forwarded from www.mars-rocketry.com  I would appreciate any input on
this
I have been looking into HPR engines lately and decided to write a
pros and cons list for Pro38 and Aerotech engines.

Anyone know WHY there is such a plethora of surplus Venus Probe and/or
ExoSkell rockets on ebay?  Is there some kind of inherent design flaw
that made a store decide not to sell them, or did someone go bankrupt,
or what?

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/01/06/plant.explosion.ap/index.html
Look, there is fire and smoke and the word "explosion".  This must have
serious negative implications in the public mind to Rocketry, and everything
will go down the tubes at an even faster rate.  Hurry, let's all

I sent an order to TLP just before I heard it closed up. I had just
emailed them and asked if they could provide a certain kit. The answer
of course was yes.
Has anyone ordered from TLP this last fall and had their check cashed

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3890525/
2 yr program... Hopefully this will work and when it does, there goes one
less argument for the BATFe to use against us.... now we can say, hey the
airliners have antimissile defense systems so even if we did use hpr against

Last night on South Park (may have been rerun -don't watch it often) they were
seriously SLAMMING the ATF as a bunch of bumbling paranoid boobs. Loved it <G>.
Pretty bad when the cartoon world so closly mimics the real world.
Tom B.

Let's start the input for Descon13.....

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36" and $6 introductory price
Approximately 1.50x1.45x36"
Order "on approval" from the below person

If you've watched some of the launch videos, you'll notice the rockets
tend to rotate a bit too fast.
I'm thinking about adjustable spin tabs on the fins. Launch the
rocket, time the spin rate, launch again with an adjustment, time the

HARD PROOF the ATF issue is CAUSED by Tripoli:
Tripoli Documents:
http://www.tripoli.org/tmt/Motor_Testing.shtml
TMT Basic Policies Extract

I've decided to clean out my rocket closet, so I'm starting by selling
all 10 of my unbuilt TLP kits on ROL as a lot.  Amazingly, it hit my
rserve in ~2 hours.
http://www.rocketryonline.com/cgi-bin/auctions/auction.cgi?all_rockets&1073941076

The results are tabulated and verified.  Time to pick the prizes!
http://www.rmrdescon.com/
1st - 126 + (0.9*126) = 239.4 - Drake Damerau - Venus - Cosmostrader
2nd - 112 + (1.0* 112) = 224 - Tater Schuld - Spaces Balls Eagle Five

Yo All,
Just posted a pic of my new project in the binaries group.
This thing WILL fly someday....any ideas?
Jim Rutkowski

A friend of mine purchased an Olsen M2 altimeter on the ROL auction and
the previous owner has misplaced the instructions.  He has e-mailed some
people trying to find a copy to no avail.  If any one has a set of
instructions or knows where we can attain them please let me know ...