Model Forum / General / Rockets / February 2004

NASA plans to begin destruction of the last Apollo launch tower (launch
umbilical tower #1) on Thursday, February 5.  We have until noon
tomorrow (Feb. 4).to come up with a plan, public support, and money to
stop this.  This is the Launch Tower that launched Apollo 4 (first

I REALLY hate to do this here, BUT besides the application and funds paid
there have been 3 unanswered emails RE: membership status and the magazine.
Time for someone to WAKE UP......  I hope other Discovery channel viewers
have faired better than I have......

Anyone know where to get either wire mesh or curly wire mesh pads like those
featured in the last issue of ER to use in an ejection baffle?  All I can
find are steel wool, which, of course, won't do the trick.

Just received my latest issue of Sport Rocketry, and I have to say that
will all of the commentary about ER and HPR, it is nice to see that
Sport Rocketry is providing a good mix of low, mid, and high-power
rocketry.  The issue contains the Rocket Motor Certification Listing,

I'm in the process of cloning and upscaling the Estes Photon Probe #2043,
and am in need of the diameter and length of the main airframe tube.  I
think the diameter is 1.325 but, I'm having a heck of a time trying to
figure out the length.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

As many of you are aware, lots of hobbyists have been sparked by the Mars
Lander missions in the news.
A consortium of sport rocketry vendors, manufacturers, local sport rocket
clubs and sport rocketry enthusiasts have organized a challenge to encourage

I will be getting a Rattworks I90LH "Yardstick" hybrid motor.
Can anyone tell me  any real world experiences that they have had?
What do you use as the ignitor grain? Is there any particular variation with
different propellant types as the starter grain? Has anyone tried a different

How refreshing!! An on-topic post.....you don't see many of them these days.
A friend has his Rocket Vision Pegasus just about ready to fly (mine's still in
the "to be finished" pile). He's doing rocsim to guage engines. I suggested he
ask here what motors you lucky few have used in ...

Here's an interesting rocket-related bit of news, from the "launch alert"
listserv...
                X-43A COMPLETES CAPTIVE-CARRY FLIGHT
NASA successfully completed a dress rehearsal for this month's flight of its

Open Letter Re: ISP/AT auction.
1/25/2004
This letter is meant to set straight the intentions of AMW Inc.  regarding
its pursuit of the purchase of ISP/AT assets.

Hi. I'd appreciate it if someone could get me a link to or send a scan
of (preferably not too large) the fin templates for an Estes SR-71
Blackbird? I bought one of the 2004 re-releases and the balsa wasn't
die cut in the slightest.

Essence Aerospace Technologies (EAT) is now offering (for pre-orders)
the all new, 2-stage, Interstellar Probe.
http://www.rocketreviews.com/eat.shtml
We are in the process of finishing the photo-detailed instructions and

My Plaster Blaster 2003 Photos arrived today and they
look fantastic!  All is forgiven for the delay and I hope
2004 treats her better than the last few months of
2003 did!

I just replaced my old Clie` N760 with a Clie` NX-73V and have been
playing with pRASP and my own (not yet complete) program. I was
wondering if there were any other Palm based Model Rocketry programs
that have been released in the last year or so.

hi there  am building a replica of Titanic, as i am customizing in my
own way, i want to have weapons on board, i watched a movie called
"problem child" in which he had a remote control helicopter and he used
it to shot little "bb-pellets" through these machine gun type of gun..