Model Forum / General / Rockets / April 2004

Hi all... I just aquired a Cambridge IAX96, and have everything for it
except the manual...
Does anyone happen to have it on their hard drive, or would be willing
to make a copy

 Out of curiousity, do you need to be a TRA member to officially
attempt their altitude records?
Chuck

My rocket uses an new secret super-giga-drive and will fly to Mars in a few weeks.

This morning on our local PBS Station (WTTW Chicago)  they showed two girls
using model rockets to try to measure different features in the atmosphere.
Looks like the show has used them in the past also:
http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/search_results.html?q=rockets

I'd like to get a job quote from someone that has a lathe that can
work with Hard Plastic or Hard Wood.  100 exactly the same pieces to
start... for a new rocketry product I am considering producing...
Please contact me at essence AT rocketreviews DOT com

Does anybody know if Discount Hobby Center in Itica NY still in business?  I
ordered some Areotech RMS Reloads, single use E's , Estes D's and a 24mm
Sleeve on 27 Jan 04.  Emails says that they were sent.  Phone calls say the
sleeve in NIS and that is the hold-up, now the phone line ...

you are not gonna believe this......
Late last night while I was working on cleaning some epoxy off the
dining room table I noticed a couple of cans of "stuff" in the
basement had leaked and made a mess on the work shelves. upon looking

U.S. Rockets KITS immediately available
FROM U.S.Rockets (dealer)
http://www.v-serv.com/usr
http://www.v-serv.com/usr/instaship.txt

I just finished reading and article in this month's Air and Space magazine
that indicates that NASA has been giving very serious thought to using a
modified form of the Apollo CM as a type of escape vehicle for future space
station activity. They recalled many of the original ...

April 1, 2004:
A test flight of Aerotech's new G8000 "Warp Speed" motor today yielded
incredible altitude, resulting in the following photo taken by onboard
camera...

Anyone know how many C-5's NASA has and what the paint scheme is? All day
today there has been a C-5 on the end of the east / west runway in B'ham.
It's blue & white kind of like the Guppy's used to look but there is no
other marking on it. There is something resembling a red maple ...

Eight Little Joe-II's were built.
Five were flown.
Two are displayed.
That left one unaccounted for.

I spent last weekend with about 75 cadets from the Civil Air Patrol as a
"Model Rocket Weekend".  We had our ups and downs, and I learned a lot
(this is the first time I've had such a 'mentoring' role).
The cadets made 2-3 rockets, depending on their skill level and the

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/Living/exploding_recipe_040401-1.html
-Shread Vector NRA #1 Paramount Leader

[cites wanted] AT claims were financed by TRA and/or NAR
I am looking for cites on where AT was supported by association funds
for their issues.
I have in mind to become the "crash test dummy" (you know, put my body