Model Forum / General / Rockets / April 2004

I fly not rockets and instead to make waste time with others who do.
It makes me to feel like important man with Mosaic in shirt.
To hurt rockets small price to make name.
Abdul

Sounds to me like TRA/NAR are now pushing hard for rocket motors to be
classified as PADS.
Is this correct or am I all f.cked up?
What happened in the court room yesterday?

Last week I took my first trip to a real mountain,. Arapahoe Basin in
Colorado.
I want to thank the people who provided useful information about
traveling with a snowboard. A wheeled bag is definitely the right way to

I have a question regarding fiberglassing bodytubes.
I have been using the basic heat shrink tape method described by Jim
Zannuzzo at INFOcentral.  Rather than using a roller to apply the epoxy, I
use a brush to both apply the epoxy and work on the fiberglass so that it is

What deviate has hijacked our newsgroup and littered it with all this porn?
Can anything be done?  I'm sick of seeing these post.
Greg D.
Rocketflite/Magnelite

Will the 24mm aerotech SU motors fit in regular estes D engine type motor
mounts ? I looked around the internet ...but couldn't find a definitive
answer...the aerotech motors are 70mm long just as the estes D motors, but
will they be fine in a rocket with an estes type engine hook ...

Has anyone heard anything new on NSL 2004? Who here is going? I plan
on going even though it's a 14-hour drive.
TF

This week end!
info: http://www.ColonialVirginiaHPR.org/whitakers.html
....Ed

XO XO XO

As you can imagine, I have compiled quite a collection of personal rocketry
items over the years. I would like to sell and/or trade a few of them to
other rocketeers. This has NOTHING to do with PML. You will be dealing with
me personally. I am moving into a new house soon and I'd ...

Anyone have info on the Missile Works modular Programmable Avionics
Controller?  I heard a few years ago they were working on an
altimeter/accelerometer, and the web site says it is in alpha
development.  Anyone seen it?

heres what I got so far....
From 2/67 till 7/69 it appeared in the  American Modeler/American Aircraft
Modeler magazine..
I got the 2/67 date from the  NAR milestones info in a Rocketry Collectors

Hello, i'm currently building a 24 mm cluster fatboy..i've ordered all the
parts and the motor mount tubes were ordered from fliskits...i was wondering
how high up the tube (from the bottom) should i put the engine block? I'm
asking couse i've never built an estes E engine kit. Also ...

Gentlemen:
Check out the press release on the aerospike rocket flights on the NASA-Dryden
web site at:
http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewsReleases/2004/04-23.html

WOW,
they were talking about the car and suv show and gas saving cars and
hybrids.
then they said, you know, everyone just loves these large SUVs.