Model Forum / General / Rockets / May 2004

I have been playing with Igniterman conductive primer and making
bridgeless igniters - also using Igniterman Pyrogen on top of the primer
dip. Seems to work well but the pyrogen is a bit lumpy (despite much
mixing).

1. National Space Society Visit
On Friday, May 21, George Rachor and I visited for an hour with George
Whitesides, the new Executive Director of the National Space Society.
He promised to give us a hand when we needed action, either around

I have an Olsen altimeter and have only been able to download the data from
the last flight from the unit.  The instructions say it will record  two
flights.  How do I down load two stored flights?
Jim

I don't really -neeeeeed- anything, but what would -you- ask for for your
birthday?
Joel. phx
Parents, they're always asking,....

Getting past flying season down here cept for them die hard insane type of
folks,... er no offence intended ;)
We had a 'build session' club meeting last weekend with a light turnout, but
good to some folks enjoying the last of the cool weather.  Something about

Where can one go to launch Estes Rockets in the greater Los Angeles County
and surrounding counties? All I have found so far is a recreational park in
Irwindale where you have to wait for some scheduled weekend club sponsored
event that is overly managed (flight cards...give me a ...

Please don't post anything but rockets this weekend.  If we can handle one
day, maybe 2,....
Simple criteria.  Before pressing send ask yourself "is this post a
question/answer related to designing, building, or flying a model rocket?".

Scott Lowther <scottlowtherHATESSPAM@ix.netcomARGH.com> wrote in message news:<40B84065.5801@ix.netcomARGH.com>...
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Um Scott... Hybrids offer better performance than do solids.  In a
nutt shell,

I recently purchased a couple of The Launch Pad kits, that are available
once again, through Performance Hobbies, including the Bullpup and Alarm.
The kits are nice, but there is no information on the proper cross-sectional
shape for the fins for scale appearance.

Sp'Rocketry Readers,
I'd like to get some feed back on an article that I've written for
this month's issue of Sp'Rocketry.  The article is titled "Build Your
Own Altitude Chamber." I decided to go a little deaper than most

Hi.... My name is Jerry Imaswine. I and my friend David WeenieSucker
are really mad because people won't let me sell my SwineOmotors. They
are pigalicious and just plain phat. My new motor is a very low
impulse red motor that burns for 5 minutes. Any resemblance to a

First, hats off and three cheers to Trip Barber and his merry band of
70 NAR members who wonderfully executed the 2004 TARC Finals.  These
committed NAR volunteers came from all over the country to spend their
weekend on a rocket range but did no flying. I again this year heard

Spotted this item:
http://www.wivb.com/Global/story.asp?S=1891043
about an hour from now at 5pm EST Mon 24 May, if I read it right.
Rocket Builders

Does anybody know of a reliable source for sound levels of the various
commercially available motors? We have been requested to keep the volume
down at our launches. Some of the EJ and a few of the F's really kick up a
racket as they fly. So we are trying to figure out which motors ...

I've been following the discounthobbycenter.com thread, and just had
an Email query bounce from a full mailbox, so I guess I should look
somewhere else.  8*)
I'm poking around http://greatlakeshobbies.com/ and the FAQ mentions