Model Forum / General / Rockets / May 2004

The following motors have been certified by NAR Standards & Testing for general
use as high power rocket motors effective April 1, 2004. They will not be
certified for NAR contest use as they are not model rocket motors.
The following are reloadable motors, certified only with the ...

Today's National Sport Launch Update is presented by Alex Mericas,
Certification Czar and Chief Gas Passer for NSL '04.  Alex is heading
up hybrid support for the event, as well as coordinating all NAR L1 &
L2 activities.  Here's Alex's report:

You have got to be kidding........only in America...
http://www.strategypage.com/dls/articles/2004418.asp
"Thus, if the Minuteman III ICBMs have to be used in some future nuclear
war, their rocket motors will not pollute the atmosphere. EPA regulations do

NAR Standards and Testing is pleased to announce that all Aerotech and ISP
motors previously certified by NAR S&T continue to be certified. Several
members have sent queries concerning certification status following the change
in ownership. After examining the paperwork issued by ...

The SIAR web site has been updated by our new SL Techno-Mage, and more
will be done as time goes by. We have two Stellar Winds online and
next will be the Gold Book.
www.starlords.org

I'll be in Barcelona, Spain, from May 16th until 22nd, attending an
 IEEE 802.1 interim meeting.
I vaguely recall that there's a Spanish amateur rocketry organization
 based in Barcelona.  If any of them read this list, please send

On a page in it's website:
http://www.aerotech-rocketry.com/customersite/theatre/theatre.html
Aerotech has several training videos.  These would be very handy to
have around, especially out "in the field" on my laptop, but so far I

This is a test message to make sure my posts show up on RMR. They
sometimes don't.
I have a lot of old catalogs (North Coast, Pinecap, CCA, FSI), some old
Estes kits, and a lot of paper ephemera to sell, not auction. Can

    I came across this reply to the Wall Street Journal article.  Thought
someone else might like to read it.
    Bill C.
<<    To the Editor of the Wall Street Journal:

 Is there any special technique to epoxyglassing or fibreglassing styrofoam
nose cones?

Last night I re-watched a film that is quickly becoming one of my
all-time favorite movies.
It is "The Dish", starring Sam Neill and Patrick Warburton. The film
concerns the role of the Parkes, Australia radiotelescope in

the Rockets of the World 2000 Supplement is temporarily out of print.
I´am looking for informations about the Brazilian sounding rocket VS-40.
Does anybody has informations, pics and datas about the VS-40?
Thanks a lot!

I found this whilst looking at Nav systems.
http://www.hobbico.com/accys/hcam4000.html
Oh no it reeks of guidance systems.

Robert's Three-Fin Snelson flies and is posted.
New Entry:
Darren J Longhorn's - Thunderbird 3
Official Countdown is on....

I notice using RockSim, the CP is often shown in two different points on the
airframe. Anyone know why there is such a difference between the Barrowman
and RockSim CP calc? Which is more accurate?
Regs,