Model Forum / General / Rockets / May 2004

The Rocketry Forum seems to be working again.
A thread over there reports on the recent Las Vegas hobby/trade show.
Some tib-bits:
New digital video rocket.

For the second time in two months I have had a forward closure failure
on an AT 29/40-120 RMS casing. I have been flying these things for 3
years with no problems. Now I have had 2 in 2 months.
The first one in April was on an old casing that had been used a few

I'm placing an order with Spherachutes for a total of six (6)
parachutes.  Two of them are for a project my eldest daughter and I
are building for LDRS.  Having never done business with Spherachutes
in the past, but always impressed with their work, I have a question

Many of you have undoubtedly seen Friday's Wall Street Journal front
page story entitled: "Explosive Debate: Should U.S. Check Up On Model
Rockets?"
The publication of this story ends six months of work by NAR and TRA

"NASA Sounding Rockets, 1958-1968 A Historical Summary"
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4401/sp4401.htm
I have a hardcopy of this book, and it is very interesting.  It is now out
of print. I found this link from this page:

jerry, did I get your attention?  Good.
I have a question for you.
What was YOUR purpose and intent, when you labeled a 210 pound shipment
of rocket motors, as "model aircraft parts"?

NAR-TRA Joint Statement of May 12, 2004
May 12, 2004
Web posted at: 12:12 PM EDT
(ROL Newswire) --  The following is a joint statement from the National

XPrize Fest:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4952486/
This would be a great showcase for model and high power rocketry..... its a
2 week long event.....

A bunch of folks over on rec.collecting.coins were discussing the 'reverse' (tails) side
of the Eisenhower/SBA dollar coins and it occurred to me that the 35th anniversary of the
Apollo XI landing is coming up. A lot of folks think it's the best design ever on the
reverse of a US ...

or my L-3 attempt I selected the 1/2 scale Nike Smoke of Performance
Rocketry.
After some mails on inquiries concerning the equipment and details of
the kit I´ve only got the marginal information:

Does anyone know where I could get soft (MS Word, PDF, etc.) copies of
RSO/LCO and other rocket launch checklists?  We are sponsoring a Boy Scout
launch and we would like to get all of the scouts involved in the different
aspects of a launch.  No HPR, just LPR and MPR.

I am thinking about doing some testing of blast deflector materials.  What
sort of novel materials to people use for blast deflectors?  Titanium?
Tungsten?  Coffee can lids?
Bill the Geek

I haven't been able to access The Rocketry Forum for over two days, now.
Anyone know what's going on?

Today we got back a rocket that was about a half mile away (the rocket
arced :( )  So far 2900 feet (estimated) is the highest I have gone.
Post stories about losing, finding, soaring, and crashing your rockets here

Does anyone know of a TARC team in CT, RI, or Western Mass that needs a
sponsor or other adult support?