Model Forum / General / Rockets / June 2004

A question for the RF " knowledgeable".
I am placing a transmitter (The RDAS transmitter/antenna to be precise) in
the bottom end of an avionics bay.
In the bottom compartment there will be two threaded steel rods running

Was flipping 2,000 channels and the ISS session on NASA (on Directv now,
376) indicated a space walk would occur tomorrow (Thursday I think) in the
afternoon (4 something) Houston time.  Wasn't exactly sure if the ISS 'show'
was live or a recording, guess I'll find out tomorrow.

I was putting together some precursory, basic L3 info and wanted some
suggestions about how this looks/feels/nauseates:
http://www.metrarocketclub.org/Level3/L3.htm
I'll byline.

*And* they call it the "explosive ingredient in missile fuel", too..
http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/06/22/milk.chemical.ap/index.html
tah
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I recorded the interview on my 'puter. It's about 80 megs now but i'll
re-encode it hopefully down to 10 megs or so. I don't have the
bandwidth to host it, anyone got a webserver with free bandwidth?
-Dan

http://www.local6.com/health/3445719/detail.html
Study: Toxic Chemical Found In Cows Milk
POSTED: 6:55 am EDT June 22, 2004
SAN FRANCISCO -- Young children and pregnant women who drink milk from

Mike Melvill has become the first person to earn astronaut wings in a
non-government sponsored vehicle, and the first private civilian to fly a
spaceship out of the atmosphere.
Leave a message of congratulations at http://www.mikemelvill.com

Around the time I gave up model rockets, I bought the Estes Scamp (a
coldpower convertible). Obviously, the coldpowered rockets are a thing
of the past (seeing as the propellent was freon). Problem: I never got
the thing to work. The engine would go off, but the gas would not come

Does anyone know any good *cheap*, single-axis accelerometers with a
range of about +/- 10 g's (error on the order of +/- 1%)?  I'm hoping
to incorporate this with a microcontroller.  Measurement intervals
would be no faster than 100/s (probably more like 20/s).

Mike Melvill.
Yes, I am absolutely convinced that I had the absolute best seat in the
house for the Space Ship One launch, other than the one in the cockpit
(and yes, I am bragging).

Anyone know if there's any kind of problem at Performance Hobbies?
I sent in an order on May 21, got an automated email confirmation of
the order, didn't hear from them for weeks, sent them an email asking
them about the order on June 9, tried calling a few days later (no

I'm in the finishing stage of a Cineroc clone (with tv cam, not film).
Does anybody have a decent scan of the "Cineroc" decal, or a decent
profile photograph of the cineroc with the decal on it?

Hi,
I am going to be building a 2 stage, minimum diameter rocket that is
exspected to accelerate between 770 and 896 miles per hour. I am
currently lv 1 certified but want to have a 54 mm mount for when I get