Model Forum / General / Rockets / August 2004

My beautiful, sleek, shiny, smooth Mean Machine took
a core sample today.  Shock cord snapped.  The nose
cone/parachute floated for at least a mile and we never
found it.  I'm going to build a new one because my boy

Ok divx is no longer optional !! Videos AFTER editing were 75.0 meg !!!!
converting to divx reduced that to 13.1 so its what I am using :-)
dont forget to get the codecs if they do not play right (download link will
be on the main page and EVERY video page)

Does anyone make a very simple timer (ala the beeping altitude system) that
gives you the total flight time from ignition to landing (i.e is activated
and deactivated by sensing motion)
I am not sure what the judges criteria will be for 2005 TARC (60 second

Howdy all
I just picked up an Executioner and some D12 engines for it.
Since the package says max altitude is 590,I can assume that is with an E
engine.

does anyone have an e-mail address for Estes where I can send an e-mail
requesting a hardcopy?  I have to assume they still do an old fashion paper
version.
I have tried the web sight.  it's like they don't want to be contacted by

At Hobby Lobby this week. www.hobbylobby.com

Hello to everyone.  My name is Eric Albrecht and I've inadvertently
become a BAR as of early spring this year.  I've attended every launch I
could find in the area, read this forum for months, read hundreds of
reviews on EMRR, and have purchased, built, and flown dozens of ...

Yesterday I went through several of my motor cases (and those on loan) and saw that
several of them had either been cleaned hastily and - in one case - not at all <teehehee>.
I recall a couple years ago, someone had suggested soaking motor cases for several hours
or overnight in ...

Limited quantity of carbon fibre (woven and uni), Kevlar and fibre glass for
sale on a first come first served basis
Small quantities and offcut available. very good prices.
Please reply via email and i'll see what i can do to help you..

From UTR:
Hi everyone,
Cranfield University Rocket Society are pleased to announce that today's
first flight of "Black Sparrow" was a qualified success, in that we reached

For all you high power rocketeers with .uk addresses.
Here is a GREAT web site on the British program to develop space launch
vehicles from the late 1950's to the early 1970's.
http://www.spaceuk.org/index.htm

Anyone going to these?  Just curious.  I haven't decided if I'm going, but I
have several birds I want to fly.  My 2-stage Mongoose is one, and there are a
couple more I'd like to try on higher power motors.  For me that's just C's and
D's...<g>

does anyone think this proposed 'robotic' mission to service the Hubble
scope is better,or preferable to a manned Shuttle mission to service it?
Or if it's even workable?

And also think it's unstable?
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-Fred Shecter NAR 20117

For those who saw or have heard of the "Orbital SkyDart" I took to NARAM-46,
here's some info. And for those who haven't heard, it comprised of a 2X scaled
up SkyDart boosted on the back of a special designed winged booster with a span
of 3' and nearly 5' long. Taking off on two ...