Model Forum / General / Rockets / September 2004

I've used the Aerotech SU motors over the years, but bought my first RMS
case right before the fire (and never had a chance to use it).
Now that they're starting to come back on the market, I got the 18mm and
24mm cases, plus some reloads (BTW, thanks to Commonwealth for great

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shockie B)

Thinking  of building "dual" engine model
Estes C or D engines
How do you get simultaneous engine ignition?
First rocket in 1960 back for grand kids !

Was it in a recent Sport Rocketry or Extreme Rocketry? Thanks.  --  Richard "in
suspense waiting for MRI results" Hickok

 We're putting on our rocketry display at the Cleveland Air Show. Most
folks were curious, then impressed to see the size of the stuff we had
there (setting an M casing next to an Estes C, for example). The kids
all loved it. And then there was this one fellow who by luck of the ...

Discount Rocketry Owner Passes Away
September 7, 2004
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  What kind of elastic shock cords should I use on a 1lb rocket?

Well, I managed to get my MRI results today and it showed that I don't have an
acoustic tumor. Whew!!   --  Richard "What a relief!!" Hickok

Okay - all entries are finalized, including the "missing files" of
Niall Oswald for both of his entries.
Voting Box Software is now online.
Step 1: Vote for your top (3) choices

Last Saturday we took our 3 stage Saturn V, Bad Girl, out to the B'ham
field, of NAR 665 for a second flight. A flight report of the first flight
can be seen here: http://sears572.com/supersaturnv.htm  B.R.B founder Ron
Witherspoon accompanied Verna, my son Louis and myself, to the ...

 Wednesday Sep 08, 2004
Wild and Weird Rockets
The Discovery Channel, 8:00 PM
An amateur rocket competition in Kansas offers the chance to break world

Ramjets seem so simple: two nozzles, a flame holder, and something to
squirt fuel. The result is specific impulse that just can't be had with a
rocket motor carrying its own oxidizer. Save for the problem of initial
velocity, it seems like every kindergarten science project should ...

The NBC national news tonight ran a story about AN, and how some states are
now requiring a "restricted fertilizer" permit to buy it in mass.
It showed ATF video of AN exploding....
Next it will be AP, and it will show an ATF Van exploding!

NASA will attempt to catch the Genesis probe tomorrow afternoon which,
hopefully, has particles of the sun with it!
Capture practices have gone well so far... but the pilots are worried
about screwing up on live TV when the real thing happens.