Model Forum / General / Rockets / September 2004

Among others, I got 3 interesting reactions to my post asking what's wrong
with the graphite bars I'm selling on Ebay.
1. One responder said that compared to the bricks in the photo, the graphite
bars look to be 1/2" square and just 14" long. The wall in the photo is NOT

[lookie] Companies with sucking sounds
Rocket Vision
Publicly stated loss $250,000
Cause of loss, spending exceeding sales.

6 days ago I put some graphite bars up for sale on eBay, and I announced the
sale in this newsgroup. I set the per-pound price WAY below what online
dealers are charging, but I haven't had any takers.
In the mid-1990s I sold these bars through an ad in HPR, and they went like

Has anyone got any BALLS 13 photos online anywhere? I'm particularly
looking for ones on my L3, but am interested in others also. I have a
few piccies up at the moment but only of my rocket, the rest will go
online in my gallery on Monday when i get back to the UK.

If Kurt wrote videogames..
http://www.interactionstudios.com/chickeninvaders.php
Enjoy :-)
G.

Any decent BLM launch sites west of Texas you've used and care to share?
We fly high power hybrids, and would like to pre-file FAA waivers for our
'rest stops' along the way.

Here is a diagram I found via Google:
<http://sfstation.members.easyspace.com/rcoll.htm>
Heck if a V2 can fly I don't see why this thing cant.
I esp like the idea of it flying back to landfall like some SR-71 scale

After my faithful old SureFire II finally gave up the ghost last month, I
ordered a new one from Pratt Hobbies. Got it today, and boy am I happy!
The current model is even nicer than the old one. The case and construction are
very sturdy and attractive.

Finished a Centuri Long Tom clone a couple of weeks ago and finally got to
fly it.
Description and pics here:  http://users.adelphia.net/~sliderule/longtom.htm

Hi, here's a historical question,
The kits I remeber from when I was a kid, some of them, the Estes "Astron
Mark" for example, had the body tube listed as BT-30, and this was the size
that the Estes A/B/C engine fit right in, with no engine mount.  Now the

So today I watched John Wayne in Hatari for the umpteenth time and I still
don't get it. What the heck kind of rocket was that? It was way too short
for stabile flight and I saw no fins or stick so how in the heck did that
thing fly?

I'm looking for a good site for hybrid motor info.

Anyone tried adapting an Estes BNC-30 nose (that fits the old BT-30, no
longer made) in a BT-20?  Looks like you'd just have to slim the OD and ID
down a few thousandths of an inch each, to have a match.  I'm trying to
re-create an old Estes kit that used a BT-30, and the noses are ...

I'm looking for some Nike Smoke fin dimensions. (Must be the smoke or MK 31
MOD 0) Anyone know where I can score some numbers?(As accurate as possible.)
Doc

What is needed?
Where to get it?
I saw some at Pratt Hobbies the price was not out of this world.
Can you make it you self?