Model Forum / General / Rockets / November 2004

Places like ehobbies are still showing the new Estes line as coming in
"late October."  Has anyone heard any updates yet?
David Erbas-White

I saw on a railroad group that November is Model Railroad month.  Is there a
similar thing for rockets(I couldn't find anything)?  If there isn't, there
*should* be...
Eldred

 I figure some might find this amusing.
 I found some ancient rocket parts from my youth, a BT5 mated to a BT20
by a hollowed out balsa transition piece. Obviously I had planned to
build something that could hold a larger recovery device than a normal

Similar in design to the skeletal structure of pterodactyls and/or
bird's wings, like the ribs of an umbrella, they wold fold flat against
the main body during lift and after apogee would 'pop' out to form a
wing shape with with it's cloth (mylar?) covered curved surface provide

I there a site on the net where I can find the masses of various
components?  I am using VCP to design a rocket and I need to know the
mass of a LOC 54mm x 10" nosecone, a 54mm coupler tube and 29mm motor
mount tube.  I am also interested in the density of the 6mm birch

Not many messages being posted here, is everyone watching the elections
tonight?

U.S. Air Force Takes a Look at Teleportation,
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technovel_teleport_041103.html
Beam me up Scotty......
Rich Kroboth

Well, with 34 interested parties (voting) we have ID'd the top two
"Best of Breed" for RMR Descon:
http://www.rmrdescon.com
Top Dog: Robert Galejs' Flying Purple People Eater of Death

...for lawyers and insurance companies!  Any idea how much money has been made
by these people since the early 80's?  My guess is around three million
dollars.  When I first joined the NAR in 1968 the dues were only five dollars.
Things sure have changed!

Posted this last night but it never showed up I guess the server did not
want me posting a binary even if it was only 30kb :-)
here is a link
not a great shot but considering my equipment and no tripod it much better

Is a USR PAR-16 a 16" parachute?

Universal will release the October Sky Special Edition on January
25th. This release will feature Dolby 5.1 and DTS audio and anamorphic
video. Extras will include:
Feature Commentary With Homer Hickam

Why couldn't a GPS antenna coupled with a telemetry unit be used to send the
GPS rf received on a flight to a land unit that would actually do the
calculations? There would be no drop out and the data interpretation could
lag 30 to 40 seconds behind if necessary. One would have a ...

anyone having trouble getting to newsgroups besides AOL users?

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