Model Forum / General / Rockets / April 2005

Starting a new thread to directly answer the gentlemen's question:
High Power Rocketry Magazine article on the KISS Flyaway Launch Lug.
High Power Rocketry Magazine, December 1996, Vol.11 No.9.
Content:

Found a new toy and it is AMAZING
its a 128mb thumbdrive with a twist. it has a VGA 30fps w/sound VIDEO
camera inside capable or recording almost 6 minutes of video !!
www.octave.com

Can anyone point me to descent rate design data for large streamers?
For example, if I have a 6 in. x 60 in. fabric streamer and, say, an
8 lb. rocket, what would the descent rate be?
(The plan for this particular project is to eject the nose and

I remember reading once that one can find an alternative to the
fire proof wadding that Estes sells at Home Depot and Lowes.  Is
it true?  If so, what is it?
Sam

Not.

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20050415/D89G4F100.html
That little igniter thing must be a favorite of the media
Chuck

Check this out. Huge scratch bult Wac Corporal on the
Rol Auction web site.
http://www.rocketryonline.com/cgi-bin/auctions/auction.cgi?all_rockets&1114810165

1961 Estes Catalog #261 and related items
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5970157632&ssPageName=ADME:B:
LC:US:1
DGH

I found a local manufacturer of custom  filament wound Carbon Fiber, Kevlar
& Glass items.  Tubing ( From 9.4mm up to 300mm), odd shaped objects etc....
I'm going to get them to make up some 75mm, 54mm & 38mm tubes, Couplers,
C-Rings, Nose cones.......Pretty much the entire ...

Mail Order Rocketry Aquires RS Rocketry
April 18, 2005
Web posted at: 1:46 PM EDT
(ROL Newswire) --  Mail Order Rocketry has recently purchased the

I flew my new Aiptek DV 5100m video camcorder twice in my 4" Endeavour last
week end at our Fire on the Farm launch in Pickrell, NE.  It only worked
once.  I think the first flight was my problem.  The second flight ended
rather abruptly when the main chute did not deploy.  The ...

http://www.coolrockets.com/shop.html
No connection to the company.  
David Takemoto-Weerts
Davis, CA

AeroTech Endorses Consumer Adjustment of RMS Delays
April 13, 2005
Web posted at: 12:43 PM EDT
Cedar City, UT (ROL Newswire) --  In response to recent customer

First, I'd ask everyone participating in this thread to recognize that
it is intended to be a flame-free thread...
Over the past few days, there has been much discussion about how it
would be 'technically' possible, and 'legally' possible, to modify RMS

Can anyone provide a lead on a (relatively) inexpensive temperature
sensing/logging device that for use in determining the peak temperature
and/or temperature profile of an igniter on ignition?