Model Forum / General / Rockets / April 2005

I've looked and looked, but I haven't been able to find an altimeter
bay for use with a 54mm airframe.  I just got my 29mm SkyRipper Hybrids
and I gotta try them out...
Any ideas on either pre-built, kits or plans for such a beast???

Almost let this slip through...
Today is the 44th anniversary of the first man in space, and the 24th
anniversary of the first Space Shuttle launch.
    Bob Kaplow    NAR # 18L    TRA # "Impeach the TRA BoD"

Yep, for the first 13 days of April, Model Minutes US has seen slow
sales... so, I have decided to help.
The Model Minutes Sales are Slow Sale is focused on getting our newest
kit, the 31" tall, G-200 Heavy Carrier out there.  So, with the

As some of you already know, there is a bit of a situation with electric
matches brewing. Copied below is a bulletin I recently sent to our dealers.
http://www.electricmatch.com i.e. MJG makes matches for the fireworks
industry that seem to have decent electrical characteristics for ...

And I was there.
I had left my job as editor of Model Retailer Magazine and was starting
to work at the AMA, but I planned it with a two-week gap so I could
drive from Virginia to Florida. I had wangled press credentials while I

The Long awaited LDRS 23  DUAL DVD SET is on the way,  Hangar 11, Inc
expects it first shipment in by 4/16/2005
You can PREORDER at
https://safeco2.net/cgi-pmcserv/web_store.cgi

A guy who sits next to me at work handles our explosives and he brough
in a cool device from the 1940's that is used to test continuity. It
was made by Hercules. The resulting discussions resulted in web
searches and the following info:

 I just made this chute and was wondering how much a 36" nylon chute goes
for these days. I was thinking of selling it, its an 8 gore 1/4 round
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26/mrgizmo/chute36.jpg

Does anyone happen to know if its still stable when shortened up by removing
the payload section?

Well, it's happened again. The site was going along well when the person who
donated the server space has dropped of the face of the planet. Everything
is gone. This happened when it was a dot org, and now its the dot com site.
I have no way of transferring either of the domain ...

well I took BK advice and called one of his contacts and emailed the
other...
here is the email response I got:
"Sorry to hear of your conflicts with the local FAA managers.  This is

 What length of shock cord would I need for this rocket? Is there a formula
for this?
approx. weight 2.5 - 3 lb
length     48"

Anyone have a link to a good "how to" website for rear ejection methods
(pictures preferred)?  Upscaling a mosquito and figured it would land better
in the nose down position.
Koen

Not too long ago our club, CATO (NAR581) was asked to come out to a day long
festival called the Housatonic Council Cub Scout Rocket Derby. The initial
request was for us to bring out some HPR static models so the boys could
gaze at them, and then possibly toss a few up to break ...