Model Forum / General / Rockets / May 2005

Where I work, Goodrich/UPCO, the city of Phoenix is changing the zoning to
reflect what we really do, this is good. We need as many people as possible
to go to this site, http://www.preservegoodrich.com/tellcity.asp , and fill
it out so the city will pass the new zoning.

Today is the anniversary of Alan Shepard's sub-orbital flight, with the
US taking their first tentative steps on a voyage of adventure and
discovery that led us to the moon.  The ORIGINAL "one small step"!

Along with the rest of ther Big Ears stuff thats getting posted.
Check out the Big EARS pictures in the 2005 gallery section of my website
and there are several videos including one of Ben's Awesom Nesesis 3 flights
in the video section.

  Bought some light alarm beepers from
http://shopping.netsuite.com/s.nl;jsessionid=ac112b1e1f43c8574ca3016d4f6c905afd0
b807fe19d ...

I'd heard many folk talking about the 40% off coupon from Michael's and
since this is a sale week I figured I would check it out. My first thought
was wow, $49!! For a 24 pack! This is the most I'd seen a bulk back for, did
some quick math in my head (factoring a 3 pack @ walmart as ...

Gentlemen:
A summary of key technical results and conclusions from my High Power
Rocketry Magazine tech article "Departures from Ideal Performance for
Conical Nozzles and Bell Nozzles, Straight-Cut Throats and Rounded

I'm looking for the supplier of those small PCB mount screw switches
that are used on the Blacksky Altacc.  I know Aerocon resells them, but
I'm looking for the wholesale source for them.
I'm considering changing our avionics bays to include these instead of

Rockethead Rocket is please to announce that they have join forces with
Underdog Rockets to produce and sell the Gamma III Optimized. This Rocket is
design by Jason Toft and put into kit form by Underdog Rockets as a fund
raiser for their TARC team In Greenville SC. We have ...

I dote over every single word, comment, opinion, flame, and arguement
posted by the esteemed members of this newsgroup.  However, from time-to-
time, there are off-topic posts that are spammed or cross posted into this
newsgroup.  Currently I'm using Xnews which is a fine reader.  ...

Hello, glad to have found this group. I recently went to Lucerne to
launch a couple of F and G powered rockets and found it to be far to
windy to safely launch. Is El Mirage calmer, wind wise?
Secondly, I noticed in one of the threads that there is a few for

On the cover the 1957 Mechanix Illustrated,
it looks like the boy is holding a fashionable little cigar, as he lite the
rocket with with an ordinary fuse.
the father smoking a pipe comforts the scared little girl as the rocket

I've been working on a scale PWN-10A (Super Loki-Dart) and trying to figure
out a good method for gap staging. The first stage motor and second are
about 6 Feet apart so engine to engine are out of the question. I built one
with an electronics bay and put together a simple capacitor ...

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I'm finally going to start dipping my own igniters. Just makes sense to me.
I already have my pryogen. Any hint's or suggestions.  It would be great if
we could stay on topic.