Model Forum / General / Rockets / June 2005

I just tried out my new Estes Oracle.  As most know by now when the power is
off all video is lost.  I don't have a laptop to down load the video to in
the field. So I picked a launch site ~15 minutes from home.  I put a new
battery in the nose and off to the site I went. Launch was ...

Does anyone know any good APCP propellant mixtures that can be measured
by volume, not mass?

If anyone is interested, I have an auction on ROL & am selling 10
issues of the old Tripolitan magazine. The issues are from Oct.'88-June
'91. The first 6 issues are in black & white, before the Tripolitan
starting coming out in color.

  Need some help after the fact here.  Launched a D13-7 reload, first
attempt actually, in an Estes Nova Payloader.  Had 6 launches on the
ship previously and it was suffering from the Hibachi effect as the
beautiful red paint job was bubbling.  Winds were from the South at

I have some rockets up on ebay for sale.  Thank you for looking, the
bidding starts at $0.99 on the older kits.  All items are in perfect
condition.  The Black Brant needs a little touch up for slight
scratches.

It's a sad day in B'ham.
At 5:00pm channel 13 is showing live, Spivey's Hobby Store almost
completely engulfed in flames. The reporter on the scene says everyone got
out ok. No cause as yet.

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/111-06042005-498196.html
This is the last article in a week's worth of information after an odd
young man scribbled a bomb threat on the bathroom wall.  This is about
the 10th article on the incident and the only one with the word 'rocket

Pyramid Rocketry LLC Now Open
June 10, 2005
Web posted at: 1:06 PM EDT
(ROL Newswire) --  Pyramid Rocketry LLC is now open for business.

Why does WL propellant swell and get 'crusty'?
I compared WL and BT slugs(24mm reloads),and the WL slugs had swelled and
had that white crust on them,the BT slugs were unchanged.

I am looking for the following kits or parts:
Centuri Egg Capsule (Same as the capsule Estes used in the #1996
Eggspress and #2072 Scrambler kits)
I really only need the plastic nose cone and tail cone for the capsule,

Let's say that you have an end-burning APCP motor that starts out with 6" of
propellant, right up against the inside face of the nozzle.  The diameter
shouldn't matter, but let's say it is 54mm.  Let's say that the motor burns
ideally - a flat flamefront on the exposed face of ...

What is the best knot to tie a piece of elastic cord to a piece of
Kevlar cord?
David Erbas-White

I just got one today and either their engineers "borrowed" some design
traits or they hired Rob Edmonds to design the kit for them. The design
traits are just so amazingly like an Edmonds model it's scary. Laser cut
parts, tabs and mating saddles, and just the plain styling of ...

Anybody see this giant scale B-52?
http://www.mcgirt.net/RC/VIDEOS/Giant_B52
Actually has 8 "real turbines" at about $1500 each!
It has a wing span of about 22 feet, and weighs 330 lb fully fueled.

Moon walk or Vatican / Secret agency / NASA conspiracy
Buzz Aldrin assault incident
In September 2002, Bart Sibrel's repeated demands (over several years)
that astronaut Buzz Aldrin swear an oath on the Bible that he had