Model Forum / General / Rockets / June 2005

Just got back from our annual 11th grade El Mirage Rocket Launch. What a
day! Blue skies, light winds, lots of sun. They've actually paved the road
out to El Mirage now.......what a change from 10 years ago when even
porta-potties were non-existent. We flew over 100 rockets today ...

Folks I've been out of rockets for a couple of years and just came accross
it all in the attic.  99% of it was the estes stuff.  I was preparing to get
into hpr with the aerotech kit a few years ago.
Is it a wise idea to go that route instead of a rail and quad pod or

I am building a rocket from scratch with three fins.  It has been a long
time since I had to lay out three fins and I don't recall how to do this.
I will be building the motor mount with the fins attached first and then
sliding the slotted body tube over if that matters.

Martin updated the website with the latest info regarding launch site
status. May 29 launch is moved to Lucerne. Vitis our YahooGroup for
future updates.
http://home.earthlink.net/~mebowitz/

Has anybody taken a look at the pyro's foundation lawyers analaysis of the
cpsc suits against firefox and skylighter?
http://www.fireworksfoundation.org/CPSC-Mawhorr3.aspx
he makes the following statement:

Purchased the Project Mercury 1/12 scale Mercury Capsule kit
at my local hobby store. This week from May 30 thur June 4, 2005
All plastice model kits half off. Just thought I would let every
body know.

The ATF still hasn't published their threatened change to the Propellant
Actuated Device definition (they still have one more day in May before their
latest estimate in the agenda goes bust) but they did publish the final rule on
marking explosives.

I was given an Estes Blue Ninja as a pressie....
As much as I enjoyed receiving it, that sparkle blue colour and the plastic
fin assy wasn't for me....  :-)
My evil twin decided to change it........hence the Bertha NC, New MMT & Fins

In an incredible bit of serendipity, I managed to get
the parts for a number of Estes Scramblers (Kit #
2072)  The hobby store owner had them sitting in his
back room.  Apparently they were ordered and paid for

Last week, there was a thread related to locating and aligning fins on a
body tube.  I discovered a *wonderful* script to generate a wrap:
http://www.42nd-dimension.com/rocketry/templates.html
The page also contain a neat script to generate paper transitions, as well.

I just updated Fire & Smoke for June. Follow:  http://vernarockets.com/ and
click the link to the Special Feature page. Some cool rocket stuff and
photos including a couple of static tests with rockets on the rod.
Randy

I hope y'all on the East Coast can make it to NYPOWER over the Fourth
of July weekend. Plenty of hybrid GSE will be available. Our friends
from the Skybusters club will be there, and if it's anything like
previous years, they will be happily lobbing LOC Magnums with HyperTEK

http://www.hobbylinc.com/prods/t_n.htm
SO, what is the est2119 36 D Squared??