Model Forum / General / Rockets / August 2005

Fifteen year old Amanda Meyer of Madison, Connecticut is trying to solve
a 3-year-old dispute over one of NASA's earliest spacesuits. Read about
it at:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/08/29/space.suit.girl.ap/index.html

This is an email that was forwarded to me, originally from John Pursley.
Looks like he's been working on restoring the REAL JSC Saturn-V. You might
want to watch for this show tonight.
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Wonder how this would go on an 18mm...? Also has the Thunderbird 4
available... uh oh, I feel a second childhood coming on...[:>o

I work at a rocket company. We have been forced to relocate our static fire
tests for large SRBs to Edwards Airforce Base to avoid large fees from the
state of california for air permits to cover the smoke we make.
The other day I was reading in the Sacramento BEE (our local ...

Folks,
I put together a little info on some cluster testing of Quickburst
"Poppers" I did. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
See it here: http://tinyurl.com/cvp9d

Folks,
My little "vacation" is over, XAVIEN is open again. My wife and I had a
little girl, Carmen. So the XAVIEN family has proudly grown some more.
Thanks for all the kind emails I received from people and all open

Frank authorized the upload of a video interview I did with him. If you
like Frank, watch it.
If you are a troll. Just go away quietly please.
Thanks.

Could anyone tell me or point in the right direction to find out if there is any formal  or recommended protocol to launch small Estes model rockets in New York state?
I haven't launched any model rockets in at least 15 years and to be honest I was never more than a young kid ...

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This week Hobby Lobby has a sale on wood products, including balsa and
basswood.
Finding GOOD balsa these days requires searching lots of stores. In 40 years
of buying, I've learned hw to quickly identify the best wood, then I weigh

Well, hold on to your hats if you want to see what some old Cox rockets
are going for on ebay...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5994689565
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5994746203

TRA website states "Decertified For Quality".  Anyone here have any
problems with this motor?  I don't remember ever having a motor decert
listed at TRA like that before.
http://www.tripoli.org/tmt/JMotors.shtml

Hey everyone,
I just got a 15 foot military surplus chute a few days ago for about
$50. It came all packed in a very small deployment bag, lines and all.
I took the parachute out to look at and soon realized how big it

I just found an old RV catalog, the one that was published just prior to
their going under in December years ago. I am open to any offers. This has
all of the rockets on it including the Gryphon and the Pegasus as well as
the proposed Roto X rocket. The catalog/poster is in ...