Model Forum / General / Rockets / September 2005

Don't forget, Plaster Blaster 4 fast approaching!
Tripoli San Diego and the Diego Area Rocket Team (DART) are holding the
fourth annual Plaster Blaster in Plaster City, California, 90 miles
east of San Diego. Plaster Blaster will take place on the weekend of

  I'm thinking of doing a level 2 certification flight and was wondering if
anyone has a recommendation for a good rocket to use for this?  We have a 10000
foot waiver at our high power launch site, but I don't think I want to come
anywhere near that for a certification flight.   ...

I belong to a group in the UK planning to launch high altitude met balloons
with payloads containing experiments, chiefly radio transmitters for GPS
telemetry and video. Can anyone suggest a method to reduce the spin of the
payload when it is getting thrown around in the high winds ...

I keep hearing about hybrid motors.  What is a hybrid? Is it a mix between
solid and liquid???

Apparently some moron in Denmark has come up with a blindingly clever
way to fight the evil greedy corporations: mount a hybrid-powered
rocket on a bicycle and fire weed seeds into genetically-modified
crops. I saw this on the Gizmodo blog this morning. Here's the link:

Over on TRF there is a moderated thread going on about  whose dick is
bigger: either the NAR or the TRA, so I posted what follows:
I guess my question is: why does it have to be the NAR or TRA? And why is
that our only choices? I mean in California, there you don't have to be a

Good day gentlemen;
I would like to introduce myself for those of you that may not
recognize my email address. I am Mike Roland one of the owners of
Newton's 3rd Rocketry in Portland Oregon, you may have seen one of our

I thought typhoons were bad, seems like Hurricanes do more damage or
something. I saw on discovery a while ago that typhoons tends to be stronger
since they have more space to get strong. But I guess its because of the
geography (we have a chain of mountains to the east that blocks ...

September website update for Fire & Smoke at: http://vernarockets.com/
Randy
http://vernarockets.com/

I've got much of my stuff stored away in various plastic boxes, mostly
Plano.  I've spent a fair amount of energy trying to find stuff the
'fits just right'.  On occasion, I'll post here some of my 'better'
findings.

Anybody got one in the box they'd be willing to part with?  Remove all
the zeros to reply.  TIA!
- tw

Dear Rocketeers:
Consider this an invitation to come to Coalwood, West (by God) Virginia
on Oct. 1 and meet the Rocket Boys of October Sky.  See my website at
http://www.homerhickam.com and click on the COALWOOD button for news

Obtain a copy of
Model  Airplane News, October 2005
Read the cover about a new starter plane set, P51 nitro mustang that takes
the pilot from L0, L1 and L2 in one ARF setup ready to go.