Model Forum / General / Rockets / November 2005

Anyone have a source for thin mylar sheets?
Koen

Hi Gang,
One item left from previous auction...
Doug Pratt's book: Basics of Model Rocketry, 1981
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6014651256

Is there some rules/guidelines for deciding WHERE to cut the BT when
converting to an antizipper design?
I'm modding a Renegade and installing a baffle in the sustainer, so I
thought I'd use that baffle as a coupler on an anti-zipper design.

The NARCON 2006 website is now online!  http://www.narcon2006.org
NARCON 2006, which is sponsored by WOOSH and the NAR, will be held on
March 10-12th, 2006, at UW-Parkside in Kenosha, WI.
Our keynote speakers will be Leroy Piester, founder and president of the

I'm looking for any information or photos of the original Estes
Electro-launch. This is the one that was a wooded block with holes drilled
for the batteries. I have downloaded the old catalog pages but can't get
enough detail. What I would really like to find is a scan of the

My Estes Oracle made it's second flight yesterday and once again I saw
a lot of spin and flopping around in the resulting video
http://www.midlandfm.org/blastoff//Movie_0002.wmv
It was somewhat windy, but that is almost a given in Michigan.

Greetings All,
Since we began our website last March, Verna and I have been doing
everything we can think of to promote the hobby, not just in Alabama but
everywhere.

Is there any fireproof material that can be used for streamers without
wadding?
I know about standard crepe party streamers, but I would like something
a little more durable.

O.k., some background.  I've been working on a rocket glider project, which will
be balsa & ply construction and have balsa sheeted wings.  My plan is to cover
with silkspan & dope, then apply primer and enamel for the final finish.  While
researching different finishing methods, I ...

I want to make a hybrid motor but don't know where to get the nitrus oxide.
Any suggestions for an inexpensive place to buy?
Thanks
KT

10/13/05 I visited the Save Rocketry Now website and noticed I won a
prize contributed by U.S. Rockets and immediately emailed my shipping
information.
10/14/05 I was received an email from Jerry Irvine saying 10% of the

does anyone know if BlackSky have ceased trading / shut up shop or if
anything majorly bad has happened to Scott Bartel since LDRS?
I've got an unresolved problem - an undelivered AltAcc - and I've had no
reply to multiple emails since the end of July. I've had confirmation

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/11/16/051116134610.f5r7ssv0.html
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I'm in the very beginning of planning a high performance rocket, based on an
H650 or I700 motor system, and am quite concerned about airframe failure.
I'm wondering at what point people start reinforcing airframes, and the
benefits of different materials. From what I've read, ...