Model Forum / General / Rockets / November 2005

Will the cellulose attic insulation (dog barf) really work for wadding
as is? I can get it by the bale at Lowe's, but I'm concerned it will
catch fire. Does it?
Ted

Are they dead? How do I get USR motors? Firestarters are freakin
awesome, I want some. Does the USR "S Motor" which is claimed to retail
for $32000 really exist? And can the "S motor" be flown with a level 3
certification. US Rockets has some cool stuff, but they are so

   Resently a comment on the Landley HL-20 came up. the writer via a
AIAA document stated that he BOR design also known as the HL-20 would
be a good design  for a manned space vehicle. Unfortunately the writer
did not know that the X-38 /X-24A design under the PRIME program also

Why not buy up a large parcel of land, and since you are the owner, you
can build soccer fields on it and lease it out for teams and leagues to
use WHEN YOU DECIDE and you can keep the best times for yor rocket
flying? You make $$$ off the footballers and have a launch site that

http://www.spacewar.com/news/missiles-05zzzzs.html and thankfully nobody
was hurt!  I enjoyed the "The solid rocket fuel usually does not explode
but burns" quote!  It looks like the boosters stayed in their shipping
frame.  I'm impressed...

this time they made a hybrid that was at least ten feet tall and weighed two
hundred pounds and they made it from common plumbing supplies it took two
days to make from scratch and used no2 and parrafinwax

Hobby Lobby has half off rocket kits and starter sets again this week.
Just stopped in one yesterday to put up a poster for our rocket club, and
they told me that corporate doesn't let them put up such things. Any one
else run into this. Another poster placer said the same for ...

Has anyone had any experience with kits from Polecat? They look pretty good
although a bit pricey. I am looking  at the larger V2.
Thanks.

Greetings to All,
It's time for the November update to www.vernarockets.com
This month our HPR Photo of the Month winner is WRS member Colin Rowe, with
photos by Ben Jarvis. The rocket and photos are simply awesome!