Model Forum / General / Rockets / March 2006

I just want to thank everyone involved from the NAR and Tripoli in the ATF
lawsuit.
In addition, and in particular, Thank You Joe Egan, Marty Malsch, John
Lawrence and

You people have been such a good and quick resource. I need a good
concept/formula to calculate a CP for a large project. What's a quick
and dirty way and also the classic way?
Thank you

MTMA Launch: March 11, 2006, Summit County Fairgrounds
I woke up the morning of the launch to calm and foggy conditions, but
the fog moved out before I got to the field. The weather's been
unseasonably warm for the past few days and today was no exception. It

i was wondering if anyone knew of reload propellant slugs in the 24 or
29mm size that do not have the slot cut to build end burner
configurations using similar techniques to those discussed jan extreme
rocketry- experimental rocketry -  single use motor construction

For rear facing intake valveless pulse jet, Whats the rule of thumb for
length of the combustion chamber compared to length of the entire
engine. Does anybody have some good tips on designing theese types of
engines?

a while back someone posted a good source for thin mylar for use in release
material for paper tube glassing/composite layups.  please repost links
thanks.
Koen

I do not know, if this is of any interest for you. But I have made a
paper model of an ariane 3 rocket for download at my website.
http://www.geocities.com/nielspapermodels/
It is in scale 1:96 - and it is a detailed model.

plz tell me effect of humidity on mechanical properties of solid rocket
motor

Anyone ever use one of theses bad boys to say fasten a nose cone to a body
tube payload bay so that the nose will not come off under regular ejection
stresses? It seems like it might also have applications of holding on
altimeter bay doors etc. It might be a touch tricky to slide ...

Hi to all -  http://www.picoalt.com/
Is anybody familiar with these units? I'm considering getting a P1 to
put in my scratch builds. While I realize it's not a big expenditure, I
just thought I might find out if anybody has any experience with these

I haven't posted on any newsgroup in some time, but I needed to bring this
up.
5 months ago, I won a Titan kit from US Rockets along with a pack of Ellis
Mountain E12 motors from Just Rockets.

The Car and Deep Cycle Battery FAQ has been updated.  The current
version is 5.4, dated February 26, 2006 and can be found on
www.batteryfaq.org.  Answers to Frequently Asked Questions, tips,
manufacturer's information, references and hyperlinks are contained on

Check this out....
http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_awst_story.jsp?id=news/030606p1.xml
...might explain LOTS of those sightings and sonic booms that were going on
back in the 90's....

The NERRF DVD from VooDoo Digital Productions which has been available
at the new Hangar 11 store at  http://www.k3rjb.com/area51/
It is now also available from the new ROCKETS magazine website at
http://www.libertylaunchsystems.com/ in the video section.  ROCKETS

Does anyone have any pointers concerning sanding/finishing Public Enemy body
tubes?
I have a Performer and the regular cardboard airframe (with spiral groove)
is sort of shrink wrapped with a thin plastic overcoat.  The owner of PE