Model Forum / General / Rockets / April 2006

NARAM-48 Contest Director Matt Steele is pleased to announce that the
NARAM Sport Launch has been substantially expanded, due to the generous
assistance of the Southern Arizona Rocketry Association (SARA, NAR
Section 545). SARA has assumed the responsibilities for all sport

I'm thinking about building a Honest John from scratch. My first rocket
was a Estes Honest John back in 1973.
I have all the parts except the nose. Do you guys have any suggestions
on where to find the nose cone?

Today is the 15th anniversary of the first NAR member in space: Jay Apt.
I went down to Florida for the launch. The morning was an absolute downpour.
We got up anyway, but figured we were wasting our time. By dawn it had
stopped raining, and we could barely make out the VAB and the ...

I just found a program on the FAA web site that converts Lat/Long info into
radials and distance. Haven't played wit it yet, or figured out how to use
it, but it should be handy both for filing waivers, and for doing GPS
related math.

   I am in the midst of the LEUP process and just received a call from my
contact about the variance for attached garages.  One of the stipulations is
that the "initators" ie, igniters, are in a separate magazine.  I cannot
believe that you all have two magazines so I assume that ...

To All,
This Past Weekend we were busy certifying another 12 motors with Paul
Holmes of Tripoli Motor Testing. One of those motors, which has already
been announced by Paul Holmes is the new O-6300 Motor. This is the most

Can anyone tell me if there are any clubs or launch sites around the
Grand Junction/Delta/Montrose area? I haven't been to a launch since I
left AZ 4 years ago and the itch is getting real bad.
Thanks!

This was an experiment in the use of Microsoft Excel
for rocket simulation. The idea is that you get a high
level language (VBA), a user interface, a solver and graphing
in one package. If the user has to do more, that person