Model Forum / General / Rockets / September 2006

You decide... Fox news, fair and balanced!
http://tinyurl.com/gjt9e  <--- NASA debate video
Lunar

Could this be Little Joe III?
http://www.usspacenews.com/
Bill Sullivan

I have a question about the mystery objects "falling" from the Atlantis
mentioned on the news today:
If the shuttle is in orbit around the earth and outside of the Earth's
gravity, how does objects "fall"?  Are they actually propelled?

Hey everybody,
It's been about six years now since I've flown anything. Tomorrow my 5 yr
old and I are heading to the GAMMA field in GA for some long overdue fun!
The only thing I have flight ready is the old trusty stock EZI, but it's

Ya know I was thinking of letting this one go, but nope, I must comment
as this topic has been discussed on this group and on other forums,
even non-rocketry forums.
Please visit this link, then come back and read on:

Check out my onboard rocket video from the last DARS launch, the NTHP at
Windom, Texas. Quality is much lower that the original but it's still pretty
cool. It is slowed down by 4 to give a good viewing.
Ted Mahler

On August 16th I filled out my application to the NAR online and
received an email the next day acknowledging the receipt of my
membership and saying that it would take some time to process the
membership.  I waited for about a month and then decided to inquire

The annual October Sky Festival will be held on October 7, 2006 in
Coalwood, West Virginia.  Cape Coalwood, the location of the launch pad
described in the memoir Rocket Boys, and shown in the movie October
Sky, will be open for rocket launches.   Please contact my assistant

Just thinking - Is it possible the ATFE expects to lose the lawsuit
about APCP so instead they will try to shut down HPR by regulating
ignitors as explosives?
It seems logical to me.  After all, if we can't get ignitors to ignite

Has does anyone have experience with the aerosleeves products for
fiberglassing an airframe.
http://www.aerosleeves.com/4_Fiberglass_Sleeving_p/y26l400r.htm
If so, I have a 4 inch ezi-65 which everyone in this group is probably

Hello, I'm about to assemble my 1st LOC kit (an Onyx).  I was all set to use
carpenter's wood glue when I read
in the instructions that LOC wants me to use epoxy.  I was under the belief
that the body tube would tear and the fin would break before the yellow glue

He went out tiger hunting with his elephant and gun
In case of accidents he always took his mom
He's the all-American bullet-headed Saxon mother's son
All the children sing:

I am new to this hobby but been watching from afar and I am really into
hybrids. I live in the UK and have been told to watch KLOB, so I will
be there especially as they seem to be having an hybrid challenge.
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.tech ...

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Well, its been so many years (and they go by quick) since I got my last L1
(and lost it too cause I let it lapse), I am putting my rocketry finishing
skill to use to do this...
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/6835/img0057ik8.jpg