Model Forum / General / Rockets / September 2006

Set your TiVo, Atlantis is 'go' for launch this morning at 11:40:32 a.m. EDT!

Delrin, plastic, aluminum, acetal, conformal...
What are the best and most durable rail guides to use, and what is the best
method for attaching them to the airframe (epoxy, screw with backing
plate...)

PENINSULA, Ohio USA -- A rare opportunity to purchase probably the best
made high-power kraft cardboard rocket kit on the market is slowly
drawing to a close.  Doug Stout has just 10 of his unusually high
quality 4.08" ARCAS kits left and when they are gone, they are gone forever ...

People,
We're moving tomorrow and we will be without Usenet access for several
months. This will be our last post for a while but we hope to be back on
Usenet by year's end.

back in the late 90's ROL had a netmail feature. the announcement is at
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.models.rockets/browse_thread/thread/c384c2e36
96effa8/8a7d5c203d7dc3c6?lnk=st&q=Rocketry+Online+announces+Yahoo-style+free+ema
il+services&rnum=1&hl=en#8a7d5c203d7dc3c6
what is ...

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REMINDER, SINCE this particular "evidence" regarding the laser
reflectors (which are indisputably on the surface of the Moon)
has been repeatedly cited as "proof" that living human beings

I've just finished posting the pics from my latest Mojave/Nevada rocket
trip. Didn't get many decent aerial photos this time, mainly because I
lost a complete rocket and camera payload and wasted two full days
searching for them. But there are a few good aerial shots, plus many

I'm looking at making some scale models of modern rockets.  Unfortunately
the great majority of modern rockets use thrust vectoring so they don't
require fins.  Clearly this cannot be easily achieved with small model rockets.
I'm interested in finding out what people have done to ...

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I have an Estes Comanche III which keeps having the same issue over and
over again.  Recovery on the rocket is with dual streamers.  Because it is
designed to go quite high (for a C/D class rocket) on 3 stages, Estes chose
streamers instead of a parachute for the upper stage.

Anyone else experiencing problems with Pratt Hobbies? I've got a small
Kevlar order that's 11 days old and no answer from E-mails. Anyone else?
Ted Mahler

I've been experimenting with a no-wadding chute packing/deployment
method and run into a snag.
What I've done is to run a stuffer tube all the way up to the nosecone,
then pack the shock cord and chute around the stuffer.  The nosecone has

I have purchased the ezi-65 with intent to certify level 1.  Which
motor choice is best?  It can accommodate a 29mm, 38 mm or 54mm motor.
I am looking for versatile, cheap, and reliable.  I know-pick two, but
now all three.  I am looking at the RMS 38/240 case with an H-123W

Cheapest source for small quanities of Nichrome wire.
30, 32, 34, 36, 40, 48 gauges in stock. Free shipping for US orders.
http://www.pnjresources.com/Nichrome_page.htm

Hello, again. I mixed up a batch of epxoy (West Systems) and noticed
that the hardener had turned brown. The resulting mix comes out the
colour of light chocolate milk. This was at the end of the can but the
pump is stained with it. It seems OK though, and sets up and glues