Model Forum / General / Rockets / October 2006

What happened to the ROL website?

The folllowing is an excerpt form the June 1995 issue of Model Rocketeer by
Mark Bundick:
Current Regulations:
The following items are considered exempt from BATF regulation:

What are peoples thoughts regarding the max safe deployment velocity
for a typical mid power (F <---> I impulse) rocket of paper or
phenolic and also glass construction, assuming tubular nylon harness,
without causing damage such as a zipper?

"SCHEDULING ORDER
The parties appeared before the Court on October 17, 2006, for a status
conference.
Based upon the discussions at this hearing, it is on this 17th day of

One of the claims of ATFE is that APCP is explosive because it contains
its own oxidizer.  So some questions:
1.  What is the reaction between zinc and sulfur?  Is one of them an
oxidizer?

What ever happened to Shrox?

I just found out about this.
http://home.comcast.net/~commonsensenow/racism.html
Is it old news to you folks?

Today I received an email from a Roy Parker, who I gather used to work with
the ATF. I don't know if he still does. Anyway If anybody was wondering if
current or former ATF agents are persusing RMR, I think now we have some
veidence that they do.

I put in a request through the MIT information services department to
get a copy of the report by AFRL for the ATF:
"Reaction Rate Determination of Hobby Rocket Motors, Time Fuse and
Powdered Propellants", United States Air Force Research Laboratory

I'd like to invite the community to a Rocketry Chat tonight on Rocketry
Planet.
http://www.rocketryplanet.com/content/view/249/70/

has anybody noticed that the graph that the ATF provided to show realtive
burn rates seems, to be, well off in actual scale?
the 36mm is too close to the 100mm mark while the 143 mark is way too close
to the 1,000mm mark. Would somebody be so kind to redarw it to scale?  Is

I was wondering if anyone would interested in a sport launch in Findlay
Ohio, this spring I would like to know if anyone will come before I
start making arrangements.
Donald A. Laskey KC8YUD

http://www.pulsar.gs/DecalPRO/Vertical/1_MENU/1b_Overview/Overview.html
Can anyone who's purchased one of these things tell me how well it
works and what kind of company is behind it?
Looks like exactly what I wanted without knowing it existed. :-) But

http://shrinkster.com/j5u
or
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/14/science/14rocket.html?ex=1161489600&en=5c899db
5a0cd71b2&ei=5070&emc=eta1
Roy