Model Forum / General / Rockets / October 2006

I pass this on with no comment.
http://www.aikensairplanes.com/mahogany/zz_apollo.htm
Bill Sullivan

Does anyone know if there is a model or high power rocketry scene in south
Korea - there may be a job prospect for me there.  Erm, lets avoid the
obvious jokes...
Happy skies,

My NAR newsletter just came a few days ago.  In it they discuss the new
rule.  They are encouraging all of us to log into the NAR web site to get
instructions on how and were to respond. We need to give the BATF our
responses and objections to the rule.  They want to generate as ...

with the 62.5 g limit looming on 10/10/06 I thought I would post a summary
of where we stand.
The original counts:
count 1 says that APCP doesn't function by explosion and therefore ATF does

Got a Quad Pod pad delivered the other day.  The one with the stainless
deflector.  Looks nice. Trying to make up my mind to name her either
Lisa or Leslie...
Hey - The past few years of taking a bunch of city scouts out to the

I finally got around to trying to fly the Pencam SD that I picked up a while
back. But I seem to be having problems with the batteries. The first flight
the battery door popped open in flight, and I got nothing. A piece of
gaffers tape cured that problem. The second flight apeared ...

These guys have some useful copper and chromium compounds that are
reasonably priced fer small amounts :
http://www.seattlepotterysupply.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?

I was wondering what type of plastic the loc precision nose cones are
made of.  Also, what adhesives can bond these nose cones?
Also, after fiberglassing the air frame, the outside diameter of the
air frame is larger than the O.D. of the nose cone.  How do people deal

I am planning on going to the TCC (Tripoli of Central California) October
Sky launch on the 13th.  I have no LEUP.  Just my NAR and Tripoli level 2
certs. Due to the new ATF rule will I be able to buy motors?  How about
flying the ones I already have?  How about my experimental ...

The best way to buy calendar
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Here is a build thread on a 1/3 scale Apollo Little Joe
http://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=28949&perpage=20&pagenumber=1
It is planned to be flown at Plaster Blaster http://www.plasterblaster.com/
There are more pics on the PB site

I'm building a short stubby rocket and plan to mount an altimeter in the
fin can area between two of the fins. The body tube is 5.5" diam and 21"
long. The distance between the centering rings is about 11" and there
are 4 fins total.

This is the onboard video I got the other weekend.  It's in mpeg4
format with mp3 audio.  You'll need VideoLan or mplayer to play it.
Both of which are free.  It will not play with Windows Media Player.
http://www.hyperspace.org.uk/rocket-video/klob2006/adr2-klob06.avi

I recieved advice a little while back from a user. And that changed the
way i looked at rocketry. He said "After a while everything starts to
look like a rocket part to you" After joining the NAR, and becoming a
lot more serious (find my "How do you put a "p" level motor into a

AeroTech Information Release
Dated: 10/3/06
CEDAR CITY, Utah USA -- On October 10, 2006 new regulations promulgated
by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) will