Model Forum / General / Rockets / January 2007

Question from a newbie: is there a easy way to find correlation between
chamber pressure and performance? Stronger case means you may run
smaller nozzle and higher pressure - but stronger case is for sure
heavier. How "professional modelists" will find best balance between

Where is every body?

Editorial by MARK MAYFIELD, LAUNCH Magazine
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Rocketry Planet is pleased to bring you a guest editorial by Mark
Mayfield, editor-in-chief of LAUNCH Magazine.  Mark has been in the

Just curious...seems to be a good size gathering of vendors and such,
with plenty of local talent..due to a knee injury, think I'll remain
just a spectator.
Bob K.

< In the video, this guy is supposed to sound like Pepe Le Pu
(sp?) >
Subject: Ah far'd zee roquet and WAAAAAAAAAA......
http://www.jet-man.com/actuel.html

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6937709
As you might recall Judge Walton is hearing the NAR/TRA lawsuit against
the ATF. The trial of Scooter Libby is getting a bit more publicity and
he was profiled on NPR this morning.

My son and I wan to set up a rocket for clustering composites, but I do not
want to sacrifice a single larger motor to launch it.
I'm eyeing the 1/4 scale Patriot from PML.  The four inch rocket has enough
room to put 2 x 24mm and a central 29mm and I have a hard time staying away ...

For those who have not heard, there will be an article in Parade
Magazine this Sunday (Many newspapers across the country carry Parade
in their Sunday editions). The Article is written by Homer Hickam.
Homer, as most of you know, wrote the book "The Rocket Boys", which was

Have the launch dates for BALLS 2007 been set yet? Will AHPRA be
handeling it this year ? And after reading about last years (2006)
launch in the current issue of Rockets, will this be a on or off year ?
That is will there be some big projects flown ? I myself will fly small

I have to extend my apologies to Kurt Kesler, who attended a SoAR
launch a couple of weeks ago after a long absence.
I thought I knew my Motor Certification lists well, and when he tried
to fly a Fat Boy on a C5-3, I told him it was no longer certified and

idk much about global warming or anything, but just today
something was announced. At TodaysHotNews.com , it reported : Arctic Ice Shelf
Broke Off Canadian Island - December 30, 2006 - The New York Times: The breaking
of the 41-square-mile shelf of floating ice appeared

I'm new to this group, but you seem like the type of people who would
enjoy what I've done.
Google Video Link: (can be found by doing a search for ' bonfire
rockets' or "Pennywhistle Productions"

i just want to know that what r the materials that is being used to
make the models of the rockets,i mean the model that is available to
carry out the projects,what is the real kind of materials used in the
actual rockets && the model rockets , me & my group of friends wanna

Press Release by Rocketman Enterprises
Thursday, January 18, 2007
BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota USA — Rocketman Enterprises, Inc., manufacturer
of high power rockets and high quality rocket recovery systems,