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Last-modified: 2002 May 29

My son just "graduated" from the Starbase Atlantis Model Rocket Club
taught at NAS Whiting through his schools 5th grade class. He was 1 of
4 5th graders to get a special award for making 100% on the class
which to my understanding, was the first year this has happened and

I haven't seen many postings in RMR lately, so I thought I would try
to get a thread started.  Do you have a tip or idea for your fellow
model rocketeers?  If so, post it, and let's see if we can make RMR
useful again.

Up for auction is a rare 25th Anniversary Commemorative Special
Edition Star Trek Starship Enterprise Estes Flying Model Rocket Kit.
(Wow!  That's a mouhtful! :)  Brand New, Never Opened, Still Sealed!
Released in 1991 to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the original

After 10 years away from the hobby I'm back.  I think the last time I
fly my lifting body rockets was NARAM 39.  I'm building the next
generation of lifting bodies called RLBV II.  Check out http://www.liftingbody.com
I'd love to hear from my old buddies again.

Archive-name: model-rockets/intro
Rec-models-rockets-archive-name: rockets-faq/part00-intro
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Last-modified: 2002 May 29

Just brainstorming but I was wondering if anyone was (for example)
Drag Racing or Speed Boating, maybe even the opposite of striving for
hight; Deep Water Depth Challenge.
How would someone shoot a 'rocket' straight down into the water and

Hey all,
I really liked my Estes X-Ray as a kid and sent a few grasshoppers
skyward (all recovered fine) with it. Now that I'm into HPR, I thought
I'd go upscale!  After balancing budget with what I could find on my