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...or more accurately, mach 5.1. And did it for about 6 minutes. Although it didn't reach the hoped-for mach 6, the test was considered a success; the rocket made it to high mach, didn't shred, and...

I guess I'm lucky; the cat doesn't eat stuff, he just pees on it.

I am horrified by their modified dump truck "The Beast". It becomes a locked tomb when the "shield" is in place. There is no way to open the doors when it is down. Additionally, it requires the...

Like the title says:

http://www.tcm.com/schedule/

Five good(?) movies on the line-up tonight.

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"New hobby store in Eureka". I've been watching the Sc-Fi Channel show of that name on Netflix. You can guess what went through my mind. Wonder what inventory *they* would carry (and how much...

John Stapp is definitely one of my heroes! You don't have to go "up" to be a rocket man!

Langley and MSFC?

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This might help:

http://www.youtube-mp3.org/

This might not...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zbi0XmGtMw

I've got a fragment of a song stuck in my head. It used to come on the (clock) radio each morning - 1970 or so. I've searched top-40 songs of the time and none matched. This is a puzzler, as I've...

For tumble recovery, I've built a lot of cones - "Party Hat of Doom" comes to mind. Just what it sounds like - a dollar store party hat (with slight mods for strength), and a motor mount. A variant...

There are two issues - getting the vertical borders (or margins) correct, and getting the horizontal borders correct. You can use a piece of paper wrapped around the body tube to lay out the...

It's also known as "Quatermass and the pit"

PM me with your info, and I'll see what I can do.

Wut about wrapping the BT with graph paper. You can figure out where the dia. lines up, then draw a diagonal line, or series of lines for the spital.

McMaster-Carr has been suggested as one source. Grainger (www.grainger.com) is another. They've got a wide selection of materials, and the catalog explains the differences between them.
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You guys seem to enjoy kicking the rattle can "chrome" paints around. What would be the best way to make a plastic NC (like a Fat Boy) look like (polished) brass?

Good video! Wow, that thing spins under chute! Good thing I had the beer after, not before. :wink:
For some reason, I thought these were parasitic (pop-off) external boosters, was waiting for them...

http://www.tcm.com/schedule/index.html?tz=est&sdate=2013-04-27

from: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/news/antares-rollout.html

Antares Test Flight Scheduled for April 17





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You mean this?

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Pyramids to the far right, towers of some kind to the right of the arch, then big structure at far left.

cw - wish my grandmother was still alive. I'd send you a jar of her plum preserves/jelly/jam. That stuff could make *anything* good, and make the already good heavenly. I've often thought about...

Looking really good. Wish I could see it fly!

Here's a challange: "Stock" Big Daddy to over a mile. Stock =~ materiel in kit - balsa and paper w/ plastic nose cone (obviously the motor mount will need to be replaced). No glass or carbon. ...

That's a ball hone. It might work. This is a cylinder hone...

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I found it at http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app4/skokie.html . Same picture. That might be the only picture of it on the internet. There might be others either in private collection or...

If I recall correctly, there was the "Estes" method and the "Centauri" method (this dates back to '60's or so). The "Estes" method was the tri-fold mount and a long elastic shock cord. The...

One technique I've got for "sizing" designs from photos (or screen grabs) is to print the picture on graph paper. You can even print your own graph paper, then print the rocket on top of it.
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Try this:
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trapezoidal fins, shaped more like sounding rockets I've got. With a D21 it sims to 2361 feet, mach 0.96 (airfoiled instead of rounded fins and you get 2435 feet and mach 0.98). ...

Looking good! :clap::clap::clap:

Missed the movie the other night. Maybe we need a topic (or sticky) in the general discussion forum to alert us about upcoming sci-fi movies.

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