dr wogz
Fly caster
I know this guy who is a friend of somebody who is going to blow you all away with his company, which I can't name right now. He (maybe a she) will be doing rocket stuff that will simply turn this sport upside down, but I don't know what it is yet. He has a website already & everything (www.I forget what.com) I cannot wait to tell you all about it once I figure out what it is.
about 10 years ago, a guy who popped on the boards and had a 'new design, surprised NASA hadn't thought of it' idea; a finless rocket design. We (naturally) were all very interested, and prodded him to reveal his idea. he was tight lipped, and was asking us all sorts of questions as to what has been done & such to calidate his intent. He then just disappeared with a final "thanks, I now know what it out there, and you will see this soon, just need to test it.." he seemed genuinely serious! and we never heard form him again.
I believe he had a variation on the 'tube fin' concept.. I did see, on a popular science show [Daily Planet] at around that time, someone who had a 'novel' rocket idea. (tubes as fins)
I'll see if I can dig it up later..