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1706 David Montgomery
dwmzmm Offline Send Email
Jun 2, 2005
5:31 pm
All rocketeers: Please read the following attached letter received from Jack Kane, S & T. Guys, if you're having any model rocket engine malfuntions...
1707 Fred Shecter
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Jun 2, 2005
7:01 pm
Attachments don't work in YahooGroups. ... S & T. Guys, if you're ... please fill out the MESS ... failures to yourself. The NAR, ... field. Not only can...
1708 David Montgomery
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Jun 2, 2005
7:04 pm
Sorry, guys. I'd forgotten that some of the Yahoo message servers do not allow attachments. Of all the Yahoo groups that were sent the message, the following...
1709 John McCoy Sr.
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Jun 3, 2005
12:53 am
Hi guy's; Mark; Nope, just the actuators with wire and connectors. Looks to me like they intend one side of the actuator to be glued in place with hinge tapes...
1710 David Montgomery
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Jun 3, 2005
1:35 am
As per several suggestions after my earlier posting, here's the link to the NAR MESS Form on line: http://www.nar.org/NARmessform.html Dave, NAR # 21853 SR.,...
1711 John McCoy Sr.
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Jun 6, 2005
11:50 am
Humm! At first I found Daves NAR Mess report request post here a bit strange but it does beg the question: Have any of you folks suffered a Cato or split...
1712 John McCoy Sr.
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Jun 6, 2005
11:54 am
HI gang: Over last weekend I finished the Micro National Aerospace Pland and BlueBird Zero downscales. Photos and Plans will be added to my album and Plan...
1713 Clive Davis
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Jun 6, 2005
11:55 am
In the past two years I have had one CATO/split casing - burst out the side. I also have had one nozzle closure failure where it just blew out and I got about...
1714 rocket877@...
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Jun 6, 2005
1:41 pm
I have had lots of Micro Maxx motor failures. A few of these are documented in my EMRR review of the Fliskits Triple Threat. ...
1715 Dick Stafford
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Jun 6, 2005
2:01 pm
I have flown 108 MMX-II motors total (again the number logged, may have been a couple more). I had one nozzle problem, where it either popped out/ eroded, or...
1716 John McCoy Sr.
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Jun 6, 2005
3:56 pm
OUCH Art! Could it be your just not holding your mouth right when you push the button:D LOL Wow! corse your down there in the High heat part of the country,...
1717 rocket877@...
artapplewhite Offline Send Email
Jun 6, 2005
5:16 pm
They were from a variety of sources, a local hobby shop, a starter set, eBay estate sale, etc. The nozzles on some seemed a little soft when the igniter was...
1718 wscarvie Offline Send Email Jun 7, 2005
11:12 pm
Hi all, For a project unrelated to rocketry, I'm looking for a source for flat metal discs. Picture a washer, without the hole. I'd be interested in finding...
1719 doug holverson
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Jun 7, 2005
11:17 pm
... Machine shop with a turret press. DGH...
1720 John McCoy Sr.
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Jun 8, 2005
12:13 am
Hi Will: If you have a McMaster-Carr in your area I'd check with them. I Haven't seem any 1cm in dia but we use 1" knock-out seals and spacers which might...
1721 Patrick Butler
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Jun 8, 2005
3:04 am
Sounds awfully close to the piece that gets knocked out of an electrical fixture box or handy box when you need to route wire through it. Pat ... From: John...
1722 stl1951@...
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Jun 8, 2005
3:32 am
Check at a store like Fleet Farm, Menards, Builders Square in the are that they have the black powder nail guns. They often have steel disks in different ...
1723 John McCoy Sr.
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Jun 8, 2005
11:40 am
Like you say Pat; "close" 1/2" electrical box Ko's are actually 7/8" OD so the stamped cutout would be just a tiny bit smaller, 3/4" KO's actually hole size is...
1724 Fred Shecter
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Jun 8, 2005
4:15 pm
Canadian Loon Dollar Coins are almost exactly 1" across and about 2 mm thick and are magnetic. US dollar coins are almost the eact same size but are not...
1725 John McCoy Sr.
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Jun 12, 2005
11:01 pm
Hi Gang: Last Saturdays Heat cycled Micro-Maxx motor tests were interesting. Art has mentioned he'd had a lot of trouble with split caseing and side wall...
1726 Fred Shecter
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Jun 13, 2005
1:17 pm
MicroMaxx I - 1 motors tend to go BANG if you clog the nozz-hole. I've seen this many times with folks using nichrome wire that is then crammed into the...
1727 Fred Shecter
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Jun 13, 2005
1:20 pm
By the way, two suggestions: 1) Sealing in a zipper bag keeps the humidity in. My R&D with temperature cycling had the motors baked without sealing in the ...
1728 John McCoy Sr.
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Jun 14, 2005
11:58 am
Good info Fred: I was aware of the -75degree F under the high temp reported failure mode for BP motors, this might be proven to hold true for MM motors this...
1729 Fred Shecter
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Jun 15, 2005
1:26 pm
http://www.made-in- china.com/products/show/freemember/com/TgzOTI2M/mic/Shaanxi_Zhongtian_R ocket_Technology_Co._,_Ltd.html Link posted on ROL yesterday. ...
1730 Fred Shecter
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Jun 15, 2005
2:02 pm
Tinyurl to the resue: http://tinyurl.com/8g2oz ;-) ... china.com/products/show/freemember/com/TgzOTI2M/mic/Shaanxi_Zhongtian _R ... modroc ... company ... ...
1731 John McCoy Sr.
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Jun 15, 2005
3:10 pm
Humm: The way I read these motors the only 10.5mm listed is the mini A1- 3 the others are 12.5mm, pretty darn close to our standard 13mm mini motors. with the...
1732 Fred Shecter
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Jun 15, 2005
3:17 pm
MicroMaxx I-1 motors were made in the USA (Alabama?). I have no info on this company - I just stumbled upon the link in a message in the ROL forums. There was...
1733 Fred Shecter
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Jun 15, 2005
4:11 pm
http://zthj.com/indexe.htm More website info. ... a ... they ... mini ... sure ... company? ... ...
1734 Chris Taylor Jr
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Jun 15, 2005
6:00 pm
Those A1's and especially the D5 look yummmy I want some Chris Taylor http://www.nerys.com/...
1735 Jim Hartman
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Jun 15, 2005
11:17 pm
They manufactured the motors for the Chinese FAI team. While that is no guarantee of good quality control, it does point that way. Jim...
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