... More coming, too, about every 4-5 days. This weekend we'll be uploading some old helicopter plans for Jetex, and more. Lots of Paul Del Gatto stuff...
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Edw Jones
rocketnet@...
Mar 2, 2000 6:09 pm
doug holverson wrote: [snip] ... Hi Doug! Well, yes and no. You see, there IS a nice electric igniter available for Jetex, now, and another is in prototype...
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kwickart@...
Mar 8, 2000 10:37 pm
I just noticed a wonderful thing while browsing the Onelist server's Moderators area. Our memberships have been experiencing a pretty rapid upsurge lately,...
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J C Worthen
worthj@...
Mar 9, 2000 2:58 pm
Subject: [OldRockets] Membership rolls and the future Speaking of NARAM 42, are there any other truely "OldRocs" that remember NARAM 12, OR NARAM 13?...
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Michael Bernier
mibernier@...
Mar 10, 2000 2:50 am
Okay, all the features I can think of have been turned off - let us see if it works this time! I have a small collection of older models from many years ago,...
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J. Steven York
J-STEVEN-YORK@...
Mar 10, 2000 3:01 am
Well, old decals can be a problem. The yellow, or get brittle. Depending on the type of kit you have, this can be no problem or a big problem. Odds are...
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Bill Spadafora
billspad@...
Mar 10, 2000 3:47 am
... Before you build the unassembled ones, check to see what they're worth. There are some classic kits out there that collectors will pay a great deal of...
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doug holverson
dholvrsn@...
Mar 10, 2000 3:48 am
... There's a hobby shop product called "Super Film" that can be brushed on old decals to beef them up. I saved most of the decals for my Space 1999 Eagle ...
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doug holverson
dholvrsn@...
Mar 10, 2000 3:55 am
... Maybe scan and record all the data needed to clone them and pass it on to JimZ's site. -DGH-...
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Roy Green
roygreen@...
Mar 10, 2000 1:16 pm
... Sure. There are probably at least two or three of us that were at NARAM 13. That was the only NARAM I attended until NARAM 32....
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John F. Stein
jfstein@...
Mar 10, 2000 1:16 pm
Hello Michael, It sounds like you want to build them (which is what I would do). If you have not examined Jim Z's Plan site (...
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J C Worthen
worthj@...
Mar 10, 2000 3:30 pm
To: <OldRockets@onelist.com> Date sent: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 08:14:46 -0500 From: "Roy Green" <roygreen@...> Send reply...
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David M Stribling
dstrib@...
Mar 11, 2000 12:49 am
Subject: Re: Membership rolls and the future I remember reading about them in Model Rocketry Mag. I never attended any. Weren't they the first to offer rocket...
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Michael Bernier
mibernier@...
Mar 11, 2000 3:10 am
Okay, here's what I found: Alpha III - assembled, but body tube is yellowing. Mini-Scale Combo Pak #0874 - Unassembled, opened bag but appears to have all the...
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Steven Rogers
srogers1@...
Mar 11, 2000 5:16 am
There's a free search engine at http://www.copernic.com (Mac and PC) I've been using it to search for rocket info, and it turns up some really good stuff. I...
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The White House
jterrywhite@...
Mar 11, 2000 9:09 am
David, In response to your question regarding "OldRocs" and NARAM 12, I attended as an NAR member from Southern California with a group of about 30 to 40 other...
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Starlord
starlord@...
Mar 11, 2000 2:42 pm
The only NARAM that I got to myself was #20. Had some rockets flown by proxy in one or two other NARAMS. But I'm not an NAR member now, haven't been for some...
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kwickart@...
Mar 11, 2000 8:25 pm
... If you're really interested in the bottle suit, I have a friend who I believe has a good amount of data on the subject (with drawings) on his website. I...
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Edw Jones
rocketnet@...
Mar 12, 2000 5:17 am
Greetings friends and colleagues, We've created a somewhat specialized forum for R&D and play with advanced (?) micro propulsion, mainly for education and...
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Steven Rogers
srogers1@...
Mar 12, 2000 8:51 am
... Actually, that was just the first obscure but well defined topic that popped into my head (strange, no?) meant as an example test for a search engine that...
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doug holverson
dholvrsn@...
Mar 13, 2000 2:05 am
... That reminds me, I snagged copies of Wernher Von Braun's, Willy Ley's, and Chesely Bonestell's Conquest of Space and Exploration of Mars at a library sale...
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sriramgiri@...
Mar 17, 2000 5:24 am
As a 53 year old modeler, I have memories of models that I built early in the space race. Now 4 decades after the first satellites were orbited, I wonder- is...
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Mike Bear
bear@...
Mar 21, 2000 8:19 pm
I'm a new member and I just read through all of the posts that have been made here so far. I was very interested in the discussion about downscaling. Micro...
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waivlink@...
Mar 22, 2000 3:03 am
In a message dated 3/21/00 12:20:53 PM Pacific Standard Time, bear@... ... Down scaling? You're bucking the trend I think :-) Check out the last RMR...
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J. Steven York
J-STEVEN-YORK@...
Mar 22, 2000 4:03 am
Hey, great looking fleet of little rockets. What cone did you use with the BT-50 Max? Whoops. Did some more poking around and found the Max page. Clever how...
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Michael Bear
bear@...
Mar 22, 2000 1:24 pm
The Micro Vega is a 10.5mm main tube. The pods are made from Copperhead storage tubing (about 3/16" dia). The legs are 24 guage wire. I got the nose cone...
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Bob Kaplow
BobKaplow@...
Mar 22, 2000 2:20 pm
... A while back I suggested to Tango Pappa that they produce a single decal sheet with as many of the popular classic kit decals, all scaled to 1/3 original...
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Edw Jones
rocketnet@...
Mar 22, 2000 3:00 pm
Bob Kaplow wrote: [snip] ... Jetex, especially the 50-HT "High Thrust" motor as many useful applications as a ~4-sec booster for this kind of application,...
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kwickart@...
Mar 22, 2000 7:16 pm
... Last year I dowscaled the Orbital Transport--not to Micro-Maxx size, but to 13mm motor size. The main body is Quest T-15 tube, and the orbiter is made from...
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casey154@...
Mar 24, 2000 2:52 am
This is not quite model rocketry but I thought I'd email you about a project a friend and I are doing. We are going to build an unmanned, rocket car that will...
