When I was a member of the Superstition Spacemodeling Society in Phoenix AZ, we held what I believe to be the first "NSL". It was called NARFUN '93, and we...
Well, I think HPR was still in the development stage as far as officially being recognized and supported by the NAR before then. So NARAM and NARCON covered...
I had the same issue when I was building my clone of the bat.....I tell you I got lucky, someone on ebay was selling old Estes parts and I bought them....I did...
... For at least a couple of years before 1993 the NSL was the launch at NARAM on the weekend before. -- Bill Spadafora http://home.att.net/~billspad or ...
Bill, What year did CMASS host one? Sean ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get your email and see which...
Say Bill, hasn't NARAM done a sport launch the weekend before the competition for quite a while now? I remember running one at NARAM 39 in Tucson. _____ From:...
... For at least a couple of years before 1993 the NSL was the launch at NARAM on the weekend before. <<<< IIRC, the first planned "formal" sport launch the...
... Yes, but it's not The National Sport Launch. It's a national sport launch. -- Bill Spadafora http://home.att.net/~billspad or http://www.billsplumbing.com...
I remember NARFUN. I have some videos that I took of some of the flights. Below is a link to what I believe was the first launch at NARFUN, an Estes Saturn...
I am looking to clone the Estes strikefighter since I bought some old nose cones at my LHS. For the canopy I thinking of using a Guillows canopy, so I am...
I have one (canopy) sitting on my work bench at home. I can give you dimensions tomorrow. Buzz ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
All done as of a couple of days ago; it just needs a final coat of paint and the decals. Then it will be all ready for Halloween 2007. 8^) (It's gonna fly much...
Folks, I think we need to revise our history as to who made the 1st commercial composite motors.. In an earlier post I said the Prodynes were 1st and the...
Thanks Terry - I look forward to reading them. Sean ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ We have the...
I loved those old ProDyne F-series engines... they burned for seconds and made quite a spectacular flight. It was even more spectacular, albeit distressing,...
Hello All, I am sending this out to remind everyone of our upcoming Bunnell Blast launch on November 11 & 12. This is our annual two day launch. It has...
bil: so what are trying to say? that the Coaster F15 was also composites? or that the ProDynes were Bo and msistaken as a composite propellant? whats the NAR...
... I don't know what it means. Here are the propellant descriptions from some other reports: TR 14 Estes Series 1-proprietary solid propellant, Astronite-B TR...
knocking this off-topic a bit, the first time I saw the movie "Hatari" was when our little rocket club had a stay over, and it was on the Friday night movie....
... Evidently. From astronautix.com: While generally not considered as composite, black powder was in fact the oldest composite propellant. -- Bill Spadafora...
I guess I'll call John Rahkonen and try and make sense of all of this. It doesn't make sense to me for a person who started playing with composites in 1954...
It may well be that what they meant by "composite" in 1962 isn't what we think of as "composite." Old: BP plus binders and additives. Now: Rubber binder plus...
... The specific impulse for the Estes motors looks wrong and for some of the other motors dividing Total Impulse by Propellant Weight doesn't get the listed...
... TR 22 is inconsistent with weights. For a particular motor type all the propellant weights are the same. On some of the motors the total weight will vary...
