For those who are on Facebook, I have formed a group about the Aries Moon Liner model I've been building off and on for the past 15 years and have spoken about...
This is bad news for the future of both manned and unmanned spaceflight for the USA. We may be stuck without any new prototypes to model for quite some time ....
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Marc McReynolds
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Feb 11, 2012 4:30 pm
... The article talked of a stable NASA budget (something of an achievement in today's fiscal climate). Money was just being moved away from a "commodity"...
Here is a video of a 5-stage NACA sounding rocket. I'll have to figure out if I can find a name or a drawing to go with it: It's an Honest...
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Marc McReynolds
marcmcreynolds@...
Feb 14, 2012 7:00 am
Nice find. I've looked for decades (though not recently) for color data to go with the b/w photos and drawings I've collected from Av Week and NASA technical...
Dear Claims Adjustor: http://harnoy.net/toltomton.php?rarIDCid=43 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:09:49 _________________________________ "Suppose you run and ask him."...
Someone been hacked? From: scaleroc@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scaleroc@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of rhhickok@... Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 7:10 AM ...
I noticed that the Aerospace Museum of California finally has the NASM-owned Aerobee 350 on display (you know--the one that the kind folks at Garber uncrated...
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Marc McReynolds
marcmcreynolds@...
Mar 4, 2012 2:22 am
Good thing you already did the measuring already. It looks like it's headed for a height that won't be conducive to rulers and such. ... [Non-text portions of...
What's the story on that X 15 over there left ....? ... From: Marc McReynolds <marcmcreynolds@...> Subject: Re: [Scaleroc] Interesting Aerobee 350 tidbit...
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Marc McReynolds
marcmcreynolds@...
Mar 7, 2012 7:32 pm
I'm always keeping an eye open a discount stores for cheap/easy rocket nosecones, especially anything of smooth molded plastic and about a 15 degree half-angle...
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Marc McReynolds ... Speaking of cheap plastic nose cones, plastic champaign flutes also make great improvised nose cones. Just...
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Marc McReynolds
marcmcreynolds@...
Mar 8, 2012 7:17 am
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Peter Johansson <rockets4kids@...>wrote: Speaking of cheap plastic nose cones, plastic champaign flutes also ... I've...
Problem w/paper towel and TP rolls is the cardboard thinner and weaker than "BT's". Solution? "Modge Podge hard coat". This will give a smooth finish after...
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 2:17 AM, Marc McReynolds ... I have a little 3" disc sander on my jigsaw which does indeed make quick work of cleaning them up. ... I...
Quasiglass it! Nylon stocking pulled tight over the tube, then apply Miniwax Polycrylic clearcoat to adhere it to the tube. Finish with 2 or 3 coats of...
Sounds like a whole lot of work for a paper tube that wasn't meant for rocketry. ... From: roketrik To: scaleroc@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012...
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Marc McReynolds
marcmcreynolds@...
Mar 9, 2012 7:16 pm
... OTOH, you would still need to do at least some work on a standard model rocket tube to get it to that level of finish. My use for the wrapping paper tubes...
Oh yeah, takes all of 10 minutes to pull the hose over a 4" x 36" tube & apply the polycrylic. The other stuff is optional. If you don't want to apply resin,...
Not to mention that Scale models, at least high-placing ones, generally have dozens, hundreds, or even thousands (many WSMC winners) of hours of work put into...
The following information was sent to NAR members in the Presidents Electronic Rocketeer January 2012. You were also sent an e-mail with a log in and password...
I used to use wrapping paper tubes ALL the time. but I have not been able to for years now. almost 100% of them no longer have TUBES inside. its just an...
I have been seeing folks post on a couple of the rocketry forums about 3D printing. It just so happens a friend at work bought a "Mosaic" hobby 3D printer...
