Happy New Years All, Hope your projects are coming along well. For gap staging midpower models such as Aerobees & Wac Corporals, what's the preferred treatment...
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Kevin Wickart
kwickart@xxxxxxxxxx.x...
Jan 4, 2000 2:48 am
... I've seen many such models make multiple flights. The reality of it seems to be that staging occurs so quickly that the actual damage to the model's ...
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Bill Dauphin
dauphinb@xx.xxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 4, 2000 3:33 am
... Will there be any HP sport flying allowed at the Mick? And are there still HP competition divisions? Just trying to be sure I know what to build/bring... ...
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James J. Wentworth
gida@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 4, 2000 4:11 am
How about using automotive wax as a clear, ablative "sacrificial surface" that could be removed and re-applied as necessary? Jason ... From: Kevin Wickart...
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Dale Windsor
dalewindsor@xxxxxxxxx...
Jan 4, 2000 3:14 pm
Everything for the Mick Wilkins Memorial Sport Scale Meet is pretty much the same, just a consolidation of management and a change of emphasis with the ...
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Andy Eng
aeng@xxx.xxxx
Jan 6, 2000 5:37 am
Kevin Wickart wrote: < snip good scale construction info :-) > ... Aside from its nice long burn, I was wondering about air gap staging to the E6 because...
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Steven Rogers
srogers1@xxxxxx.xx.xxxx
Jan 6, 2000 6:50 am
... I've always wondered if this would work - lighting a BP motor from the ejection charge of a composite - but I've never tried it. Anyone have direct...
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kwickart@...
Jan 6, 2000 8:09 pm
... Definite possibilities! Assuming that the wax would actually ablate (thus dissipating the heat) instead of melting down the model (thus retaining the ...
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kwickart@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Jan 6, 2000 8:46 pm
... composite ... Good point. But bear in mind that of water, brick and helium, brick is the "easiest to light." That doesn't make it *easy* to light. ... ...
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Mark Scheevel
mark@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 6, 2000 8:50 pm
... That sounds like an outstanding idea, but it raises a question. Let's assume that the technique works like a champ: you can apply the wax and polish it so...
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kwickart@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Jan 6, 2000 10:50 pm
... More than likely, as long as you informed the judge prior to the flight that you were using the wax as an ablative, any messy melted wax would be ...
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Peter McQuillan
peter.mcquillan@xxxxx...
Jan 7, 2000 12:54 am
Hi folks, Well I think though all the replys, and all the bases have been covered!. With a staged model, the pure nature and temp of an upper stage igniting in...
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Mark B. Bundick
70156.625@xxxxxxxxxx....
Jan 7, 2000 11:16 am
I'm wondering if I can get anyone out here to proxy fly for me at the Mick Meet in Peanut Scale and Sport Scale? Can you also remind me (ahem) when it is so I...
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Peter Alway
alway@xxxxx.xxxx
Jan 7, 2000 1:24 pm
... Hmm. I hadn't considered this. Since my brother, Bob, and I are flying NARAM as a team, I could enter a proxy model in team division. I've been wishing...
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Dale Windsor
dalewindsor@xxxxxxxxx...
Jan 7, 2000 3:14 pm
Let's see, according to Online Launch Windows on the NAR site <g> it's March 18 & 19. Steve Bellio is SoAR's Contest Committee Chair. He can be reached at ...
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Peter Alway
alway@xxxxx.xxxx
Jan 7, 2000 3:30 pm
I've put up some new photos at my website at: http://personal.physics.lsa.umich.edu/alway/dataphoto.htm I put up the four Black Brant III shots I used to sell...
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SoMd8ball@xxx.xxx
Jan 8, 2000 3:46 am
In a message dated 1/7/00 10:21:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, dalewindsor@... writes: << Let's see, according to Online Launch Windows on the NAR...
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Roy Green
roygreen@xxxxxxxxxx.x...
Jan 8, 2000 2:16 pm
I've forgotten, can the proxy flyer also fly his own stuff? In the same event?...
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Mark B. Bundick
70156.625@xxxxxxxxxx....
Jan 8, 2000 2:49 pm
Guys, I wasn't looking for a Pink Book answer here. I assumed the CD would allow proxy flights, and if he says "no", that's no big deal to me. I'm looking ...
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dstrib@xxxxxxx.xxx
Jan 8, 2000 3:48 pm
Hey all, This is my first post to this group, so I hope I'm doing it correctly! I _finally_ got around to posting some photos I have from early 70's of the...
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Bill Dauphin
dauphinb@xx.xxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 8, 2000 5:04 pm
... I can do this. I could probably accommodate a bird or two of Peter's, too, for that matter. -Bill...
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kwickart@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Jan 8, 2000 8:17 pm
... Here's the basics: Yes, the proxy can fly his own stuff. He must be of the same or younger age division as the modeler whose proxy he is flying. The CD may...
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kwickart@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Jan 8, 2000 8:25 pm
... Absolutely 100% correct! Great photos! And welcome to the group! --Kevin--...
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kwickart@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Jan 8, 2000 8:27 pm
... for ... Uh uh--he's outta control! Somebody hose him down! Or better yet, everyone send Bill a scale model. This guy just loves to fly! 8-) --Kevin--...
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kwickart@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Jan 8, 2000 8:42 pm
So...what did y'all get for Christmas (or other related solstice holiday)? Anything really cool and rocket-related? The overall holiday season brought me a...
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PeteAlway@xxx.xxx
Jan 9, 2000 12:03 am
From: Bill Dauphin <dauphinb@...> ... for ... Gee, it would be mighty neighborly of you to fly a couple for the Bumbling Brothers. My choice of...
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GCGassaway@xxx.xxx
Jan 9, 2000 12:14 am
Excuse the potential Spam here. I recently got a digital camera and had checked out some sites for getting selected files printed as photographs. I signed up...
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Waivlink@xxx.xxx
Jan 9, 2000 12:38 am
In a message dated 01/08/2000 3:42:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Despite very clear instructions to the wife and daughters on what/where to get stuff...
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Ken Mizoi
kenmizoi@xxx.xxxx
Jan 9, 2000 2:53 am
... Any takers to proxyfly a Level 1 and Level 2 scale entries? L2 flier would be perfect. :) Ken Mizoi...
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Bill Dauphin
dauphinb@xx.xxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 9, 2000 3:36 am
... Well, I'm a Level 2 flyer, and I'd love to play with your toys, but between the proxies I've already promised Bunny and Peter and flying my own team's...
