... Years ago I spent several days, spread over 6 months, flipping through most of the NASA Technical note (TN D-___) series for anything that looked like...
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Greg Burke
soar571@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Oct 5, 1998 3:58 am
Hey guys, When all of you were discussing the use of various plastics for fins, I had brought up the idea of using Lexan. Just for giggles I'm currently...
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James J. Wentworth
gida@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Oct 5, 1998 3:29 am
... Since the Lexan is so tough, I'm going to give it a try. I'm >building the Crayon with a 29mm mount so as to use "F" and "G" >motors. This sort of impulse...
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Jim Fackert
jfackert@xxx.xxxx
Oct 5, 1998 1:01 pm
Though they look similar, Plexiglas (acrylic, Perspex) is a very different animal than Lexan (polycarbonate) Acrylic is VERY clear, better than glass for thick...
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Jeffrey D. Gortatowsky
myrocketcatos@xxxxx.x...
Oct 5, 1998 3:20 pm
This has MINIMAL scale content but at least I can finally contribute something. I suppose a Crayon rocket is a scale rocket of a crayon. 8) As far as clear...
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jack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx...
jack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx...
Oct 5, 1998 5:04 pm
From: "Jeffrey D. Gortatowsky" <myrocketcatos@...> ... On my Titan I took the opposite tack. I made the fins so that they hooked into the body (in the...
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Greg Burke
soar571@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Oct 6, 1998 1:22 am
... From: scaleroc@onelist.com <scaleroc@onelist.com> To: scaleroc@onelist.com <scaleroc@onelist.com> Date: Monday, October 05, 1998 8:40 AM Subject:...
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Robert Kaplow
robert_kaplow@xxxxxxx...
Oct 5, 1998 10:08 pm
I've flown all my large crayons with Lexan fins from the 4" pencil on E28s up thru a 5"x5' 38mm "I" version. The big one once seperated and took a hard tumble...
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Chris Timm
cvtimm@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Oct 6, 1998 10:30 pm
After the rain-out of Falling Leaf Finale last weekend, I stopped off at Pete's place on the way back home. Looking thru a *couple* of binders, I remembered...
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James J. Wentworth
gida@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Oct 6, 1998 9:29 pm
I can't help you with the other details, but the shorter of the two Hydra-IRIS nose cones was a 3:1 tangent ogive (36" long to the theoretical tip with a...
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Chris Timm
cvtimm@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Oct 7, 1998 2:25 am
... YES! Another useful tidbit of info. Thanks Jason. After looking closely at the LLNL photos, I can make out a set of antenna between the silver 20"...
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Jim Fackert
jfackert@xxx.xxxx
Oct 7, 1998 3:27 am
There was some discussion on the list a while ago about scale patterns on chutes. I am carrying a new 1 mil nylon film material, and I think I can sublimation...
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John Buckley
jbuckley@xxxx.xxx.xxxx
Oct 7, 1998 4:12 am
From SCI.SPACE.HISTORY You MIGHT be a redneck rocket scientist if: You've got a hog trough made out of a spent Castor motor Your wife's ever asked you to move...
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Jeffrey D. Gortatowsky
myrocketcatos@xxxxx.x...
Oct 7, 1998 3:15 pm
I am an ex F106 aircraft mechanic (20+ years ago) and find that the Genie, which was a fascinating unguided weapon, is something I would be interested in...
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PeteAlway@xxx.xxx
Oct 7, 1998 5:26 pm
... I can try again. Or you can bug my source, Chris Timm. Peter Alway...
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IDT407@xxx.xxx
Oct 7, 1998 6:20 pm
Jim, I'm the guy who started the search for scale chute info. What I'm looking for are chute following U. S. and Soviet patterns. All of the rockets I build ...
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kwickart@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Oct 7, 1998 9:28 pm
... As another possible tidbit of information comes from the instruction sheet for the Estes Iris kit. They mentioned that one version of the Iris used a ...
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IDT407@xxx.xxx
Oct 7, 1998 10:25 pm
In a message dated 10/7/98 12:26:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Gettin pretty bad with the puns Kevin. Mike...
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Chris Timm
cvtimm@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Oct 7, 1998 10:47 pm
kwickart@... wrote: As another possible tidbit of information comes from the instruction sheet ... The optional payload extension is 20" and is...
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Chris Timm
cvtimm@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Oct 7, 1998 10:56 pm
... I've got the original drawing. Its a weird size even for photocopying. Shrinking it down to 11x17 makes the numbers unreadable. I can scan it in sections...
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Mark B. Bundick
70156.625@xxxxxxxxxx....
Oct 8, 1998 1:23 am
... into the body (in the first stage longerons) using small piano wire hooks. These hold on fine in the direction of acceration/drag, but pop out of their...
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Jim Fackert
jfackert@xxx.xxxx
Oct 8, 1998 4:08 pm
Hi Mike, do you know how many gores or how many concentric circles, in what diameter chute, at what scale? Or better yet, send me a sketch of the exact chute...
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IDT407@xxx.xxx
Oct 8, 1998 8:12 pm
Ok, Give me a couple of days, got a wedding to shoot this weekend and gonna try to launch on sunday if weather cooperates, I should be back to you on Monday or...
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Roger70129@xxx.xxx
Oct 8, 1998 8:30 pm
A note to everyone, I posted the names and addresses of two important sources of space books for those interested in scale information. Here's another one that...
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jack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx...
jack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx...
Oct 9, 1998 2:20 am
... The Titans have a nifty design feature to help spread the thrust loads from the engines. There are four external longerons that run halfway up the first ...
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Jim Fackert
jfackert@xxx.xxxx
Oct 9, 1998 12:48 pm
Hey scaleroc folks... Steve Piette forwarded this message to me because of my interest in making a detailed full scale Arcas kit. Anybody interested? Jim...
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Jim Fackert
jfackert@xxx.xxxx
Oct 9, 1998 1:48 pm
As Ken Hutchinson said, For a SEVERE case of tool envy, check out the Roland PIXA mini #D digitizer and plotter at www.pctoolbox.com A dealer has info at...
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jack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx...
jack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx...
Oct 9, 1998 5:49 pm
From: "Jim Fackert" <jfackert@...> ... A full scale kit, or just a full scale model? From: Steve Piette ... Any relation to Kevin Creamer, R/C guru? ... ...
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James J. Wentworth
gida@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Oct 10, 1998 11:53 am
Hello Everyone, A few weeks ago I found a photo of an Aerobee 350 that was on display at Hanscom Field in Massachusetts ...
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James J. Wentworth
gida@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Oct 10, 1998 12:20 pm
Here's the article about the Aerobee 350 and its transfer to the National Air & Space Museum (it includes links to the NASM): ...
