Results of the First International Water Rocket Challenge: 500 mL and Under http://www.orgsites.com/va/bristolwaterrockets/_pgg1.php3 Thanks to all the...
... From: "Jon Mehlferber" <jmehlferber@...> ... Hope that gets fixed. I was running sim on Clifford's site last thurs w/ no probs...and my links also...
Forgot to mention,,, I managed to get my Bristol Launcher to let go around 140 psi by a careful adjustment of a hoseclamp that surrounds the capture. ((-;...
... So spank you Jon. Howbout listing the other entrants? # must be U, me and Lonnie. I admit my entry was very weak, and yours was very strong. In fact,...
Thanks Jon & David. You only need to email me, not the list, when it's down. As the server doesn't get monitored by our staff, nor by me, if it goes down, you...
When and When and where will that be? WÄSTERÅS Aeronautics and Space Administration (WASA) will accept the challenge if it is possible. Åke Ottoson ... ...
Yes, David, it entries came from you me and Lonnie--not quite the "international" challenge I had hoped for--I guess I can only purport to be the "national...
My first contest, like any subsequent, will be open to anyone anywhere in the world. Playing by the rules is up to you--"honor system''--but I can check the...
Sorry--didn't know if your managesoft email was also tied to the server. Isn't weather fun? BTW: Your firewall program sounds very marketable--want to sell...
... From: "Jon Mehlferber" <jmehlferber@...> ... Any idea of the actual apogee as compared to duration? If you captured vid of the launch you can at...
It is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, so last Wednesday, on a day school was canceled for snow, I did a little research rocketry in my kitchen. I took a...
... From: "Gordon McDonough" <gordo@...> ... Gordo, that's way too much fun. ((-; I've been wanting to find a lens to add to my small cam so it can be...
I was on Gordon McDonough home page. There you say I quote “Some have been shrunken from 500 ml to 400 ml using boiling water. “ Does this not make the...
Is it possible to come up with a SIM for side-gliding (AKA back-slider) rockets? I would think that if you could find out the CD of the rocket moving sideways...
I have never burst one of these bottles. I regularly run bottles up to around 120 psi. The bottles feel quite rigid after shrinking, and I had always assumed...
... From: "ake ottoson" <ake.ottoson@...> ... Hi Åke I've successfully, repeatedly pressured this size of shrunken bottles to150psi. Not to say that...
I know it is unlawful to throw objects off the high bridges I stood on. (Rio Grande Gorge, Golden Gate, an amazing bridge in St. John, New Brunswick. Get...
There are also people out there who have used heat and pressure to stretch bottles. ('guppying' them) I don't know their pressures, but I don't recall...
I know it is unlawful to throw objects off the high bridges I have stood on. (Rio Grande Gorge, Golden Gate, an amazing bridge in St. John, New Brunswick....
... From: "Gordon McDonough" <gordo@...> ... I like that plan. Some of the local teachers have even been about at a launch of mine...havena heard back...
Sorry for all the repeats, hotmail has been a real pain lately, not allowing me to use Entourage to check/send mail, but not letting me know until after I hit...
