Other collecting activities?

From: Dwight K. Elvey <dwight.elvey_at_amd.com>
Date: Fri Apr 16 21:40:00 2004

>From: "Jay West" <jwest_at_classiccmp.org>
>
>> > Model Rockets, anyone?
>That used to be a HUGE hobby of mine. Haven't done anything with it in
>years. I want SO bad to get back into it, and design heavier rockets than
>balsa and cardboard. Need a better propellant though - love to try LOX. But
>that's not the the real goal that makes me want to get back into it. I want
>to program microcontrollers to launch inside of it and regulate movable
>control surfaces. I want to paint a huge target on the ground (grass), and
>the competition would be to see how close you could get the rocket to target
>(and hit) the bullseye. Twould be fun stuff.
>
>Jay
>

Hi
 I used to make saltpeter and sugar rockets when I was a kid.
To bad one can't get saltpeter anymore without signing your life away.
I used to have about a 75% successful launch rate. The others
would tend to clog the nozzle and blow up on the pad. I even
made a two stage that the second stage went out of sight. A
couple minutes later, I saw the smoke trail and recovered the
top stage. All great fun.
Dwight
Received on Fri Apr 16 2004 - 21:40:00 BST