Other collecting activities?

From: Joe R. <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Fri Apr 16 22:43:36 2004

At 09:29 PM 4/16/04 -0500, Jay wrote:
>> > 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.

  Oh hell! Go for the really fun stuff, Nitric Acid and Alcohol!!! I built
one of those in high school. Zinc Dust and Sulfur is lots of fun too!
That's what I used in the first stage of that one and in MANY single stage
rockets. BTW I still have about 1200 lbs of zinc dust that needs a project :-)

 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.

  I can help you there! I still have certain "usefull" items from a
previous life; including some initerial platforms, thermal batteries and
Electro-Optical proximity fuzes and more. It all sounds like fun but I
think that the BAT Fags would call it a destructive device!


>.Twould be fun stuff.

   It was. It was lots more interesting than large area weapons such as
Pershing II.

   BTW are you aware of Tripoli?? It's an organization for owners of high
powered large model rockets using OTS compostite propellant motors.

   Joe



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