Dwight K. Elvey wrote:
> 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
>
Why not turn your rocket hobby into profit. The X-Prize has not been
clamed yet. :)
For the the NON rocket-scientist type here is the link.
http://www.xprize.org/
Ben.
Received on Fri Apr 16 2004 - 23:30:25 BST