Rain chances are looking bad. Current weather shows 80% chance of rain with forcasts for 1/2". Looking at an hourly view the rain seems to be targeted right...
My seventh grade son is in the midst of a science project to explore the effects on model rocket altitude by changing the fin shape on the rocket. He is just...
I hoped it would clear up some but it's just not going to happen. There is rain in the forcast for all day Saturday and a good part of Sunday. The rain is...
... It was pointed out to me (Thanks Alex!) that the above could easily be misconstrued........ This is the last HPR launch unless the ASA guys have one...
The Hill Country Rocketeers will be hosting a Model Rocket Launch on Jan 1, 2005 at 10 AM at our smaller field on 526 Kelly Street in Center Point, Texas. This...
We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. NHRC Twice Monthly launch (3rd Sat, LMR) Date: Saturday, December 18, 2004 Time: 9:00AM - 2:00PM CST...
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Does anyone know if the Hill Country Tripoli Prefecture is still active? Who is the Prefect? Are there any HPR flyers in the Kerrville area? There is a Hill...
Hello All, Sorry the launch was scrubbed! However, my son's launch still must proceed tomorrow, and we do not yet have an altimeter for him to record data....
Hill Country Tripoli is a local moniker, the actual registered name is Tripoli Central Texas (54), and I am the Prefect. We are part of the Austin Area...
The name that was originally *registered* is Hill Country Tripoli. Bruce likes to list prefectures in the magazine using geographic names (i.e. nick-names)....
What altimeters did you think would fit in the rocket? What design goals were there? What potential products were deemed to meet those design goals? Stu ...
Adept A1 seems to be the only possible one to fit in the tube. His project is using different shaped fins to record the effects of shape on altitude ...
Matt, I wish you and your son well in his project. If other variables are taken into account he may get valid results that would be of interest to this group. ...
Well I don't know the history but the TRA web site shows up with: Tripoli Central Texas(54) Web: http://www.aarg.org/ There are 10 Prefectures in Texas: ...
I have a query out to HQ to clarify this. As the founding Prefect of HCT, I *do* know some of the history :-) Many Prefectures are listed with geographic...
OK gang, As promised, I told you that I would follow up with what "we" could do after further consultations with Gary @ Firefox and members of of the TRA BoD....
Sorry for the short notice. Just finished putting the details together. We are going to have a makeup launch for last weekend's rainout. This is Saturday Only,...
Other launches being held on December 11th Challenger 498, is having a model rocket launch in conjunction with the STARS Texas Winter Regional at Katy, TX. ...
Warren Benson has been helping me with a problem, and I wanted to widen the discussion so that I don't miss out on other ideas. One of the things Warren did...
I want to make a 29mm minimum diameter rocket. I am having trouble finding a nosecone for this project. The outside diameter (O.D.) of 29mm body tube is 1.21...
I already have an inquiry in to Bill at BMS but I was hoping for a less custom approach. This is for a DESCON 15 entry and one of the rules is that the ...
... PML makes a 29mm nosecone: Urethane Conical Nosecone, 1.27 exposed dia. $12.95 It's a solid nosecone, so it weighs quite a bit. It's also pretty easy to...
Here's a post off a Marine server; looks as if the Plexi is better. Amazingly tempered glass is the strongest. You can use MEK (Home Depot paint Dept) to glue...
Just wanted to again make sure everyone is aware they are invited. I know there are other launches going on this weekend and we are not trying to compete with...
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