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- From: jackson@sn.jsc.nasa.gov
- Subject: Re: 8' rockets..
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.001247.5023@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 00:12:47 GMT
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- : We are a Montreal-based amateur club building experimental rockets.
- : Our first one was 16kg, just over 5'. We are currently working on
- : a second one which should reach around 26kg, 8', complete with its
- : own inboard computer and all the hooplas. The problem is this :
- : the only clubs that we _know_ of that also make these kind of rockets
- : are in Europe. Last year we had to fly oversea just to launch our
- : rocket (using a French booster, too). Problem is this : it's not
- ...........................
- It sounds like you are going far beyond model rocketry and High Power
- Rocketry. If so, then you will have a difficult time finding kindred
- souls. There are one or two universities that have student projects
- using liquid fuels or rockets constructed out of metal. I do not recall
- which schools they are, however.
-
- Getting a license to experiment with such rockets in the US is extremely
- difficult.
-
- Bill
- ...................
- I think this depends on what state you are in, I dont think here
- in Texas there are state laws restricting any kind of rocket
- building as long as you are not in a city or county that restricts
- fireworks, and maybe not even then.
-
- .......................
- Al
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