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  9. Subject: rec.models.rockets FAQ Part 03 - Rocketry on the Internet
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  14. Summary: This posting contains a list of Frequently Asked Questions
  15.          (and their answers) about Model and High Power Consumer Rocketry
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  28. URL: http://www.ninfinger.org/~sven/rockets/rmrfaq.toc.html
  29.  
  30. Rec.Models.Rockets Frequently Asked Questions: PART 3 OF 14
  31.  
  32. ROCKETRY ON THE INTERNET
  33.  
  34.  
  35. 3.1  How do I get to the r.m.r archive site?
  36.  
  37.       The old Sunsite rec.models.rockets archive has not been active since
  38.       sometime in 1999.  The archives are now part of the ibilio.org domain:
  39.  
  40.           http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/archives/rec.models.rockets
  41.  
  42. --------------------------------------------------
  43. 3.2  What is available from the r.m.r archive?
  44.  
  45.       The r.mr. archive used to be the 'official' archive site for 
  46. rocketry-related
  47.       materials submitted by r.m.r contributors.  The archive has been 
  48. static for
  49.       the past few years.  The archive still has a number of useful
  50.       files.  The following are some of the subdirectories of the archive,
  51.       and a brief description of what is in them.
  52.  
  53.        ARTICLES - documents.  Informative how-to articles, and other text.
  54.  
  55.        BATF - BATF information
  56.  
  57.        CATALOGS - manufacturer catalogs (a few might actually be current)
  58.  
  59.        CYBERROC - various software for rocketry, including VCP
  60.  
  61.        DIGITRAK - a directory for DigiTrak rocket flight modeling software
  62.  
  63.        ELECTRONICS - rocketry electronics
  64.  
  65.        FAA - FAA information
  66.  
  67.        GRAPHICS - pictures of rockets, launches, and people, scale data, 
  68. logos, etc.
  69.  
  70.        LISTS - certified motor lists, club listings
  71.  
  72.        PLANS - rocket plans, including old kit plans and decal scans
  73.  
  74.        PROGRAMS - rocketry software, including tracking software and propep
  75.  
  76.        PROGRAMS.MAC - rocketry software for the Mac
  77.  
  78.        PROGRAMS1 - more rocketry software
  79.  
  80.        PROGRAMS2 - even more rocketry software
  81.  
  82.        PROGRAMS3 - yet even more rocketry software
  83.  
  84.        PROGRAMS4 - lots more rocketry software - Go Nuts!
  85.  
  86.        R.M.R_POSTINGS - an archive of every r.m.r. posting since late Nov. 1991
  87.  
  88.        RASP - a directory for RASP rocket flight modeling software (PC and Mac)
  89.  
  90.        RMRFAQ - the r.m.r. FAQ
  91.  
  92.        ROCKetCAD - demo CAD software for rockets
  93.  
  94.        SOUNDS - .WAV and Macintosh System 7 sound files of launches
  95.  
  96.        Winroc - a directory for WinRoc rocket flight modeling software
  97.  
  98. --------------------------------------------------
  99. 3.3  How do I upload files to the r.m.r. archive?
  100.  
  101.        At this time, you can't.  This will change soon.
  102.  
  103. --------------------------------------------------
  104. 3.4  I have read-only access to r.m.r.  Is there any way I can still post
  105.          articles to the newsgroup?
  106.  
  107.       Try http://www.google.com/
  108.  
  109. --------------------------------------------------
  110. 3.5  What are some neat rocketry web pages to check out?
  111.  
  112.       *** IMPORTANT ROCKETRY WEB SITES ***
  113.  
  114.          HTML version of the entire FAQ:
  115.  
  116.              http://www.ninfinger.org/~sven/rockets/rmrfaq.toc.html
  117.  
  118.          ROCKETRY ONLINE
  119.            http://www.rocketryonline.com/
  120.  
  121.           Rocketry Online is a comprehensive web site for everything to do 
  122. with
  123.           rocketry and the Internet.
  124.  
  125.  
  126.          NAR - The National Association of Rocketry home page
  127.              http://www.nar.org
  128.  
  129.              Home page for the worlds largest and oldest consumer rocketry 
  130. organization.
  131.  
  132.          TRA - Tripoli Rocketry Association
  133.              http://www.tripoli.org
  134.  
  135.              Official home page of the Tripoli Rocketry Association
  136.  
  137.          CAR - Canadian Association of Rocketry
  138.              http://www.canadianrocketry.org/
  139.  
  140.              Home page of the Canadian Association of Rocketry. Check out 
  141. what's
  142.              happening north of the U.S.
  143.  
  144.          UKRA - United Kingdom Rocketry Association
  145.              http://www.ukra.org.uk/
  146.  
  147.              Home page for the United Kingdom's largest consumer rocketry 
  148. organization.
  149.  
  150.          European Model Rocketry
  151.              http://www.europerocketry.com/
  152.  
  153.              Comprehensive Web site for rocketry in Europe.
  154.  
  155.          New Zealand Rocketry Association
  156.              http://www.rockets.co.nz/nzra/nzra.htm
  157.  
  158.              Home page for the New Zealand Rocketry Association.
  159.  
  160.          SAMROC - South Africa Model Rocket Club
  161.              http://www.samroc.org.za/
  162.  
  163.  
  164.       *** ROCKETRY CLUB HOME PAGES BY STATE ***
  165.  
  166.          ALABAMA
  167.              HARA: Huntsville Area Rocketry Association, NAR Section 403
  168.              http://home.hiwaay.net/~bday/hara/
  169.  
  170.          ARIZONA
  171.              Arizona High Power Rocketry Association
  172.              http://www.goodnet.com/~roktdan/ahpra/
  173.  
  174.              SARA: Southern Arizona Rocket Association, NAR Section 545
  175.              http://www.sararocketry.org/
  176.  
  177.              SSS: Superstition Spacemodeling Society - Tripoli Phoenix
  178.              http://www.sssrocketry.org/
  179.  
  180.          CALIFORNIA
  181.              AEROPAC: Association of Experimental Rocketry of the Pacific
  182.              http://www.aeropac.org/
  183.  
  184.              BAYNAR: NAR Section 359
  185.              http://www.bynar.org/
  186.  
  187.              DART: Diego Area Rocket Team
  188.              http://www.tns.net/dart
  189.  
  190.              LUNAR: Livermore Unit of the NAR, NAR Section 534
  191.              http://www.lunar.org/
  192.  
  193.              ROC: Rocketry Organization of California - Tripoli Anaheim
  194.              http://www.rocstock.org/
  195.  
  196.              SCRA:  Southern California Rocket Assoc., NAR Section 430
  197.              http://home.earthlink.net/~mebowitz/
  198.  
  199.          COLORADO
  200.              COSROCS: Colorado Rocket Society, NAR Section 515
  201.              http://www.cosrocs.org/
  202.  
  203.              Colorado Rocketry Association of Space Hobbyists - CRASH
  204.              http://www.crashonline.org/
  205.  
  206.          CONNECTICUT
  207.              CATO: CATO Rocketry Club, NAR Section 581
  208.              http://www.catorockets.org/
  209.  
  210.              CTRA/NARCONN
  211.              http://www.ctra-narconn.org/
  212.  
  213.          FLORIDA
  214.              Florida Spacemodeling Association
  215.              http://fsatwp2001.tripod.com/
  216.  
  217.              Spaceport Rocketry Association, NAR Section 342
  218.              http://home.cfl.rr.com/sra/
  219.  
  220.              THOR - Tampa/Hillsborough Organization of Rocketry
  221.              http://members.surfbest.net/bwynn@surfbest.net/thor.htm
  222.  
  223.          GEORGIA
  224.              Southern Area Rocketry
  225.              http://www.soar571.com
  226.  
  227.          ILLINOIS
  228.               CIA: Central Illinois Aerospace, NAR Section 527
  229.               http://www.prairienet.org/cia/
  230.  
  231.               NIRA: Northern Illinois Rocketry Assocation, NAR Section 117
  232.               http://www.NIRA-rocketry.org/
  233.  
  234.          INDIANA
  235.               Rocketeers of Central Indiana
  236.               http://www.indyrockets.org/roci.html
  237.  
  238.               SCAM: Summit City Aerospace Modelers, NAR Section 282
  239.               http://www.mixi.net/~bobhart/
  240.  
  241.               Launch Crue - Holland, IN
  242.               http://www.geocities.com/launchcrue519/
  243.  
  244.          KANSAS
  245.                K.L.O.U.D.Busters Inc., TRA Prefect
  246.                http://www.kloudbusters.org/
  247.  
  248.          KENTUCKY
  249.                Kentuckiana Rocketry Association
  250.                http://www.ntr.net/~cdutley/krahome.htm
  251.  
  252.          MARYLAND - WASHINGTON DC
  253.                NAR Headquarters AeroModelers Society, NAR Section 139
  254.                http://www.narhams.org/
  255.  
  256.                Tripoli Maryland
  257.                http://www.mdtripoli.org/
  258.  
  259.          MASSACHUSETTS
  260.                CMASS: Central Massachusetts Spacemodeling Society, NAR 
  261. Section 464
  262.                http://www.cmass.org/
  263.  
  264.          MICHIGAN
  265.                Huron Valley Rocket Society
  266.                http://www.huvars.org/
  267.  
  268.          MISSOURI
  269.                St. Louis Rocketry Association
  270.                http://www.stlouisrocketry.org/
  271.  
  272.          NEW JERSEY
  273.  
  274.                Garden State Spacemodeling Society
  275.                http://www.robnee.com/gsss
  276.  
  277.                Tripoli North Jersey
  278.                http://www.metrarocketclub.org/
  279.  
  280.                Southern Jersey Area Rocket Society
  281.                http://www.sojars.org/
  282.  
  283.          NEW YORK
  284.                ASTRE: Albany-Schenectady-Troy Rocket Enthusiasts of New York,
  285.                Section 471 of the NAR
  286.                http://www.astre471.org/
  287.  
  288.                MARS: Monroe Astronautical Rocketry Society
  289.                Section 136 of the NAR
  290.                http://www.marsclub.org/
  291.  
  292.                LIARS:  Long Island Advanced Rocketry Society, TRA 
  293. Prefecture 29,
  294.                 and the North Shore Section 142 of the NAR
  295.                http://www.liars.org/
  296.  
  297.                Buffalo Rocket Society - Tripoli Western NY
  298.                http://www.buffalorocketsociety.org/
  299.          OHIO
  300.                Northern Ohio's Tri City Sky Busters, NAR Section 535
  301.                http://www.skybusters.org/
  302.  
  303.                Northeastern Ohio's Mantua Township Missile Agency, NAR 
  304. Section 606
  305.                http://web.raex.com/~markndeb/rockets/mtma/
  306.  
  307.                Queen City Area Rocket Klub - QUARK
  308.                http://crash.to/quark
  309.  
  310.                Toledo Area Rocketry Society
  311.                http://pages.prodigy.net/jjschmidt/
  312.  
  313.          OKLAHOMA
  314.                Oklahoma Tripoli
  315.                http://members.cox.net/tripoli-oklahoma
  316.  
  317.          PENNSYLVANIA
  318.                Pittsburgh Space Command, NAR Section 473
  319.                http://www.psc473.org/
  320.  
  321.                Southern Pennsylvania Area Association of Rocketry
  322.                http://www.spaar.org/
  323.  
  324.                Blastoff Rocket Club - Erie
  325.                http://frontpage.velocity.net/duane/index.html
  326.  
  327.          SOUTH CAROLINA
  328.               Tripoli South Carolina
  329.               http://www.tripolisc.com
  330.  
  331.          TEXAS
  332.              DARS: Dallas Area Rocket Society, NAR Section 308
  333.              http://www.dars.org/
  334.  
  335.              AARG: Austin Area Rocketry Group
  336.              http://www.aarg.org/
  337.  
  338.              NHRC: NASA/Houston Rocket Club, NAR Section 365, TRA 002
  339.              http://www.nhrc.homestead.com/
  340.  
  341.          UTAH
  342.              UROC: Utah Rocketry Club
  343.              http://www.uroc.org/
  344.  
  345.          VIGINIA
  346.              NOVAAR: Northern Virginia Area Association of Rocketry
  347.              http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/8561
  348.  
  349.          WEST VIRGINIA
  350.              West Virginia Society of Amateur Rocketry
  351.              http://www.wvsoar.org/
  352.  
  353.          WISCONSIN
  354.              Wisconsin Organization of Spacemodeling Hobbyists - WOOSH
  355.              http://www.wooshrocketry.org/
  356.  
  357.  
  358.       *** WEB SITES OF GENERAL INTEREST TO ROCKETRY ***
  359.  
  360.          Apollo-Saturn Reference Page
  361.              John Duncan's guide to the Saturn V and Saturn 1b, with loads of
  362.              scale data for the modeler.
  363.              http://www.apollosaturn.com
  364.  
  365.          BATF
  366.              http://www.atf.treas.gov/
  367.  
  368.          BATF "Orange Book"
  369.               A scanned copy of the BATF non-copyrighted book titled,
  370.               "ATF - Explosives Law and Regulation,"
  371.              http://www.info-central.org/regulatory/orangebook/
  372.              http://members.aol.com/RocketWeb/regulate/atf/orange.htm
  373.  
  374.          Certified Motor Listings
  375.              NAR Standards and Testing Committee
  376.                http://www.nar.org/SandT/NARenglist.shtml
  377.              Tripoli Motor Testing
  378.                http://www.tripoli.org/motors.htm
  379.  
  380.          Cineroc Sites
  381.              Places were you can find stuff about the old Estes Cineroc 
  382. movie camera
  383.              http://www.techblvd.com/Rvideo/rvideo.htm
  384.              http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OldRockets/
  385.  
  386.          Competition Rocketry
  387.              http://www.nar.org/competition/
  388.              http://groups.yahoo.com/group/contestRoc/
  389.              http://www.acmenet.net/jvincent/nercb.html
  390.  
  391.          Early Space Flight
  392.             John Sisson of UC Irvine has created terrific web page about early
  393.             visions of spaceflight, including material from Ley, Disney, 
  394. and our
  395.             own G. Harry Stine.
  396.             http://sun3.lib.uci.edu/~jsisson/john.htm
  397.  
  398.          Electronics and Rocketry
  399.             Ed's web site devoted to electronics used in consumer rocketry.
  400.             Currently has VCP files and information about Taniwha Flight 
  401. Computers
  402.             http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/7318
  403.  
  404.          FAA Form 7711-2 Application for Certificate of Waiver
  405.              downloadable/printable copy of Form 7711-2
  406.              http://www.faa.gov/avr/afs/Waiver.htm
  407.  
  408.          Model/High Power Rocketry Motor Dimensions
  409.              http://www.dnaco.net/~dantassi/motors.html
  410.  
  411.          Model Rocket Drag Analysis
  412.              John DeMar's R&D report containing useful CD data
  413.              http://web.syr.edu/~smdemar/rocketdrag.html
  414.  
  415.          National Fire Protection Association
  416.              http://www.nfpa.org
  417.  
  418.          Northeast Regional Contest Board page
  419.              http://www.acmenet.net/jvincent/nercb.html
  420.  
  421.          Old Rockets, Old Rocketeers, Nostalgia
  422.              http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OldRockets/
  423.              http://www.dars.org/jimz/rp00.htm
  424.  
  425.          rec.models.rockets Design Contest Homepage
  426.              Enter your rocket design in the ongoing r.m.r. Design Contest!
  427.              Winners receive prizes from generous r.m.r. readers.
  428.              http://www.aeroconsystems.com/descon/rmr_descon_index.htm
  429.  
  430.          VCP Software Archive
  431.              Official site for Gary Crowell's CP/CG Calculator.
  432.              Stabilize your designs!
  433.              http://www.v-serv.com/vcp/
  434.  
  435.          Water Rockets
  436.              Gary Ensmenger's Water Rocket Playground:
  437.              http://www.h2orocket.com/
  438.  
  439.          Yahoo -
  440.              http://www.yahoo.com/Recreation/Hobbies_and_Crafts/Rockets
  441.  
  442.              The above is a great starting point and has a large number of 
  443. pointers
  444.              to other rocketry sites.
  445.  
  446.  
  447.       http://www.ninfinger.org/~sven/rockets/rmrfaq.toc.html
  448.  
  449.              This is the rocketry page of Sven Knudson.
  450.              He has the most up-to-date HTML version of the 
  451. rec.models.rockets FAQ.
  452.              He also has great rocketry pages and the rec.models.scale FAQ.
  453.  
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  455. Copyright (c) 1996-2002 Wolfram von Kiparski, editor.
  456. Refer to Part 00 for the full copyright notice.
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