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- From: elder@enuxhb.eas.asu.edu (Greg Elder)
- Subject: Re: NARWIN IV Comments
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.232258.25002@ennews.eas.asu.edu>
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- Reply-To: elder@enuxhb.eas.asu.edu (Greg Elder)
- Organization: Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
- References: <1992Nov17.175941.20002@ennews.eas.asu.edu> <1992Nov17.221203.1672@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 23:22:58 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.221203.1672@ultb.isc.rit.edu> jsvrc@rc.rit.edu (J A Stephen Viggiano) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov17.175941.20002@ennews.eas.asu.edu> elder@enuxhb.eas.asu.edu (Greg Elder) writes:
- >
- >> NARWIN IV was a NAR regional contest sponsored by
- >>the SSS in Phoenix, AZ. It was held this past weekend (Nov 14-15).
- >>Sport flying was also held on both days, with a number of
- >>high powered rockets being flown as well. The largest engines used
- >>were in the J range.
- >
- >You've got my chops watering for the NSL. Will it be on the same field?
- >
- Yes. Our current FAA waiver is for 5000 ft. AGL and J class motors.
- I believe we are looking into modifying this for the NSL, if possible.
- Someone wanted us to try for an 8000 ft. clearance. I'll post any additional
- details as I become aware of them.
-
- >> Ed LaCroix launched his "Flying Cone". (That's
- >>what I call it, it looks like a big pointed nose cone. I think it is
- >>actually a model of an old design for an ABM, though the actual name
- >>escapes me.)
- >
- >Sounds like a Sprint. I made a few of these (in "not too [sic] scale" versions)
- >many years back, from pictures in _Jane's_Weapons_of_Mass_Destruction_, or
- >whatever it was called.
- Now that I see the name, I believe it was a model of a Sprint.
- >
- >John Viggiano, jsvrc@rc.rit.edu
- >NAR 25615
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- Greg Elder elder@enuxhb.eas.asu.edu
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