[roc-chat] Re: Nike Smokes at ROCstock?
- From: John Coker <john@xxxxxxxx>
- To: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 19:27:30 -0800
That sounds like a lot of fun, enough that I broke out Rockets of the World
to read up. I never knew why they called it the Nike "Smoke", but here as
an excerpt from RotW that explains it.
http://jcrocket.com/tmp/NikeSmoke.pdf
John
On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 12:51 PM, R Dierking <applerocketry@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> So, who's interested in a Nike Smoke theme for ROCstock? Would the Board
> support this?
>
> How about drag races with some different classes, like 3" and 4" diameter,
> any motors. Keep it simple and fun. One nice thing about the Nike Smoke
> is there are a bunch of kits available from model rockets to large HP.
>
> I participated in a Nike Smoke drag race using K2045's at Dairy Aire a
> couple years ago and it was a blast!
>
> If there's support for this idea, people would have lots of time to plan,
> build, and even do some testing.
>
> Also, I wonder who's still around from the original Nike Smoke sounding
> rocket days? I wouldn't mind doing some research and outreach.
>
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