[roc-chat] Re: Nike Smokes at ROCstock?
- From: BMM <brian.morilak@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 21:29:32 -0800
Reminds me - dunno if I did it right, but I calculated that the total
impulse of the actual Saturn V was the equivalent of something like an "AB"
(i.e. 2 past "Z") :)
On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 9:15 PM, R Dierking <applerocketry@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Thank you for posting the link John. Interesting reading and got a kick
> seeing the NAR motor designation.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jan 13, 2014, at 7:27 PM, "John Coker" <john@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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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