Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Mega OT: Hobbyist rocket reaches 293k ft

[Hans E. Hansen (FList]

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On 10/6/22, Robert Garven <rgarven [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> Are those grade 8 or grade 10 bolts holding that thing down?
>
> On Oct 6, 2022, at 4:25 AM, Erik Nielsen <judge4re [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My team’s latest test.
>
> https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6KiOMW8z-I0
> <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6KiOMW8z-I0>
>
>
>> On Oct 5, 2022, at 9:53 AM, Anthony Bauco <tbauco [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> That makes sense.  They launched from the middle of nowhere.
>>
>> The off-topic posts have been...interesting...lately.  Maybe it is just me
>> but I hate seeing people shitting on other people's successes or good
>> fortune.  I don't care who pays what for a car or a hotel room.  Good for
>> them.  Nor do I feel the need to crap on, what appears to be, quite an
>> accomplishment.  It reminds me of the seven deadly sins and, in
>> particular, these two:
>>
>> Pride is excessive belief in one's own abilities, that interferes with the
>> individual's recognition of the grace of God. It has been called the sin
>> from which all others arise. Pride is also known as Vanity.
>>
>> Envy is the desire for others' traits, status, abilities, or situation.
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 5, 2022, 12:12 PM Hans E. Hansen <FList [at] hanshansen.org
>> <mailto:FList [at] hanshansen.org>> wrote:
>> You're over thinking.
>>
>> The rules for this activity are very clear. From a technical standpoint,
>> the rocket must pass design and construction inspections. Took 2 years for
>> this guy to design and get approval. Oddly enough, the feds allow amateur
>> rockets to be self policing, by the NAR and Tripoli.
>>
>> As for the flight, different launch areas have different clearances. Black
>> Rock Desert is one of the very few with an unlimited ceiling.
>>
>> I've been to Brothers, OR where they have a 20k ceiling, but that can be
>> extended to 50k briefly by calling the FAA. I've stood beside the guy who
>> made the call shortly before someone put one up to 32k.
>>
>> Hans.
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 4, 2022, 9:33 PM Rick Moseley <ramosel [at] pacbell.net
>> <mailto:ramosel [at] pacbell.net>> wrote:
>> Amateur, uhhhh, yep.   Had this happened in the 50s or 60s, way cool.  But
>> you’re looking the same direction I was thinking.   Was this registered
>> with the FAA (I have a niece, lawyer type, who works on this stuff after
>> leaving NASA).   Was CINCNORAD notified?   Something entering NAS at Mach
>> 4 got someone’s attention.   If it was all registered, all is good.  If it
>> wasn’t, there will be a knock on the door and questions asked.  Even at
>> only 4° deviation, that’s 20,500ft (4 miles) off line at apogee… wind
>> direction, descent velocity, cross section, nearest habitation?  This
>> could go from too cool to really dumb in a heartbeat.
>>
>> Not like school kids launching an Estes.
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Oct 4, 2022, at 9:05 PM, Erik Nielsen <judge4re [at] gmail.com
>>> <mailto:judge4re [at] gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> 
>>> https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/12/04/E8-28703/requirements-for-amateur-rocket-activities
>>> <https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/12/04/E8-28703/requirements-for-amateur-rocket-activities>
>>>
>>> He’s still an amateur…
>>>
>>>> On Oct 4, 2022, at 8:43 PM, Peter Rychel <dino308gt4 [at] hotmail.com
>>>> <mailto:dino308gt4 [at] hotmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 
>>>> Damn that is cool.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What does it take to launch and fly a rocket? I mean, this is serious
>>>> crap. Surely it must take clearance from the military to do something
>>>> like this (or do you just do a Kim Jong-un and fire it anyways?).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Peter
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: Hans E. Hansen <mailto:hans [at] hanshansen.org>
>>>> Sent: October 4, 2022 11:57 AM
>>>> To: PeterGT4 <mailto:dino308gt4 [at] hotmail.com>
>>>> Cc: The FerrariList <mailto:ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
>>>> Subject: [Ferrari] Mega OT: Hobbyist rocket reaches 293k ft
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/project-mesos-a-two-stage-flight-to-293-488-ft.175175/
>>>> <https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/project-mesos-a-two-stage-flight-to-293-488-ft.175175/>
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