A Few Hints and Tips for the Model Rocketeer

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asmrtube.gif (17906 bytes) One fundamental skill in scratchbuilding is cutting tubes cleanly.  Here's a page of tube-cutting tips from the out-of-print Art of Scale Model Rocketry.
shroudfigures.jpg (8769 bytes) Here are the equations to allow you to lay out a paper shroud for a transition or boattail on a model.  Includes a couple figures from the out-of-print Art of Scale Model Rocketry.
rndphoto2.jpg (11907 bytes) Andy Tomasch has contributed his NARAM R&D report on Lightweight Airframe Components to my site.  It covers tricks for building models to compete in both NAR and international contests.


Scale Bash R&D is my 1999 NARAM R&D report about my Scale Bash booklet.

Super Roc Rocket Glide R&D is my team's 2000 NARAM R&D report that won first place. It's about long skinny rockets that return to earth by gliding backwards.

Supplementary Material to Rockets of the World R&D is my team's 2001 NARAM R&D report that won first place. It's about long skinny rockets that return to earth by gliding backwards.

   

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