[dms-discuss] Rocketeer update - Space, The Final Frontier

[Braden]

Just to update from offline info exchange, after talking with James, it
turns out one can just clamp a bike pump to the valve on the Make Mag
model of launcher...

...so we're free to organize a little launch-off between that model and
the one Tim came up with, :)

Thanks,
  Braden

On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 10:08:00PM -0700, Braden wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I went by the space to see Tim's revised design, and it's looking cool!
> It will be fun to see how it launches compared to the Make Magazine
> model James brought in.
> 
> Speaking of which, James: do you have the tube thingy kicking around
> that adapts the valve on your launcher to the Schrader valve so that it
> can be used with a bike pump?  We didn't see it at the space.
> 
> Once we have that, we can organize a day+time to have a little
> launch-off, :)
> 
> Thanks,
>   Braden
> 
> 
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 12:02:42PM -0700, timf wrote:
> > September 25, 2014
> > 
> > Hi rocketeers --
> > 
> > We met last Friday evening to plan a possible workshop about building paper
> > rocket launchers, and we decided that more research was needed.
> > 
> > So I researched and tinkered over the weekend and created and made a simple
> > and cheap launcher that has some advantages over the ones we studied on
> > Friday. I just now launched a few paper and foam rockets with it, and it
> > looks promising.
> > 
> > I'll bring it to the Space tonight during my regular hours (7 p.m. to 10
> > p.m.). Everyone is welcome to come poke at it and talk about a workshop for
> > Davis parents to build launchers.
> > 
> > Cheers, rocketeers!
> > -- Tim F