16 Oct
2006
16 Oct
'06
9:41 a.m.
In the late 90s on CPs I wrote a bit about my launchings in the desert there and other locations near Edwards AFB. In those days no FAA permission was required but only coordination with Edwards, which tracked our flights and told us the altitudes achieved and gave us a clue as to whether the chute had deployed and where it had fallen. We mostly used ZnS and later APCP. Steve Does anyone know which federal law prohibits any sort of guidance? We did experiment with guidance systems but this was in the days of detent RC, before servos, and quite challenging. Instead we used a mortar, powered by the rocket's own exhaust, to aim them are reduce target dispersion. Steve