It's been a hell of a week!, er WEEKS, MONTHS! VERY OT

[Dwight K. Elvey]

>From: "Joe R." <rigdonj at cfl.rr.com>
>
>At 08:38 PM 2/4/05 +0000, you wrote:
>>
>>> Must be a country thing... I built potassium nitrate and 
>>> sugar rockets 
>>> and flew more than a few out the back of Taihape (close to where some 
>>> parts of LOTR were filmed) when I was a lad...
>>
>>And just how many of them had guidance systems :-)
>
>  Mine had fins. Does that count?
>
>  Joe

Hi
 I used pieces of bamboo that I got from an old window blind.
The trick was to get a good nozzle. Too big and not much of
a flight. Too small and bang, a 10 foot flop. Get it just
right and several hundred feet.
Dwight