The Launch Rack. NARAM-55 & Molly Brown DOUBLE ISSUE!

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1 The Launch Rack Published by the Garden State Spacemodeling Society National Association of Rocketry Section No. 439 New Jersey s Oldest Model Rocket Club Volume 31 Number 3 (Issue 174) May-June 2013 NARAM-55 & Molly Brown DOUBLE ISSUE! This Issue Chock-Full of Competition Plans, Designs, Tips and Techniques To Give You GSSS The Competitive Edge!

2 President s Message Arnie Klein The March GSSS Launch The March launch started off with warm weather, and a light wind that picked up later in the afternoon. Most of the people at the launch were Radrockteers officers, and members. There were no GSSS officers there except myself. We launched a total of 46 rockets (measured by counting the left over ignition wires). Two of the launches were "G" level, and two rockets landed in trees, both were recovered. We had two soil samplers, and two lawn darts. An attempt was made to have a four saucer drag race, but two of the saucers failed to take off. A attempt was made to use the Estes attitude measuring App with a smart phone, but it did not work out very well. Overall it was a very good launch with a lot of congeniality. -Arnie You can check out the iphone application Arnie mentioned in his President s Message at the Estes Mobile Web Site: The app looks pretty interesting and could have potential. Additional information about each of the 4 program apps can be found on the Estes Support page: Hey! You think we could get rid of our optical trackers, eventually? Then we could drop the walkie-talkies too and just txt the altitude to launch base from the iphone and results could be posted to FacePage! The Editor s Pad Dr. Oooo- The Trooth Can Hurt Bob Kreutz I m Still just Acting as the Editor Spring Means Contest Time! (You Can Clean Up The House Later ) Oh Yeah? Tell that to my Wife WOW! Have you seen the schedule coming up??? Contests, Funtests, Molly Brown Local Meet and then NARAM! Lots and lots of COMPETITIONS! Do you have enough models to fly everything? Well, maybe we can help out. I m a bit of a technophile so, I ve scanned my plans and done a few online searches, even visited the NAR Competition Model Plans site to come up with a few suggestions for you, in case you re sitting there scratching your head wondering what to build. There are some wild ideas out there, but for the most part, we ll stick to proven designs and ones that work. Another good place to start is QCR, a Co. which carries models designed to qualify in just about any event. There is just an incredible amount of information we would like to put in the Launch Rack this issue, just as a primer for each event, but we can t fit it all in! So, we have elected to fill the pages with models and designs that you can use as potential qualifying entries for both Molly Brown and NARAM. Some designs will be for the same event in both competitions and will be designated so. Countdown n The GSSS Schedule for the remainder of 2013 is posted below. As always, it has a little something for everyone: Apr 20 Sport Launch (B Streamer Duration) May 25 Molly Brown Local Contest 1/4A-Helicopter Duration** A-Parachute Duration B-Streamer Duration** * Open Spot Landing ** NARAM-55 Events Jun 29 Sport Launch Jul NARAM - Aurora, Ohio 1/8A-Parachute Duration Multi-Round 1/4A-Helicopter Duration 1/2A-Altitude A-Payload Altitude A-Rocket Glider Duration B-Streamer Duration C-Dual Egg Lofting Altitude Scale Research & Development Jul 27 Sport Launch (1/2A Boost-Glider Duration) Aug 31 Sport Launch (4xA Cluster Streamer Duration) Sep 29 Sport Launch (Open Spot Landing) Oct 26 Sport Launch Nov 30 Sport Launch Dec 28 Sport Launch Renewing Members Welcome Back One & All!! Joe Dunay, Jenna Dunay, Dr. Bob Kreutz, Jude Mikolajczyk, Peter Nein and Alex Nein Molly Brow wn Local Meet Participation is open to all NAR members in a geographical area determined by the sponsor (GSSS) which simply means anybody. Local Meets have a Contest Factor of 1. Entry Fees for Molly Brown Local: Division A (7-13 years old) Freee Division B (14 through 18 years old) $5.00 Division C (19 years old and older) $8.00 Division T (Registered NAR Teams) $8.00 Note: You must be an NAR Member with a valid membership card to compete in this Meet. National Association of Rocketry Annual A Meet First of All, I can t believe this will be the 55 th NARAM - that s 55 YEARS worth of National Rocketry Competition!!! So, You going to GO? If so, this issue of the Launch Rack will serve as a short Primer as to selecting models and few techniques for successful competition and sport flying. Ohh! Did I forget to mention having a great time at NARAM and indulging in a week s worth of, yes, rockets, ROCKETS, ROCKETS! Here we will present a number of designs for practically all the NARAM events and 2 for Molly Brown, 1/4A Heli and B Streamer being events at both-a chance to practice and hone competitive skill.

3 You may find a number of other designs on the internet by searching, or simply visit the NAR Competition plans pages: One design you could use has already appeared in the Jan-Feb-Mar (2013) issue of the Launch Rack, the Sunday Brunch for C Dual Eggloft Altitude. You should note (from the NARAM.org pages): All Altitude Events will be optically tracked. No fiddling with electronics this time, so be sure to bring and familiarize yourself with tracking powder and enhanced altitude visualization. NARAM-55 and Molly Brown will be flown according to the rules specified in the U.S. Model Rocket Sporting Code. Be sure to review the regulations for the events being held! The worst thing possible is to show up and be disqualified before you can fly because: I assumed the rules said such-n-such There are a few other documents I have found, which may help with your designs and strategy. Is an R&D report by Chris Kidwell on the effectiveness of different common materials that are used for streamer material. Another, by Trip Barber, Duration Presentation (Barber).pdf describes advances in the design of helicopter duration models. I like a unique aspect of one particular helicopter design on the NAR Competition Models page, by Bob Kaplow: - Rotacrock 20 Helicopter Model Sport Rocketry.pdf. Kaplow s design incorporates tension bars (springs) for rotor deployment, instead of the classic rubber bands. Two events that we can t publish models for are: Scale and Research & Development (R&D). But, we can make a few suggestions. If you re flying Scale for the first time, purchase a bona-fide, true scale model from Estes, Apogee or a major manufacturer. Many, if not most, will come with supporting scale documentation and photographs which you will need to submit in your scale pack. You may not want to start with a Saturn V, but if its your favorite, by all means go ahead. I d suggest taking your camera and viewing all the models entered in the Scale Viewing Room at the hotel. There you will find some of the best craftsmanship and probably get a few pointers on creating that masterpiece, museum-quality model. The Bible of scale documentation is Peter Alway s: Rockets of the World, an absolute must, for building scale rocket models. Another good source is: Small Sounding Rockets, by Richard Morrow and Mitchell S. Pines. You should be able to find them on-line or on ebay. Research & Development will send you back to grade school. This event is a science project involving rockets. One place to start is Tim VanMilligan s 69 Simple Science Fair Projects with Model Rockets mple_science_fair_projects_with_model_rockets. See the chapter on how to do a science fair project based on scientific method, written by Dr. Bob Kreutz. Other good sources may be found at: which includes some tips on what not to do Competition Events Potential Model/Motors 1/8 A Parachute Duration (MR) A Payload Altitude Tempest - MicroMax II SkyQuestor - A3-4T 1/4 A Helicopter Duration B Streamer Duration Mini-Rotaroc - 1/4A3-2T ASTRE/Barber SD - B6-6 1/2 A Altitude C Dual Egg Lofting Altitude Zenith - 1/2A3-4T Sunday Brunch - C6-3 (5) A Rocket Glider Duration Scale Xebec - A3-2T Estes Kit - D-Region Tomahawk Research & Development Basic data and analysis Earn Flight Points Test/vary 1 variable Eliminate additional factors NARAM-55 BEST OF THE REST Schedule of Events Friday July 19th Tuesday July 23rd 7-8 pm FAI contestants social 7pm-9pm Cannon Auction 8pm-9pm FAI contestants briefing Wednesday July 24th Saturday July 20th 5pm-7pm Manufacturer s Poolside Social 9am-6pm FAI flyoffs 7 pm-10pm R&D presentations (A/B div.) 7-9 pm SNOAR Old Rocketeer Reunion Thursday July 25th 9-11 pm Beer Lofting 7pm-10pm R&D presentations (C/T div.) Sunday July 21st 7pm-10pm Scale display/viewing 9am-3pm FAI Flyoffs Friday July 26th 7-8 pm Opening ceremonies 9am-5pm Competition Flying - Scale 8-9pm Mandatory contestants meeting 5 pm-6pm Pre-banquet social 9pm-11pm Scale and R&D turn-in 6pm-10pm Awards Banquet Monday July 22nd 7pm-9pm NAR town hall meeting Take Full Advantage of all the Offerings! Trick AND Treat!(?) or How to Eliminate Mis-Fires and Prep MMX Q2 Ignitors By: Dr. Bob Kreutz All too often, the Quest Q2 ignitors bend, crimp or twist, shorting out the ignitor and preventing the launch. I employ a little trick when igniting my single stage or booster motors. I spread Before After Spreading the bridge wire of the Q2 ever so slightly, bowing it out. This can easily be done by inserting an unfolded paperclip between the bridge wires and gently squeezing down with your thumb. Once placed in the motor, the spread-apart bridge wires will have more intimate contact with the propellant and actually hugs the inside of the nozzle - increasing retention! I most often tuck a small piece of tissue, wadding or flash paper between the wires with a pencil point to lock the ignitor in place. No more mis-fires! Descent Rate Calculator for Parachute Models 1/8A-PD at this year s Nationals, is a Multi-Round event, similar to FAI duration. MR is composed of 3 rounds each with a max time limit. Flights over the max (in this case: 40s) and no added time is awarded. Why chase that model for a 1/2 hour? Cool but Ugh! If you re interested in determining descent times for Multi Round, Predicted or Random Duration events, check out Jordan Hiller s online parachute descent rate calculator at OnLineTesting.net. You will need to know the model s mass (minus propellant weight), expected altitude and parachute diameter. Projected altitude can be obtained from projection programs or Apogee s RockSim. Additional information on design and properly sizing your parachutes see: 49.pdf

4 OK, First Off, if you re going to fly a MicroMax model in a COMPETITION, build it LIGHT! A 1/8A impulse motor does not have a lot of oomph so every fraction of a gram counts when you are building one! As a matter of fact, when I built my SURGE, the heaviest part was the parachute! So make sure you have a gram scale handy that can register 1/10ths of a gram. Here are some ideas and strategies to keep in mind if you re flying 1/8A Parachute Duration (applicable to other events as well!). No launch lugs although light in nature, launch lugs are going to add up to 30% of the total drag on the model. Just get rid of them and plan to fly your model either out of a tower built for the model, or a piston launcher (floating head preferably) for MicroMax motors or both. An epoxy-tissue tube can be formed on a paper cone. Beware! Epoxy weighs a lot!!! especially in humid weather and requires talcing or baby powder to insure it opens. Shrouds add weight too use sewing thread, the lightest you can find but use more of them! Increasing the shroud number to 12 to 16 reduces air spillage from the chute and keeps it aloft longer. Use a round chute mine is made from dry cleaner bags, 12 shrouds. I use silver mylar tape to connect shrouds to the canopy, punched out round with a hole punch (put the tape on wax paper first before punching, or it will just stick to your hole punch!!! ;-D This one weighs 2.2 grams Now comes the tricky part: Getting a 20 parachute inside a tiny, tiny tube! This chute is made from dry clear bag plastic & thread. It weighs 3.3 grams. Materials: The only true tube you will use is the short motor tube for the MicroMax motor (T2Plus from BMS or Flis). You do NOT need a thrust ring motor tape will prevent the motor from thrusting through the model. The body wall can be made from a number of materials, lighter the better. They include Vellum or Tracing Paper, Printer Paper, Graph Paper, Epoxy coated Tissue Paper. The technique is simple: curl it or roll it and connect the edges with stick glue. Centering rings are made from Index Card Paper but it is too heavy to make the competition body tube out of. Remember, these are not models meant to last a great number of flights, 3 or 4 at the most, but just like in FAI International competition, you only need maximum performance for the flights in the event. When it is done, so is the model. Parachutes: 2 problems weight and folding. There are 2 materials that suit micro-impulse motors, ¼ Mil Mylar and Dry Cleaner Bag Polyethylene. Everything else seems heavy and inefficient. Unfortunately, Mylar is stiff and relies on the folds to spring open to deploy the chute. This requires the user to NOT fold the material tightly and it becomes problematic when trying to stuff a large chute in such a small MMX tube. On the other hand, Polyethylene sticks to itself I used a long T2 tube to center the T2+ motor tube, transition and centering ring. Nose Cone: Make your own. If you are going to use a balsa cone, sand it as smooth as you can using auto body sandpaper down to 2000 grit (it is made even finer!) and color if you must, with magic marker. No sealant, no paint, they both add weight. Then, hollow out the nose with a Dremel tool to further reduce the weight. The parachute will be all the nose weight you need. As an alternative and if it is available to you, you can make a 1/2oz fiberglass nose or a vacuformed nose made of thin styrene. Forms & Molds used for making nose cones Tabs face the direction the body slides on. Apply Stik-Glue to assemble tubes Index card centering rings are flimsy, use rims to strengthen Lastly: *Practice, Practice, Practice.* Never show up at a competition with a model or design you have never flown before. Make a boilerplate model and get a few flights in on it to work out the bugs and any quirks, the model may have.

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6 Mini-ROTAROC Plans page 1 (Design & assembly) Drawings show model which would rotate counter-clockwise as viewed from above. PARTS: light 1/16" balsa (fins & rotor supports), Med-light stiff 1/16" balsa (rotors), 14.5" BT-5, BT-5 nose cone, Klett RK2 model plane hinges (3), pins or model railroad spikes, 1/16" by 2.25" rubber bands. Rotors are 1" wide (chord), 12" long. Made from medium-light 1/16" balsa. Balsa should be somewhat stiff so it will not bow outward much when folded for boost. Rotors are fragile and easy to damage or break while sanding the trailing edge. Below is how to sand the trailing edge of all rotors before cutting out from balsa sheet. Middle arrows point in direction of leading edge. Top view for models rotating counter-clockwise Balsa BT-5 nose cone 1/8 by 1" slot to vent ejection charge (not facing a rubber band) Klett RK2 hinge halves glued to tube & wrapped with thread, with glue applied to thread last 4" 2.5" 14.5" BT-5 Hinge line location 2.25" long 1/16" rubber band, two may be necessary for proper deployment tension 12" to end of tube 3" tip root root tip root Top View of rotation Launch rod goes between blades, fin, and body. No launch lug is used. 12" Two holes for burning thread, 1/16" diameter root tip root tip tip Sand trailing edges of rotors 1 and 3 Cut away rotor 1, then sand trailing edge of rotor 2 How to tie elastic thread to hold rotors for boost Pull snug, then tie knot

7 Mini-ROTAROC Plans page 2 (with full size templates & details) Power: 1/2A3-2T, A3-2T, A3-4T 2.5 BOOST FRONT VIEW OF MAJOR PARTS (NOT TO SCALE).75 7/8 (.875) Leading Edge Grain Full size fin (three) 1/16 light balsa R o o t 2.0 Trailing Edge Full size rubber band standoff & dihedral angle support (3 from 1/16" balsa, note grain) split segment of 1/8" launch lug Triple size airfoil shape (3" chord) ROTOR AIRFOIL Perpendicular hinge mount Blade flat at root, must be angleddown out towards tip to rotate Actual size airfoil New Skewed hinge mount Blade angled at root, will rotate fine without any additional work. Root, Glue to rotor Pin or model R.R. spike to anchor rubber band Construction: For best performance, build model carefully so that parts are not grossly out of alignment and so it will deploy and rotate properly. Keep model lightweight in selection of parts, wood, and in construction. Use Cyanoacrylate glue. For finish, use only 1 coat of thinned clear dope on fins and nose cone, 1-2 coats of clear thin dope on rotors. Do not use any paint. For coloring, use magic marker. Optional Rotor tip shape (Full size, top view) Trailing Edge to root Leading Edge To Tip Down angle achieved by twisting outer portion of blade To Tip Twist tip of blade up nearly horizontal for more efficiency, but will work OK if blade is same angle all across

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10 XEBEC-IIIA 1/2A - A rocket glider An original design by George Gassaway that appeared in Jan SNOAR News. Redrawn by Wolfram von Kiparski. c 2001 National Association of Rocketry permission is granted to make personal copies for the purpose of building this glider. SHEET 1 OF 2 B exhaust port 8-1/2" 3/4" dihedral detail airfoil cross section D C 8-1/2" grain 1/2 Wing - full size 3/32" light C-grain balsa, airfoiled and tissued

11 XEBEC-IIIA 1/2A - A rocket glider Sheet 2 of 2 Materials List 3/32" x 1/4" x 17" spruce boom 3/32" x 3" x 16" light C-grain balsa sheet 1/20" x 3" x 9" light C-grain balsa sheet 2-1/2" BT-5 pod short balsa nose cone for BT-5 1/8" launch lugs 4" 0.015" music wire for pop-elevator spring 3 pins placed at B, C, D on pylon and rudder tissue or monokote for hinge material Music wire spring detail - full size Pop Elevator Detail boom C pins stab D E 10 degree tilt, max spring rudder - tie thread to stabilizer at hole E. - hold stab flat against boom, and string thread around pins C and D and then though pod exhaust port. - tape end of thread to pod. - increase thread tension by pulling thread over pin B on pylon. side view aft end front/rear view B Pylon - 3/32" balsa top view aft end C Full size rudder (make 1) 1/20" light balsa D Full size Stabilizer (make 1) 1/20" light balsa hinge line E (drill hole for thread) c 2001 National Association of Rocketry permission is granted to make personal copies for the purpose of building this glider.

12 You Can BEAT CHAD RINGS S RECORD!!! On August 4 th, 1993, I had the pleasure of establishing one of my US Records in A-Payload Altitude. Optically tracked to 142 meters on an A3-6t motor, the record stood for a decade until March 23, 2002, when Chad Ring greased out just the 1% he needed, to take the lead with 144m. I haven t flown A-Payload Altitude since then, but with a few simple modifications on this 1993 record setting model, I predict that you, yes YOU can BEAT CHAD RING S US RECORD!!! Why not give it a try at this year s NARAM in Aurora, Ohio? I ll Help You! OK, the model you see to the right was made from fiberglass. If you are able to make fiberglass models, this is an advantage: they are strong enough and lighter than most paper/balsa models. With Altitude events, light weight is preferable but optimum weight is the best. This can be calculated using design and simulation programs such as RocSim from Apogee. With a standard 1 ounce NAR payload, it is already over optimum weight. Any weight saving measures will yield a higher altitude! Remember This!!! Payload models are allowed to Separate into 2 pieces! [See: US Model Rocket Sporting Code (the "Pink Book") 25.4/3.5] Don t risk a DQ from a broken shock cord or lanyard and for Pete s sake, don t try to catch your model! The ejection charge will throw a 1 ounce standard sand payload forward, with incredible force. Design the Payload to return with a small strong parachute maybe in diameter. Use Kevlar thread from Flis or Apogee for the shrouds over the canopy! Let the motor section return separately with a small streamer, 1/4mil silver mylar, 1 x 10 long. Modify the model with some of these suggestions: Use light, strong 16 lb Kevlar Thread for the Lariat as a substitute for the Dental Floss and 30 lb on the recovery Lanyard - only if you decide to connect both halves, otherwise you can get away with 16 lb if it is just attached to a streamer. If you have had problems with 16 lb light Kevlar breaking, use the 30 lb heavier weight. The Lariat is sized to loop around and be tight around the payload once it is inserted. The rear portion of the payload itself serves as the shoulder of the payload section. 2 small plywood squares glued opposite each other, inside the top of the motor section, serve to support the payload and prevent shifting in flight. Instead of thin plywood, Carbon Fiber Accent Plate, (both sides glossy) from CST can be used for the new modified fins. These 3 are slightly smaller and thinner to reduce drag and placed all the way rearward. You MUST piston launch this model! A floating head piston is preferable if you are familiar with how to use them, otherwise a standard piston will work, as well. You may also wish to launch from a tower for some additional stability. Fly the model on an A3-4t. Buy a bunch of them, old and new. Weigh your motors. Check the fill of the motors on the ejection end. There are variances when Estes makes their motors. You want to find the ones with extra propellant they weigh more and are filled closer to the top. When you have found a sufficient number of overfilled motors, check the nozzles to be certain they haven t been over-inserted, deeper in the casing, giving you a false impression that the motor is overfilled. That is why it is also important you weigh them. Lastly, scrape the inside of the nozzle where the propellant is located. Sometimes extra clay from the nozzle manufacturing process remains as a thin layer over the propellant. It will prevent motor ignition and you will misfire. The clay is white-grey in color. Scrape it with a pin or small screwdriver until a small amount of the black propellant comes out. And Remember YOU CAN BEAT CHAD RINGS S RECORD!!! (and Mine as well!!!)

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15 The ULTIMATE SOLUTION (to last month s GSSS Word Search Puzzle) Hmmm, OK. If you re reading this, let us assume you didn t solve the puzzle contained in the April Issue of the Launch Rack. It was a little bit more thatn a simple Word Search. Yes, it was a real puzzle, with a real solution AND it actually was the real HIDDEN CONTEST! The funny thing about puzzles is the more complex they are, the more clues they have to have in order to solve them. Those clues are called: the DIRECTIONS and for our contest puzzle, that s where they were. So let s go through the solution: First was the classic word search. You had to find 24 words contained within the grid of letters. No, NAR and USA were not inside other words, they were there all by themselves. If you circled all the terms, you should have had as your final grid mark-up: If you read all the DIRECTIONS, you would have noticed something strange. Almost looking like a typo, certain words or phrases were in bold print, the first one of which was D-I-R-E-C-T-I-O-N-S, indicating the clues how to solve it were in bold. Your second clue in bold was the word HIDDEN, indicating there was something else in the grid besides a word search. Now, solving the word search would be fun by itself, but there was more HIDDEN. Third clue was the word ELIMINATION, yes, something else for you to do. If you eliminated all of words in the word search, your grid would look like this: I told you it was not your usual word search, didn t I? Let s see what was hidden there according to the directions. The next clue in bold were the words BACKWARD, UP and OUTSIDE THE BOX. The only way to go backwards and up is to start in the lower right hand corner, the opposite of where one would normally start reading. Did you notice that none of the word search words were in the borders? Reading up you would find SENDxTOxDRxBOB. Reading backwards from that point could also be found: /ME/BY/APRIL/THIRTIETH/ORBITBOYBOB/AT(@)/ COMCAST/DOT(.)/NET the HIDDEN directions for the HIDDEN CONTEST. You had to me your solution by then to that address. So far so good? So what s the solution? The last clue in bold read BETWEEN and FIRST FEW LINES. Eliminating all the previous answers leaves us with the remaining letter grid. If you did not eliminate the answers, the hidden message or clue, could still be found in the letters BETWEEN the word search answers in the FIRST FEW LINES. The hidden clue read: T-A-K-E/M-E/T-O/Y-O-U-R/L-E-A-D-E-R. While that answer would solve the puzzle, you had one more answer to give if you were to win the hidden contest. So, WHO is YOUR LEADER? BARACK OBAMA of course!!!!! Uh, No, wait, too many letters for the first name. So, my GSSS Rocket-Science-Rack-Reader Who IS Your Leader? Well, its our good friend and President: ~ A R N I E K L E I N ~ Had you ed me by April 30 th, with that as your final answer, You would have been a winner in GSSS s first HIDDEN CONTEST. Feedback is appreciated and an indication of whether or not you would enjoy more of these brain-draining mind-benders. You might be interested to know, that contained in the title of the issue s President s Column was the phrase Words from YOUR Fearless LEADER in italics. Now, admittedly, it was in Spanish, but we did give you the URL of Bing Translator just in case you haven t taken your Spanish as a Second Language classes yet!

16 1 2 P a r t i n g S h o t s Photos taken by Fred Taverni with his camera rocket. Picture 1 was taken at 160 ft and shows the immediate area around the launch rack. Picture 2 was taken at 425 ft and shows the surrounding area. The rocket is a modified Aerotech Initiator. A payload section was added to house the camera and related electronics. The Rob Nee -designed AYUCR timer controls an R/C servo that mechanically depresses the shutter button on the on-board Canon SD-1000 digital camera. The AYUCR timer is programmed to trigger every 1.5 seconds beginning at lift-off. A Raven altimeter initiates recovery deployment at apogee with the motor ejection charge serving as a backup and records altitude vs. time. Using this data it is possible to determine the altitude of each photo. The rocket descends on two separate chutes one for the booster and the other for the payload. [REAL NICE Results, Fred! Ed.] The Launch Rack Volume 31, Number 3 Issue 174 May-June, 2013 (Back on Schedule ) The Launch Rack is the official publication of the Garden State Spacemodeling Society and is published for the enlightenment and entertainment of the membership. It is published bi-monthly. You are invited to send your articles, photos, letters and hard earned cash to the editor for his enlightenment and entertainment, ect., and for publication. This publication is by and for the membership. Articles appearing in the newsletter may be used by other publications provided proper credit is given to the author and this newsletter. Jack Sarhage, Chief Editor 24 Canterbury Court Piscataway, NJ gssshq@optonline.net Dr. Bob Kreutz, Lackey to the Chief Editor 506 Hunters Road Brick, NJ The Launch Rack c/o Jack Sarhage 24 Canterbury Court Piscataway, NJ May-June, 2013 Volume 31, No.3 (Issue 174) Expiring NARAM, 2013