From auto-replier-daemon@BLOOM-PICAYUNE.MIT.EDU Sat Aug 3 21:53:06 1996 Received: from MIT.EDU (SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU [18.72.1.2]) by bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU (8.6.13/2.3JIK) with SMTP id VAA11809; Sat, 3 Aug 1996 21:53:03 -0400 Received: from BLOOM-PICAYUNE.MIT.EDU by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA18036; Sat, 3 Aug 96 21:46:02 EDT Received: (from daemon@localhost) by bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU (8.6.13/2.3JIK) id VAA11440; Sat, 3 Aug 1996 21:46:01 -0400 Received: from angel.heaven.net (angel.heaven.net [198.69.28.2]) by bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU (8.6.13/2.3JIK) with ESMTP id VAA11389 for ; Sat, 3 Aug 1996 21:45:34 -0400 Received: from [198.69.29.18] (wolf.netheaven.com [198.69.29.18]) by angel.heaven.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id VAA23570 for ; Sat, 3 Aug 1996 21:44:32 -0400 Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 21:44:32 -0400 Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Old-To: news-answers-submit@BLOOM-PICAYUNE.MIT.EDU From: "Wolfram v.Kiparski" Subject: [checked] To: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU From: wolf@netheaven.com (Wolfram v.Kiparski) Newsgroups: rec.models.rockets,rec.answers,news.answers Subject: rec.models.rockets FAQ Part 01 - General Information Followup-To: rec.models.rockets Organization: none Distribution: world Reply-To: wolf@netheaven.com Summary: This posting contains a list of Frequently Asked Questions (and their answers) about Model and High Power Consumer Rocketry Archive-name: model-rockets/general Rec-models-rockets-archive-name: rockets-faq/part01 Posting-Frequency: weekly Last-modified: 1996 July 3 URL: http://dtm-corp.com/~sven/rockets/rmrfaq.toc.html Rec.Models.Rockets FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions): PART 1 OF 14 GENERAL INFORMATION This portion of the r.m.r FAQ is maintained by Buzz McDermott, at buzzman@netcom.com. Comments, criticisms, suggestions and corrections for this section should be sent to that email address. 1.1 What, exactly, is a 'model rocket' versus a 'high power' rocket? Where do liquid fueled and homemade rocket motors fit in? What about amateur rockets? 'Model', 'high power', 'advanced', and 'amateur' are all terms which have many definitions, depending to whom you are speaking. In r.m.r., and in the FAQ documents, the definitions (if any) accepted by the NFPA, National Association of Rocketry, and Tripoli High Power Rocketry Association are used. If these definitions conflict the NAR definition is used. 'Model rockets' are rockets that conform to the guidelines and restrictions [remainder of text deleted by folder-shrink.pl]