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In article <C0ArBL.Jnt@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:
> In article <LARRY.93Jan2233956@peak.psl.nmsu.edu> larry@peak.psl.nmsu.edu (Evil Engineer doin' it the Cowboy Way) writes:
> 
>>I thought rocket power was expressly forbidden for R/C work by the AMA. Or
>>is it just airplanes that shoot rockets?
> 
> Its planes that shoot rockets that are forbidden. 
> 
> I think the stipulation is a five pound weight limit and "G" total impulse
> for an airplane that uses rocket motors as its primary means of propulsion. 
> I was thinking that this would not include, say, huge scale C-130s with 
> JATO packs, since the C-130 uses its engines for primary propulsion.
> 
> It would, I think, be interesting to add R/C Rocket Glider and Boost Glider
> as R/C and Free Flight events.


A friend of mine, Dr John Kallend, designed an interesting rocket 
powered R/C aerobatic glider.  He's got it rigged up with a 2nd 
stage booster that he ignites with servo and on board glow.  
The plane will be the subject of a construction article 
soon in RCM.  If there's any interest, I can get more information
on the rules of AMA as applied to rockets.