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Paper satellites book
Hello All,
I recently found a 1969 book (available from used book vendors such as AbeBooks.com [ www.abebooks.com ]) titled "Model Satellites & Spacecraft: Their Stories and How to Make Them" by Frank Ross, Jr. It contains photographs of--and basic information on--spacecraft up to its time, from the simple Tetrahedral and Octahedral Research Satellites to the later Explorer satellites and the Mariner planetary spacecraft.
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Before I could get real model rockets, there was a book in the local library I would almost permanently check out: Model Rockets for Beginners. It had you glue two paper discs onto the ends of a dowel, then roll cardstock around that "spool" to make tubes for rocket bodies. Transition sections are made the same way, but with discs of different sizes. I would later buy a copy of that book at one of the "friends of the library" book sales. It is still around here somewhere...
Bill
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Black Shire--Draft horse in human form, model rocketeer, occasional mystic, and writer, see: http://www.lulu.com/content/paperba...an-form/8075185 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6122050 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6126511 All of my book proceeds go to the Northcote Heavy Horse Centre www.northcotehorses.com. NAR #54895 SR |
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I think my elementary school had that book.
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A pic
For those who are interested in the book from Blackshire's original post --- I've attached a picture of the book from my library. It's a lot of fun, especially if you like cardstock modeling.
(I especially like the use of "pipe cleaners" as booms and antennas)
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No, these were not flying models, though I did make some smaller ones hollow and sent them into the air by blowing through a soda straw. If I had a bellows, I could have done stomp rockets. Bill
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It is well past time to Drill, Baby, Drill! If your June, July, August and September was like this, you might just hate summer too... Please unload your question before you ask it unless you have a concealed harry permit. : countdown begin cr dup . 1- ?dup 0= until cr ." Launch!" cr ; Give a man a rocket and he will fly for a day; teach him to build and he will spend the rest of his days sanding... |
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Black Shire--Draft horse in human form, model rocketeer, occasional mystic, and writer, see: http://www.lulu.com/content/paperba...an-form/8075185 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6122050 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6126511 All of my book proceeds go to the Northcote Heavy Horse Centre www.northcotehorses.com. NAR #54895 SR |
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Black Shire--Draft horse in human form, model rocketeer, occasional mystic, and writer, see: http://www.lulu.com/content/paperba...an-form/8075185 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6122050 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6126511 All of my book proceeds go to the Northcote Heavy Horse Centre www.northcotehorses.com. NAR #54895 SR |
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Here on eBay (see: http://www.ebay.com/itm/TRW-ORS-PRI...=item2321f66b3e ) are several unassembled, vintage TRW-made cardstock models of their TRS (Tetrahedral Research Satellite), ORS (Octahedral Research Satellite), and prism-shaped ERS (Environmental Research Satellite [ERS was the "family name" of all of these small TRW-built satellites]). Also:
Below are links to material on the ERS satellites, which had simple, easy-to-manufacture polygonal shapes and used steel tape measure-type deployable dipole antennas. The smallest of the TRS series satellites weighed just 1.5 pounds! Here are the links: http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/ors_mk2.htm http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/trs-2.htm www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app3/ers.html http://mdkenny.customer.netspace.net.au/ERS-20.pdf http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/ov5.htm http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/trs-1.htm http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/ors_mk3.htm http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/tts.htm I hope this information will be helpful.
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Black Shire--Draft horse in human form, model rocketeer, occasional mystic, and writer, see: http://www.lulu.com/content/paperba...an-form/8075185 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6122050 http://www.lulu.com/product/cd/what...of-2%29/6126511 All of my book proceeds go to the Northcote Heavy Horse Centre www.northcotehorses.com. NAR #54895 SR Last edited by blackshire : 10-18-2012 at 10:52 PM. Reason: This ol' hoss done forgot somethin'. |
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In my grade school days, I toyed a lot with origami and 3D models of crystals and other multi-faceted structures using folded cardstock. I discovered model rocketry just before that book came out. I built a flying version of the Relay satellite pictured on the cover. This was the beginning of my experimentation of using folded cardstock for building rockets. I built a bunch of different original designs. My first really successful folded model was a flying pyramid, circa 1970. Plans for the pyramid were published some time around 1982 and the design has been a staple in sport rocketry ever since. Another successful, but less ubiquitous folded design, was an all square rocket I named Infinite Square. It was a reference to a then-popular tube stabilized design called the Infinite Loop. that was some time around 1970 or 1971.
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