<div dir="auto">Could a Level 1 take the class, with acknowledgement that the motor won't fly until after achieving Level 2?<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">More precisely, I guess, is what's the timeframe. I'm still hoping to be able to do my L2 before the end of the year, but I'm buried under a huge project at work that is severely cutting in to my free time...</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Presuming I can (legally and schedule-wise), I'd be interested.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, Sep 8, 2018, 17:26 Eric Paterson <<a href="mailto:egpaterson@gmail.com">egpaterson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">Tweeks, <div><br></div><div>It comes with <b style="color:rgb(20,20,20)"><u>Tru-Core 54 mm 3 grain casting set</u></b><font color="#141414">, not 54mm hardware. Before we start thinking about scheduling, I want to get an idea of number of people who would be interested. Since it is hands on, the class would most likely be for < 10 people, although Ben and Elaine wold consider doing it a couple of times.</font></div><div><font color="#141414"><span><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#141414"><span>Eric</span></font></div><div><font color="#141414"><span><br></span></font><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Sep 8, 2018, at 5:19 PM, Thomas Tweeks Weeks <<a href="mailto:tom@theweeks.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">tom@theweeks.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_-4398864067094477866Apple-interchange-newline"><div><font face="arial" size="3"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial;font-size:12pt;word-wrap:break-word">Whoa! Comes with 54mm hardware?!?! SIGN ME UP ERIC!!!</div><p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin:0;padding:0;font-family:arial;font-size:12pt;word-wrap:break-word"> </p><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial;font-size:12pt;word-wrap:break-word">Can we do a doodle to figure out the best date Eric? There's a ton of stuff going on in the fall.. and the more people who can go to this the better.</div><p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin:0;padding:0;font-family:arial;font-size:12pt;word-wrap:break-word"> </p><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial;font-size:12pt;word-wrap:break-word">Thanks for taking lead on this.. we've all been talking about something like this for a while.</div><p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin:0;padding:0;font-family:arial;font-size:12pt;word-wrap:break-word"> </p><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial;font-size:12pt;word-wrap:break-word">Tweeks</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial;font-size:12pt;word-wrap:break-word">p.s. Guess I better get myself a 54mm bird (all I have is 38 & 75 right now).</div><p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin:0;padding:0;font-family:arial;font-size:12pt;word-wrap:break-word"> </p><p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin:0;padding:0;font-family:arial;font-size:12pt;word-wrap:break-word"> </p><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial;font-size:12pt;word-wrap:break-word">On Saturday, September 8, 2018 4:54pm, "Eric Paterson" <<a href="mailto:egpaterson@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">egpaterson@gmail.com</a>> said:<br><br></div>
<div id="m_-4398864067094477866SafeStyles1536441181">NRVR members,
<div>I talked to Ben and Elaine Russell (Gainesville, VA) about offering their <span style="background-color:#fcfcff"><span style="color:#141414"><span>"Introduction to Propellant Making” class here in Blacksburg. </span></span></span><span style="color:#141414;background-color:#fcfcff">The class covers the following topics:</span>
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<li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;list-style:disc outside">How to safely handle and store chemicals and propellants</li>
<li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;list-style:disc outside">What’s needed to get started</li>
<li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;list-style:disc outside">Clothing, gloves etc.</li>
<li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;list-style:disc outside">Chemicals</li>
<li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;list-style:disc outside">Mixers</li>
<li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;list-style:disc outside">Casting sets – mandrels and caps</li>
<li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;list-style:disc outside">Liner / casting tubes</li>
<li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;list-style:disc outside">Motor hardware</li>
<li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;list-style:disc outside">Vacuum systems</li>
<li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;list-style:disc outside">Process of mixing and packing AP based propellants. The student mixes and packs their own 54mm reload.</li>
<li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;list-style:disc outside">Overview of Burnsim –motor design and simulation program</li>
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<span style="color:#141414;background-color:#fcfcff">You'll leave the class with</span><br style="color:#141414">
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<li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;list-style:disc outside">A 3 grain 54mm J class reload which you mixed and packed. The reload can be flown at an experimental launch by those with Level-2 certification.</li>
<li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;list-style:disc outside">A 3-ring binder containing all the class materials and discount coupons</li>
<li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;list-style:disc outside">Tru-Core 54 mm 3 grain casting set which includes a 5/8” x 14” AL mandrel and casting caps. Packing stick included.</li>
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<span style="color:#ff2600"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="background-color:#fcfcff">Tuition is </span><span>$325</span></span></span><span style="color:#141414"> per student. I am thinking of holding the class jointly for a small group of NRVR members and VT students on a Saturday sometime this fall.</span></div>
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<div><span style="color:#141414"><span>Would you take this course given the $325 tuition? I would like to get an idea of the general level of interest among NRVR members before reaching out to our students. </span></span></div>
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