<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">NRVR members,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I talked to Ben and Elaine Russell (Gainesville, VA) about offering their <span style="background-color: rgb(252, 252, 255);" class=""><font color="#141414" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(20, 20, 20);" class="">"Introduction to Propellant Making” class here in Blacksburg. </span></font></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(20, 20, 20); color: rgb(20, 20, 20); background-color: rgb(252, 252, 255);" class="">The class covers the following topics:</span><div class=""><ul style="margin: 1em 0px 1em 3em; padding: 0px; caret-color: rgb(20, 20, 20); color: rgb(20, 20, 20);" class=""><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: disc outside;" class="">How to safely handle and store chemicals and propellants</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: disc outside;" class="">What’s needed to get started</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: disc outside;" class="">Clothing, gloves etc.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: disc outside;" class="">Chemicals</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: disc outside;" class="">Mixers</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: disc outside;" class="">Casting sets mandrels and caps</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: disc outside;" class="">Liner / casting tubes</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: disc outside;" class="">Motor hardware</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: disc outside;" class="">Vacuum systems</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: disc outside;" class="">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;" class="">Overview of Burnsim motor design and simulation program</li></ul><span style="caret-color: rgb(20, 20, 20); color: rgb(20, 20, 20); background-color: rgb(252, 252, 255);" class="">You'll leave the class with</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(20, 20, 20); color: rgb(20, 20, 20);" class=""><ul style="margin: 1em 0px 1em 3em; padding: 0px; caret-color: rgb(20, 20, 20); color: rgb(20, 20, 20);" class=""><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: disc outside;" class="">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;" class="">A 3-ring binder containing all the class materials and discount coupons</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: disc outside;" class="">Tru-Core 54 mm 3 grain casting set which includes a 5/8” x 14” AL mandrel and casting caps. Packing stick included.</li></ul><font color="#ff2600" class=""><u class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(20, 20, 20); background-color: rgb(252, 252, 255);" class="">Tuition is </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(20, 20, 20);" class="">$325</span></u></font><span style="caret-color: rgb(20, 20, 20); color: rgb(20, 20, 20);" class=""> 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><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(20, 20, 20); color: rgb(20, 20, 20);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><font color="#141414" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(20, 20, 20);" class="">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></font></div><div class=""><font color="#141414" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(20, 20, 20);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#141414" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(20, 20, 20);" class="">Eric</span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#141414" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(20, 20, 20);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#141414" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(20, 20, 20);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#141414" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(20, 20, 20);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(20, 20, 20); color: rgb(20, 20, 20);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(20, 20, 20); color: rgb(20, 20, 20);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><font color="#141414" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(20, 20, 20);" class=""><br class=""></span></font><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></body></html>