<font face="arial" size="3"><p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;">Whoa! Comes with 54mm hardware?!?! SIGN ME UP ERIC!!!</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0; padding: 0; 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.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0; padding: 0; 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.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;">On Saturday, September 8, 2018 4:54pm, "Eric Paterson" <egpaterson@gmail.com> said:<br /><br /></p>
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<div class="">I talked to Ben and Elaine Russell (Gainesville, VA) about offering their <span class="" style="background-color: #fcfcff;"><span style="color: #141414;"><span class="" style="caret-color: #141414;">"Introduction to Propellant Making” class here in Blacksburg. </span></span></span><span class="" style="caret-color: #141414; color: #141414; background-color: #fcfcff;">The class covers the following topics:</span>
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<li class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: disc outside;">How to safely handle and store chemicals and propellants</li>
<li class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: disc outside;">What’s needed to get started</li>
<li class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: disc outside;">Clothing, gloves etc.</li>
<li class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: disc outside;">Chemicals</li>
<li class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: disc outside;">Mixers</li>
<li class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: disc outside;">Casting sets – mandrels and caps</li>
<li class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: disc outside;">Liner / casting tubes</li>
<li class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: disc outside;">Motor hardware</li>
<li class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: disc outside;">Vacuum systems</li>
<li class="" 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 class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: disc outside;">Overview of Burnsim –motor design and simulation program</li>
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<span class="" style="caret-color: #141414; color: #141414; background-color: #fcfcff;">You'll leave the class with</span><br class="" style="caret-color: #141414; color: #141414;" />
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<li class="" 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 class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: disc outside;">A 3-ring binder containing all the class materials and discount coupons</li>
<li class="" 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 class="" style="caret-color: #141414; background-color: #fcfcff;">Tuition is </span><span class="" style="caret-color: #141414;">$325</span></span></span><span class="" style="caret-color: #141414; 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 class=""><span style="color: #141414;"><span class="" style="caret-color: #141414;">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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