<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="">Tweeks, <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It comes with <b style="caret-color: rgb(20, 20, 20); color: rgb(20, 20, 20);" class=""><u class="">Tru-Core 54 mm 3 grain casting set</u></b><font color="#141414" class="">, 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 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><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 8, 2018, at 5:19 PM, Thomas Tweeks Weeks <<a href="mailto:tom@theweeks.org" class="">tom@theweeks.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><font face="arial" size="3" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;" class="">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;" class=""> </p><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;" class="">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;" class=""> </p><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;" class="">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;" class=""> </p><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;" class="">Tweeks</div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;" class="">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;" class=""> </p><p style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""> </p><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; word-wrap: break-word;" class="">On Saturday, September 8, 2018 4:54pm, "Eric Paterson" <<a href="mailto:egpaterson@gmail.com" class="">egpaterson@gmail.com</a>> said:<br class=""><br class=""></div>
<div id="SafeStyles1536441181" class="">NRVR members,
<div class="">I talked to Ben and Elaine Russell (Gainesville, VA) about offering their <span class="" style="background-color: #fcfcff;"><span style="color: #141414;" class=""><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;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class=""><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;" class=""><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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