Minutes of ERPS General Meeting #281
15 April 2004
The President called the meeting to order at 8:00 PM. Members present were
Kevin Bollinger, Sean Lynch, Dave Masten, Pierce Nichols, Gerald Nordley,
Julie Porter, Adrian Tymes, Michael Wallis, David Weinshenker, and Chris
Winter.
Reports and discussion on agenda items were as follows:
DOCUMENTATION
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Chris Winter
Chris reported the following progress:
WEBSITE: Additional pages have been uploaded: The existing 10 videos of
launch and test activities, and their linking page. Minor formatting
corrections have been made.
CD-ROM: Although organization of the CD-ROM is still under way, and some
files will have to be dropped because of copyright issues, the effort is
still on track to be complete in time for distribution at SA' 04.
INFOTECH
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Sean Lynch
Nothing to report
LIAISONS
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Michael Wallis
April 23rd is the date when the FAA's 180-day period to say yea or nay on
XCOR's launch permit closes.
There is a new bulletin from Henry Vanderbilt on-line, giving final
details for Space Access '04 and the hotel.
Due to a sudden gust of work pressure, Michael will not make it to SA '04.
The COMSTAC meeting will take place in Washington in late May.
Michael will continue working with the staff of Baycon RE: an ERPS talk.
Gerry is handling the details of the party room.
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
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Michael Wallis
The California Department of Forestry (CDF) presents a free training
seminar on Saturday in Morgan Hill. Anyone who successfully completes this
training gets certified (at some level) to work any fire site in the state.
TREASURER
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Rick Eversole
Nothing to report
CHIEF SCIENTIST
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Kevin Bollinger
Kevin has been working on electroforming processes and plans a major test
in the near future.
FLIGHT CONTROLS
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Dave Masten
See the entry for Gizmocopter.
PROPELLANTS/SPARGER/FF
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Pierce Nichols
Two weekends ago, 5 gallons of 58% peroxide were sparged up to 84%
concentration. The new condensor works fine if continuously fed cold water.
Pierce proposes to fit a heat exchanger box around the existing filter.
This will warm incoming air and should improve energy efficiency, thereby
saving us big bucks.
It seems likely that every ERPS member who works at the Ranch will have to
sign a release from liability. Pierce recommended that we draw up a draft
and then pass it by a lawyer for "imprimatur and nihil obstat" (my terms).
There will be a Ranch trip Sumday.
REGULATORY
AFFAIRS
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Dave Weinshenker
Nothing to report
SAFETY
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Dave Masten
Safety is AOK.
TESTING
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Dave Masten
Nothing to report
**** PROJECTS
Composites
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Kevin Bollinger
Nothing to report
Gizmocopter
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Dave Masten
The Crossbow IMU is due to arrive on 16 April. Dave plans to have it
integrated with Gizmocopter soon enough to shoot some video to show at
Space Access '04.
KISS
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Dan Solvin
Nothing to report
POGO
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Dave Masten
Construction proceeds.
SMARTFLIGHT
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Dave Weinshenker
Nothing to report
Spike
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Sean Lynch
Nothing to report
Meeting #281 adjourned at 8:35 PM. The next meeting will take place on 6
May at the Denny's on Bowers Avenue in Santa Clara. Watch the list for full
driving directions.
Respectfully submitted,
Chris Winter
Secretary, ERPS
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