Minutes of ERPS General Meeting #303
11 JUly 2005
The President called the meeting to order at 8:21 PM. Members present were
Sean Lynch, Dave Masten, Pierce Nichols, Michael Wallis, Dave Weinshenker,
and Chris Winter. Guests named Eric, Ron, Roger Gregory, Murthy Nisvara and
Kurt Bohan also attended.
Reports and discussion on agenda items were as follows:
DOCUMENTATION
-------------
Chris Winter
Nothing to report
INFOTECH
--------
Sean Lynch
Michael reported that he reset the F.A.S.T. mailing list to "members
only"
because it was being inundated by spam from about three sources.
LIAISONS
--------
Michael Wallis
Nothing to report
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
--------------
Michael Wallis
Nothing to report
TREASURER
---------
Rick Eversole
Nothing to report
CHIEF SCIENTIST
---------------
Kevin Bollinger
Nothing to report
FLIGHT CONTROLS
---------------
Dave Masten
See Gizmocopter
PROPELLANTS/SPARGER/FF
----------------------
Pierce Nichols
Nothing to report
REGULATORY
AFFAIRS
-------
Dave Weinshenker
Nothing to report
SAFETY
------
Dave Masten
Safety is AOK.
TESTING
-------
Dave Masten
Dave W reported that Cat-5 data lines have been run between the test
stand
and the lower blockhouse, and that these support Ethernet networking.
Pierce showed some of the National Instrument USB-6008 data acquisition
modules he is using for the Ranch system: 8 channels of 12-bit resolution
at 10,000 samples per second. These come with open-source drivers and work
well with LabView. A version of LabView is available for Linux -- which is
handy, since that is what runs the Ranch data acquisition system.
**** PROJECTS
Composites
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Kevin Bollinger
Nothing to report
Gizmocopter
-----------
Sean Lynch
Nothing to report
KISS
----
Dan Solvin
Nothing to report
POGO
----
Dave Masten
Nothing to report
SMARTFLIGHT
-----------
Dave Weinshenker
Nothing to report
Spike
-----
Sean Lynch
Nothing to report
NEW BUSINESS
============
Roger Gregory showed components of his rotary rocket engine. He plans
to
test it soon at a rotation rate of goshwow.
Meeting #303 adjourned at 9:00 PM. The next meeting will take place at 8 PM
on 1 August at our facility in Santa Clara. Watch the list for driving
directions.
Respectfully submitted,
Chris Winter
Secretary, ERPS
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