Minutes of ERPS #303

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
----------
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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