01-20-2014, 11:23 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
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Originally Posted by Jerry Irvine
I give a rat's rump when folks in an egotistical rage make up rules to restrict others for no other reason than they can, or for reasons of superior morality, that frankly does not exist.
That explains most of NFPA-1122, NFPA-1125, NFPA-1127, all written by holier than thou rocket folks. I know. I was in the room a good part of the time.
Ask yourself this of one particular example. If you have made the effort to get 1500g/125g passed through to FAA and now you are writing NFPA codes and NAR safety codes, why in hell would you both allow 125g motors and also restrict same to 160N-s? Just one of many examples in the regs of arbitrary and silly rules.
How about NFPA-1125 that excludes vertical mixers, the ones most rocket companies and folk actually use, from permissibility. Guess who uses shakers? AT. Guess who packs their propellant? Estes. The companies most consistently represented on the NFPA committee "because there isn't room for more commercial reps".
Really? Really.
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Although it would require some changes to your business model, you could just ignore them. John Wickman teaches people how to make their own motors (to whatever specifications they desire), which they do in his course. You could put the fear of God into those holier-than-thou folks by saying, "Oh well, since you all are being so hard-arsed about this, I'll just have to start selling motor-making kits," as that's the *last* thing they would want! When the mandarins write rules...ignore, disobey, resist, and go around them. |