Re: [ERPS] ATF regulations.

2004-10-12 Thread Randall Clague
At 11:14 PM 10/12/2004 -0400, Donald Qualls wrote: Most airbag propellants are sodium azide, which itself is on the List (or was, as of a couple years ago). Sodium azide explosive mixture is on the List; sodium azide by itself is not. However, ISTM that if BATFE wants to go after someone on this o

Re: [ERPS] ATF regulations.

2004-10-12 Thread Randall Clague
At 07:23 PM 10/12/2004 -0700, Jerry Durand wrote: Orange Book, page 57, question 27 "27. How are airbags regulated by AFT? Unless the product has been classified by AFT as a special explosive device and exempted from regulation under 27 CFR 55.32, an airbag device containing explosive initiators

Re: [ERPS] ATF regulations.

2004-10-12 Thread Randall Clague
At 07:23 PM 10/12/2004 -0700, Jerry Durand wrote: For reference: Orange Book, page 57, question 27 "27. How are airbags regulated by AFT? Unless the product has been classified by AFT as a special explosive device and exempted from regulation under 27 CFR 55.32, an airbag device containing explo

Re: [ERPS] ATF regulations.

2004-10-12 Thread Henry Spencer
On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, Donald Qualls wrote: > > find no mention of air bag actuators. Mind you, I don't know what's > > *in* them... > > Most airbag propellants are sodium azide, which itself is on the List > (or was, as of a couple years ago). My understanding is that sodium azide *used to be*

Re: [ERPS] ATF regulations.

2004-10-12 Thread Donald Qualls
Randall Clague wrote: At 06:58 PM 10/12/2004 -0700, David Weinshenker wrote: One would think that an airbag actuator would fall within the definition of a "propellent actuated device" ("specialized mechanical device or gas generator system that releases or directs work by means of a propellant char

Re: [ERPS] ATF regulations.

2004-10-12 Thread Randall Clague
At 06:58 PM 10/12/2004 -0700, David Weinshenker wrote: One would think that an airbag actuator would fall within the definition of a "propellent actuated device" ("specialized mechanical device or gas generator system that releases or directs work by means of a propellant charge"), and as such woul

Re: [ERPS] ATF regulations.

2004-10-12 Thread Jerry Durand
At 06:58 PM 10/12/2004, David Weinshenker wrote: One would think that an airbag actuator would fall within the definition of a "propellent actuated device" ("specialized mechanical device or gas generator system that releases or directs work by means of a propellant charge"), and as such would be e

Re: [ERPS] ATF regulations.

2004-10-12 Thread Donald Qualls
David Weinshenker wrote: Jerry Durand wrote: At 06:05 PM 10/12/2004, Randall Clague wrote: At 03:33 PM 10/12/2004 -0700, Jerry Durand wrote: the BATFE "Orange Book" even specifically defines car airbag actuators as controlled explosives, requiring that your car be kept in a magazine Surely individ

Re: [ERPS] ATF regulations.

2004-10-12 Thread David Weinshenker
Jerry Durand wrote: > > At 06:05 PM 10/12/2004, Randall Clague wrote: > >At 03:33 PM 10/12/2004 -0700, Jerry Durand wrote: > > > >>the BATFE "Orange Book" even specifically defines car airbag actuators as > >>controlled explosives, requiring that your car be kept in a magazine > > > >Surely indivi

Re: [ERPS] ATF regulations.

2004-10-12 Thread Jerry Durand
At 06:05 PM 10/12/2004, Randall Clague wrote: At 03:33 PM 10/12/2004 -0700, Jerry Durand wrote: the BATFE "Orange Book" even specifically defines car airbag actuators as controlled explosives, requiring that your car be kept in a magazine Surely individual car owners are exempt if the airbag actua

Re: [ERPS] ATF regulations.

2004-10-12 Thread Randall Clague
At 03:33 PM 10/12/2004 -0700, Jerry Durand wrote: the BATFE "Orange Book" even specifically defines car airbag actuators as controlled explosives, requiring that your car be kept in a magazine Surely individual car owners are exempt if the airbag actuator is in the car and has not been tampered w

Re: [ERPS] ATF regulations.

2004-10-12 Thread Jerry Durand
At 11:30 AM 10/11/2004, Andrew Tubbiolo wrote: While parusing the ATF web page to look for regulations that would apply to liquid O2 - C3H8, and O2 - Kero, I found this ... http://www.atf.gov/forms/notices/04-7020.pdf Under the "L" listing, liquid O2 'explosives' is listed as a single entry. Al

Re: [ERPS] ATF regulations.

2004-10-11 Thread Andrew Tubbiolo
Randall Clague said: > No; the oxidizer based explosive mixtures they're talking about are > oxidizer/carbon mixes commonly used in mining. Carbon black and LOX is a > common mixture. Needless to say, do not try this at home; it's flippin' > dangerous. ATF regulation of such mixtures is quite

Re: [ERPS] ATF regulations.

2004-10-11 Thread Randall Clague
At 06:30 PM 10/11/2004 +, Andrew Tubbiolo wrote: Under the "L" listing, liquid O2 'explosives' is listed as a single entry. Also under "P" is listed 'Peroxide based explosive mixtures'. So does this mean that a liquid rocket engine using LO2 or H2O2 is considered an explosive? No; the oxidizer

Re: [ERPS] ATF regulations.

2004-10-11 Thread Henry Spencer
On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, Andrew Tubbiolo wrote: > Under the "L" listing, liquid O2 'explosives' is listed as a single entry. > Also under "P" is listed 'Peroxide based explosive mixtures'. So does this > mean that a liquid rocket engine using LO2 or H2O2 is considered an > explosive? Note the word "mi

[ERPS] ATF regulations.

2004-10-11 Thread Andrew Tubbiolo
Hi All: While parusing the ATF web page to look for regulations that would apply to liquid O2 - C3H8, and O2 - Kero, I found this ... http://www.atf.gov/forms/notices/04-7020.pdf Under the "L" listing, liquid O2 'explosives' is listed as a single entry. Also under "P" is listed 'Peroxide ba