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Model Rocketry?
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There aren't many girls in rocketry so she can break everyones' hearts in a few years.
Yeah, she's a blue-eyed, long-haired blond that plays soccer too. She already has broken one little boy's heart two years ago. He couldn't keep up with her.
Actually, that is a steadfast rule when we launch. No rocket gets launched without name and phone on the streamer or chute. The problem we had was that it was predicted to rain in the next few days. Since the tubes are cardboard, we knew they would be goners if they were still out there.
Who cares what poxy colour ribbon you get? The main thing is the experience from assembling it and the thrill of flying it. As long as you take all reasonable precautions and follow the rules, I say fly your rocket, and enjoy whatever happens, even if that's a less than perfect flight.
Tell your daughter perfect flights only come after making lots of mistakes and learning from them.
(and btw a spectacularly malfunctioning rocket would probably make your daughter even more cool at school
)(and btw a spectacularly malfunctioning rocket would probably make your daughter even more cool at school
You got that right! I've had some spectacular crashes and mishaps.
I lauched a model of a Star Wars X-Wing that blew apart when the ejection charge went. It was just too fragile, but it looked awsome, like it was blasted out of the sky.
I built a large model of a German V2 Rocket that nosed into the ground under full power with a D12-3 engine (I used a launch rail that was too thin and it tilted during lauch at a steep angle). The ejection charge then blew the back end off. Wish I had videotaped these.
Good times, Good times.
Somewhere around here I have a Nike Smoke. One flight as well. G-motor.
Found it. That's a G sticking out the back. The rocket is about 3' long... moved plenty fast!
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I had one of those and the even more unstable Pershing. WAY underpowered on D12s.
Yup, it was a heavy rocket. If I manage to find a pic of my old D/E powered Jayhawk Missile I'll post it. That was a beauty. I seem to recall it got destroyed plunging through a tree on the 4th or 5th flight.
well i find it more fun to take a straw and tape it to the engine and put it on the launch pad and launch it. its funn
I have launched a few in my day including a Saturn V, the USS Enterprise (one of the most unstable rockets I have ever launched), and about half a dozen home designs (including a few "fin-less" contraptions).
After a few years away, I found myself back home and ended up the adult leader for the 4-H aerospace program in my county. We have a lot of rebuilding to do.
After a few years away, I found myself back home and ended up the adult leader for the 4-H aerospace program in my county. We have a lot of rebuilding to do.
Wow, this thread sure takes me back... I was big into model rocketry from about Grade 6 until college. Literally thousands of flights. I was president of our local rocketry club, and I went to launches all around North America. (I even met Vern Estes!) The biggest engine I ever flew were G's, but I was present for an "L" motor launch at LDRS in Ohio. Great hobby, learned a lot, but buying those motors got to be pretty expensive after a while. My nephew is 7 now and in a couple more years I think he'll be getting his first kit for his birthday!