Rocketry anyone?

[TheOverlord]

I've recently gotten back into model rockets...very fun I must say. I've built 3 kits from Estes and have gathered the supplies to build my own using a 5 foot packing tube. We shall see how my first scratch built goes in about 2 weeks...

So do you just shoot for fun or are you a member of a club with a certification? Some of those rockets listed are utterly huge...I'm working my way up to them, not there yet

Here's my small collection I have currently...
The trio...

The one on the far left is out of service now, lost the engine mount when I didn't put enough wadding in it...*sigh* But to keep my Estes fleet @ 3, I plan to replace it with this. heh heh heh

 

[MichaelD]

Wow, this is too cool! I haven't seen or talked about model rocketry since I was a kid. That was oh, about 20 years ago. Wow, Estes is still in business, huh? A loooooooooong time ago I built one called the Nike X (no relation to the sneakers....Nike, the sneaker company wasn't invented yet! It used a B motor...I thought that was pretty badass. I had this launching pad called The Bigfoot. It used six D batteries. Wow, this is too cool! Best of luck to you w/your hobby; it's one of the coolest out there.

I have too many things on my plate now, as far as hobbies go. Computers (no duh), I have a sportbike that I ride like a man possessed, I have three snakes, I play guitar...oh yeah and when I'm done w/all that, I have the GF too! I have no time (or money!) to get back into rocketry. Good on 'ya, though!

 

[TheOverlord]

yea i know the nike...my dad flew a planeload of rocket motors for the REAL Nike missile into DFW one night during a lightning storm...heh he chose to not do it a second time...

 

[OS]

hehe, damn it's been like 10 years for me. I remember stuffing a C engine into a tiny rocket. Shot it off and up and up and up it went. But then the parachute didn't deploy and I found the rocket quite a ways away and messed up. What I really want to do is fill one with gasoline. :Q

 

[BatmanNate]

Does the middle one have the pfizer logo on it?!?

 

[Haircut]

One of my friends does that, he started out on the small ones, but it has now taken over his life. HIs last rocket had 2 stages, altimeter, camera, recovery beacon and just about any other gadget he could put on it. I think the engine was a J class (he's had to get special explosives licences keep the engines!) and I believe it got to about 3000 feet. His next project is to break the British altitude record and he has a really long thin rocket that he is going to stuff with the biggest engine he can. Should be interesting watching that.

 

[mackstann]

arent rockets kinda expensive?

 

[Darein]

I liked building little tiny ones, and cramming in C and D engines. Boy those things were in space I swear.

 

[cerebusPu]

Ive lost every single rocket i launched. including one called micropenis which had a phone number on it. so to this day Im still waiting for the call "hello, i found your micropenis!"

oh yeah..rockets are fun. they are like bigger versions of fireworks. the most beautiful sight is to launch a rocket at night while its snowing. of course..i never got that one back either.

 

[TheOverlord]

its not expensive if you just do it as a hobby...now if you get really serious about it like Haircut's friend then yea it can get costly...

AC Supply Co
HobbyLinc

They have good prices on rockets and if your ordering more than 2 things you make up the difference even with shipping...walmart also has good prices on a, b & c engines but they only sell starter sets not individual kits.


i've spent probably 70 bucks or so to buy 3 rockets, a starter set with all launch equipment, and engines for 30 launches or so...but its worth it

 

[RichieZ]

Estes is ok but they don't really make serious rockets. Check out aerotech consumer aerospace products