Model Rockets

wilcam47 · Jun 20, 2012

Lou45 said:
The hell with what kind of camera. What I'd like to know is who was holding and filming during flight???

same person causing all the damn boating accidents :innocent0

Lou45 · Jun 21, 2012

wilcam47 said:
same person causing all the damn boating accidents

Winterborn · Jun 21, 2012

I did this as a kid. Good stuff I bet my daughter would love it.

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honeybadger · Jun 21, 2012

Late 70's and early 80's there wasn't a kid in my group that didn't have a rocket catalog in our pockets. I had a arsenal of Canadian Rockets (I grew up on the boarder) painted in red/white with the Maple leaf. We had Fracking Battlestar Galactica Vipers (till there was a fracking accident lucky the fire went out by the time we got there). It was a great hobby. The only Russian Rocket was the SCUD.

gmhowell · Jun 21, 2012

alucard0822 said:
Tried onboard video out today.

+1

Wreck · Jun 21, 2012

Rockets are fun and kids love to retrieve them when they land. If you're near Bethesda, WMAL (antenna) field is huge and great for rocket launching.

narcolepticsniper · Jun 21, 2012

we used to dump black powder in where the parachute would go, and when the engine was done...KABOOM!!!

yeah, stupid kids...

Lou45 · Jun 22, 2012

narcolepticsniper said:
we used to dump black powder in where the parachute would go, and when the engine was done...KABOOM!!!

yeah, stupid kids...

With today's political atmosphere, that could easily be construed as a ballistic missle topped with a warhead. :lol2:

Half-cocked · Jun 22, 2012

Wreck said:
Rockets are fun and kids love to retrieve them when they land. If you're near Bethesda, WMAL (antenna) field is huge and great for rocket launching.

Just a word of warning... Model Rocket launching is prohibited by law in Montgomery County (it's Montgomery County, komrade, what did you expect?) without a permit. And you won't get a permit.

http://rocketdungeon.blogspot.com/2006/07/model-rocket-law-in-montgo_115212412369697186.html

aquaman · Jun 22, 2012

alucard0822 said:
Perhaps I can combine my RC stuff, and rocketry when the JBT drones take over, I have a few suitable interceptors for missle platforms and FPV gear to target bogeys

S-300 system for drones :lol2:

jeff7457 · Jun 22, 2012

http://www.mdrocketry.org/

I used to be a member of this club.

Wreck · Jun 22, 2012

Half-cocked said:
Just a word of warning... Model Rocket launching is prohibited by law in Montgomery County (it's Montgomery County, komrade, what did you expect?) without a permit. And you won't get a permit.

http://rocketdungeon.blogspot.com/2006/07/model-rocket-law-in-montgo_115212412369697186.html

Really? That's bs, launched there for years , never a problem.

Boom Boom · Jun 22, 2012

Wreck said:
Really? That's bs, launched there for years , never a problem.

Agreed. If that's an active county code, it is never enforced. A group of us launched in Silver Spring and Wheaton for years, up to a few thousand feet. We always got FAA clearance beforehand, since some of the rockets were five to six feet tall with E engines. There were never any questions about a permit. The MoCo police who frequented the nearby parking lot during lunch didn't give a hoot.

gmhowell · Jun 23, 2012

Half-cocked said:
Just a word of warning... Model Rocket launching is prohibited by law in Montgomery County (it's Montgomery County, komrade, what did you expect?) without a permit. And you won't get a permit.

http://rocketdungeon.blogspot.com/2006/07/model-rocket-law-in-montgo_115212412369697186.html

Your link is 404'ed as of the date of this message.

hvymax · Jun 23, 2012

I built the more complex models( space shuttle,SR71,gliders etc)when I was young but my son is not a modeller and was bored with them by 10. I must say that Sons of Guns has inspired me with a few of their projects. Maybe a law or bazooka would be cool.

thequietman · Jun 24, 2012

I played with rockets as a kid, and have done it with my kids a couple times. I have yet to ever get a two stage rocket back. For me at least, two C engines in a small rockets means out of sight and gone. I would need a homing beacon to get it back.

As a kid, I had a payload rocket. It always surprised me how well critters with exoskeletons handle G forces... :innocent0

Lou45 · Jun 24, 2012

thequietman said:
As a kid, I had a payload rocket. It always surprised me how well critters with exoskeletons handle G forces...

Did the same here with the Estes Xray and C engines. Those critters you speak of always seemed to come back alive and well. Should have tried it with worms.

SOMDSHOOT · Jun 27, 2012

Yeeeessssssss ! Man did I cut many yards of grass as a kid to run down to the local department store to buy a box full of rockets to build and where they ended up who knows, but it was a repeat every week.

I actually looked at some rocket kits about a year ago. I saw the current prices and said, "well, it use to be fun and the prices are not reigniting my interest today". The prices of rocket kits and engines is ridiculous these days. What we paid for them 25 years ago was a few bucks a kit, now, they are like $12.00 for the same little 8" rockets (maybe even more now). Had a blast with rockets, but, the cost for the hobby today does nothing for me. I had no idea cardboard was so expensive now.

Straightshooter · Jun 27, 2012

I got to play with rockets for five years while in the Army. That's for picking up the tab.

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metalman3006 · Jun 28, 2012

SOMDSHOOT said:
Yeeeessssssss ! Man did I cut many yards of grass as a kid to run down to the local department store to buy a box full of rockets to build and where they ended up who knows, but it was a repeat every week.

I actually looked at some rocket kits about a year ago. I saw the current prices and said, "well, it use to be fun and the prices are not reigniting my interest today". The prices of rocket kits and engines is ridiculous these days. What we paid for them 25 years ago was a few bucks a kit, now, they are like $12.00 for the same little 8" rockets (maybe even more now). Had a blast with rockets, but, the cost for the hobby today does nothing for me. I had no idea cardboard was so expensive now.

Here is where I got my rockets and engines.

http://www.acsupplyco.com/estes/estes_rockets.htm

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