Model Rockets

[BigDuphis]

I'm mad I missed your Mega Red Max, I was out hunting. How did it fly? Must have been a nice big chute on that thing, good for a video.

It took a little turn at the end of the rail and went off over the tall grass. I think maybe it needed to go on the longer rail. It really moved fast on that F50.

 

[Schipperke]

Wow.. Glad that defeated the trees !!
I saw some nice rockets up in the tree line while searching.

 

[Schipperke]

 

[BigDuphis]

Anyone planning on competing at ECRM this weekend?

 

[eruby]

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Had several of these as a kid :

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Est...rations-Kit-/252423937155?hash=item3ac5a39c83

 

[BigDuphis]

Anyone know any good field to do a couple of fairly low power test launches in that is a reasonable distance from pikesville? Balt. Co. says it's a no-no to launch in county parks, and I can't imagine schools would be too keen on it either. I wanted to test a couple of contest flights before Saturday's contest.

 

[BigDuphis]

Had a great time at ECRM this weekend. It was my first time competing in a real NAR contest, managed to snag 4th place in standard precision payload, which was one of the harder events.
Here's a shot of my venerable old archer going up on an F50 today.

 

[DarrellA]

A bunch of us were into the model rockets back in the late 60s/early 70s. We built, launched (and lost) a lot of them. When my son got interested in the late 80s/early 90s we discovered that the MAFs (Mothers Against Fun) had struck again and sucked most of the fun out of the activity. No longer was any field within bicycle range a launching site. Now we had to go to scheduled events by car to launch. That pretty much killed it for us. I'm not a "joiner" and neither is my son, we like to do stuff when, where and as we like. Just too independent and self-sufficient I guess.

But now I have a grandson, maybe we'll give it another try when he's a little older.

 

[Schipperke]

Wow, nice launch above, congrats. Just wasting a bit of time today on a Blender build , and a bitty mosquito too. View attachment 181010

 

[Schipperke]

Launched it, and my boy says, "I know why they call it a blender".. Just a fun thing, maybe 75'
Thing flies straight up and spins at huge rpm..

 

[BigDuphis]

That will be good for the August launch theme of flying saucers

Launched it, and my boy says, "I know why they call it a blender".. Just a fun thing, maybe 75'
Thing flies straight up and spins at huge rpm..

 

[Schipperke]

That will be good for the August launch theme of flying saucers

Cool, I have another to build. Maybe we get the launch director to drag race the two.

 

[Dingo3]

I used to get the Estes kits from the local hardware store when I was in high school (mid 90s). They were a lot of fun. I may look for one soon. Nothing too complicated or any of the crazy custom stuff.

 

[Schipperke]

I used to get the Estes kits from the local hardware store when I was in high school (mid 90s). They were a lot of fun. I may look for one soon. Nothing too complicated or any of the crazy custom stuff.

Way different today. They have a ton of ready to fly, built in China. Get yourself one where you glue balsa fins, engine mount etc. , real easy. The paint is the demanding part. Just takes time, not a ton of skill at all.

 

[Dingo3]

Way different today. They have a ton of ready to fly, built in China. Get yourself one where you glue balsa fins, engine mount etc. , real easy. The paint is the demanding part. Just takes time, not a ton of skill at all.

That's what I was looking for. I'll need the whole thing: platform, guide rod, everything. I've seen starter kits at Michaels and a random hobby shop. Seems like a good start to getting back into it.

 

[eruby]

 

[BigDuphis]

Cool, I have another to build. Maybe we get the launch director to drag race the two.

I bet one of those would be fun with lights on it for the night launch!

 

[BigDuphis]

Went out to my first mdra launch today. Nice site, fun group, a nice laid back launch. Had a good time and saw some decent size stuff go off. Here's a good shot I got of someone's J powered model go off.

 

[BigDuphis]

Anyone else hitting the NARHAMS launch tomorrow? Weather looks pretty warm, but otherwise nice!

 

[markgrutz]

Who knew there was a model rocket thread?!?

I don't really do anything with rockets, but I happened to be at the 4-H model rocket contest at the HoCo fair this year. So I thought I'd share a slow motion of them. I was filmed at 60fps then played at 24, then slowed down 25% from there. The first little segment where they all took off was a misfire, from there on I just spliced the launches together. It's just a rough cut and nothing special.. It was just for fun.



Mark