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Originally Posted by Red October1984

I love model rocketry! Got my Civil Air Patrol Model Rocketry qualification last year and had a blast doing it. I still have a few of my rockets laying around but I have nowhere to lauch them. I earned my qual. on the parade field at Ft. Leonard Wood.

Would love to get into it again.

Originally Posted by Torplexed

I still miss that big "Patriot" rocket I got from Estes back in the late '70s. The thing had a nice heft to it and even lifted off in slow-motion. I'm still convinced that if I search that woodlot again for the umpteenth time I'll find it.



Unfortunately, the woodlot is no more and so probably is the rocket.

Originally Posted by em2nought

I suggest the introduction of cannon fuse and match heads because what is rocketry without explosions. The '70s Estes Catalog was wonderful for suggesting what not to do, one didn't have to come up with it oneself.

And for inspiration "Hello Kitty in Space" by Lauren Rojas

Originally Posted by Eichhornchen

I remember the name Estes even from way back myself; who couldn't love a hobby you set fire to?! I expect half the excitement lay in wondering whether you'll ever see the thing again once it's blasted off. Great stuff, Gargamel...

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Estes has been around for decades. Designed many rockets that I purchased, assembled, painted and launched never to be seen again. I had a lot of fun with rockets.

Originally Posted by Wolferz

My son dabbled in the hobby for a short time. I built his launch pad out of a block of wood and a coat hanger and I fixed up a long set of test leads for supplying ignition power to the motors from my car battery.
IT WAS FUN!
Alas, the launch site is now a Lowes parking lot.

"Here 12-year-old Wernher von Braun, inspired by speed records established by Max Valier and Fritz von Opel in rocket-propelled cars, caused a major disruption in a crowded street by detonating a toy wagon to which he had attached a number of fireworks. He was taken into custody by the local police until his father came to collect him." TO THE MOON BBY! never mind the politics...at least we have collected all the true locos in one thread and ya kin never start too young as evidenced by the #1 Rocketmann of the 20th century himself. Myself included: we but wallow in his contrail. we're mit you kid! from dis? V-2 to dat! Saturn V>