SPA Modeler

7.62 millimeter full metal jacket

Estes rocket engine... with parachute charge...

Stikpusher wrote:Estes rocket engine... with parachute charge...

“Off we go into the wild blue yonder...”

Stikpusher wrote:Estes rocket engine... with parachute charge...

You laugh, but I've done that with a balsa model on the town green where I went to college - went straight up and BOOM! Blooming hilarious! (Well we thought so, I'm not sure the Octogenarians playing Bowls on their club green agreed with us, especially as it showered them in a cloud of balsa - ah the fun of studying aerospace engineering with a bunch of like minded lunatics!)

When my son was in Boy Scouts, they had an annual outing that involved model rockets. One year I went along and it was so much fun! Made sure that we had plenty of engines on hand for our rocket. The only downside was recovery, because as the afternoon wore on, the winds increased and would carry your rocket further and further away. Good times!

I remember they were plentiful during the 70s and 80s. Nowadays, you don't find them too often except in hobby shops. Today's folks get all bent of shape if they see them in stores because they're inappropriate for store to sell them to the public.

Model rockets? Yes, just like plastic models...

Stikpusher wrote:When my son was in Boy Scouts, they had an annual outing that involved model rockets. One year I went along and it was so much fun! Made sure that we had plenty of engines on hand for our rocket. The only downside was recovery, because as the afternoon wore on, the winds increased and would carry your rocket further and further away. Good times!

Just don't do what I did once and paint your rocket OD - that was a bugger to find!

I think the home owners association wouldn't be real happy if I blew it up.

wimps!