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Gorpet · 02-16-23, 02:43 AM

[QUOTE=em2nought;2853229]I put a payload of match heads in mine instead of the parachute and once at altitude kaboom. This was way back when we had more rights of course.

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Anyway if your were a Rocket builder back in the past Estes Rockets ,Was what a young man had,if he mowed enough yards he could buy a kit.Elmer's glue some sand paper,and maybe some paint,5 or 6 hrs you had your Rocket. We didn't have fancy launch pads, We used mom's wire coat hanger bent straight with dads pliers.A beer can cut in halve was our heat shield. No fancy electronic launch system. We had a green waterproof fuse you stuck up into the ass end of a solid fuel rocket motor. C-6-7, C-6-5, And if you wanted to chase a parachute C-6-3 .It was the best of times.

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Gorpet Still Searching Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: A country in Evolution Posts: 769 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	[QUOTE=em2nought;2853229]I put a payload of match heads in mine instead of the parachute and once at altitude kaboom. This was way back when we had more rights of course. [/QU Anyway if your were a Rocket builder back in the past Estes Rockets ,Was what a young man had,if he mowed enough yards he could buy a kit.Elmer's glue some sand paper,and maybe some paint,5 or 6 hrs you had your Rocket. We didn't have fancy launch pads, We used mom's wire coat hanger bent straight with dads pliers.A beer can cut in halve was our heat shield. No fancy electronic launch system. We had a green waterproof fuse you stuck up into the ass end of a solid fuel rocket motor. C-6-7, C-6-5, And if you wanted to chase a parachute C-6-3 .It was the best of times. Last edited by Gorpet; 02-16-23 at 03:18 AM.