Model Rockets?

[dcutter]

I got the "Ominus" made by "Dromida". It looks like it's going to be fun!

[Tigger72]

The traffic was from the Red bull Crushed Ice race being held in edmonton... I think its the last race of the season ( a champion will be crowned ...hopefully a Canadian )
I used to launch rockets as a kid and just started up again this year with my oldest offspring. Bought the whole kit... two single stage rockets, launch pad and launch controller... oh and I bought "A" engines a 3 pack thinking about the wind and not drifting too far away..... ( but what if there is no wind....) So I bought some "B" engines as well.
Off to the lake for a weekend of ice fishing....set things up to launch ... a couple of "A" engines and the boy was hooked ( got a few cheers from the people down the lake as well.) Well truth be told the "A" were a little small... and the wind wasn't that bad almost landed on us... ( you have to point it in the right direction to do that ) So out come the "B's"... What a difference... and ... yup theres a lot more wind up higher!! Glad we had a quad to go get it.... I think the boy is hooked... just need to find someone that owns an acreage near Calgary that will let us launch our rockets as we won't be on the frozen lakes until next winter.

Summer Project: To recreate the rocket sleds that we built as kids and fired them across the snowy field...
should be interesting trial and error.....

[Jack&7]

Originally Posted by Tigger72

The traffic was from the Red bull Crushed Ice race being held in edmonton... I think its the last race of the season ( a champion will be crowned ...hopefully a Canadian )
I used to launch rockets as a kid and just started up again this year with my oldest offspring. Bought the whole kit... two single stage rockets, launch pad and launch controller... oh and I bought "A" engines a 3 pack thinking about the wind and not drifting too far away..... ( but what if there is no wind....) So I bought some "B" engines as well.
Off to the lake for a weekend of ice fishing....set things up to launch ... a couple of "A" engines and the boy was hooked ( got a few cheers from the people down the lake as well.) Well truth be told the "A" were a little small... and the wind wasn't that bad almost landed on us... ( you have to point it in the right direction to do that ) So out come the "B's"... What a difference... and ... yup theres a lot more wind up higher!! Glad we had a quad to go get it.... I think the boy is hooked... just need to find someone that owns an acreage near Calgary that will let us launch our rockets as we won't be on the frozen lakes until next winter.

Summer Project: To recreate the rocket sleds that we built as kids and fired them across the snowy field...
should be interesting trial and error.....

Get yourself some Estes C6-3 engines and watch for the smoke trail after you lose sight of the rocket! Depending on the rocket, you will be in the neighbourhood of 900-1000 feet.

The D series motors are for bigger rockets that have some weight to them.

Hmmmm...never would've thought so many were still interested in rockets. If anyone in the Calgary area wants to get together and launch a few...gimme a shout!

[densa44]

Google sugar rockets. You don't need to heat the sugar, but you'll figure it all out. You can make very cool 2 stage ones that turn into a glider and coast back down.

Of course, the best one we ever used, was a tiny A engine one that had 3 fins and just helicoptered down.

All the kids loved them, and they really go!

BTW you need kids to chase after them or they aren't any fun.

[recce43]

We are launching rockets next weekend at gull lake my son got a couple .should be fun

[dcutter]

We were test firing on the "A" motors all day yesterday. Great fun!!! Then we stepped up to a "B" (I think?). Holy-Sweet-Mother-Of-INDIA!!! That thing went a frickin MILE!!!!

So, long story short...I've got a rocket in a tree that I can't get to due to flood water from a pond south of the house