I was just responding to your comment, "But hey, losing Rockets is PART of the hobby!!" I can't afford for it to be a part of my hobby!
Oh, okay, fair enough and also valid too! Either one accepts it or moves down a couple notches to cheaper rockets OR pick up a hobby that incurs NO LOSSES. if that's the case. I know what you responded to. " I " posted " But hey, losing rockets is part of the hobby!! "And YOU responded with (in your original 1st response) "NOT" once you start building $300 -$500 HPR kits" Which implied that losing rockets only hurts or counts as a LOSS when you lose expensive rockets which is simply NOT true for a lot of other Rocketeers.
NOT SAYING ANYTHING NEW, all rockets have and can be lost or damaged, plain fact that everyone knows. Like i said it's part of the hobby, it sucks for a little while and you just move on, build another one, repair or replace. When i 1st started this hobby back in 1980-81 and lost my 1st rocket which was the DER RED MAX that came with the BIGFOOT launcher combo kit, AND i thought to myself that "i will no longer do this because you LOSE rockets", which is simply an unrealistic view. Thus my conclusion that "losing Rockets is part of the hobby", cheap rocket, but sucked just the same, no matter the price.