bibbster
Well-Known Member
Finally getting around to an informal introduction after joining a couple weeks or so ago.
My first rocket was an Alpha (go figure) back in 1989 that I built as part of a project in drafting class. I designed a launch pad that I drew by hand and then took that drawing with me to shop class and built it. My teacher gave me the Alpha kit to go with my launch pad. Sadly, I no longer have either of them, and what's worse, I never did launch that rocket.
Fast forward to a couple months ago...my daughter built a rocket and launched it as part of her 6th grade technology class. She came home super excited and the rest, as they say, is history.
We've amassed a nice collection of rockets already, and of those, we've built five of them. Well, we built two, she built the other three.
We're looking forward to many more builds and many great launches. I'll post some pics of our builds and such soon.
This form seems like a great place to be from the lurking that I've been doing since joining. Thanks for allowing us to be a part of it. Fun times!
My first rocket was an Alpha (go figure) back in 1989 that I built as part of a project in drafting class. I designed a launch pad that I drew by hand and then took that drawing with me to shop class and built it. My teacher gave me the Alpha kit to go with my launch pad. Sadly, I no longer have either of them, and what's worse, I never did launch that rocket.
Fast forward to a couple months ago...my daughter built a rocket and launched it as part of her 6th grade technology class. She came home super excited and the rest, as they say, is history.
We've amassed a nice collection of rockets already, and of those, we've built five of them. Well, we built two, she built the other three.
We're looking forward to many more builds and many great launches. I'll post some pics of our builds and such soon.
This form seems like a great place to be from the lurking that I've been doing since joining. Thanks for allowing us to be a part of it. Fun times!