I'm I the only rocket hoarder??

[alexzogh]

I spent the afternoon cleaning up the Rocket Barn, and have come to realize I am a serious hoarder. I'm not talking about buying things I won't immediately use (that's a problem too...), but keeping things I KNOW I should just throw away, "just in case"....

Like these fins... "I better keep this, I *might* fix that broken rocket one day", or "I like this fin profile, I better keep it around"



Or cutoffs. "This tiny piece of fiberglass might be useful one day... maybe I'll need a switch band or something" - even worse, AV bay lids that are the wrong size...



Anyone need a nosecone (or two, or three, or four). I have stacked up plastic bins filled with old nosecones "just in case"

 

[cls]

Nice bin of nose cones! Every one a creative possibility.

 

[Scott_650]

If only my hoard was this organized! Did some minor straightening up while waiting on some glue to dry and what do you know? I bought FOUR DBRM kits…thought I only had three…

 

[Hobie1dog]

Enjoy it while you can.

 

[mh9162013]

There's no such thing a hoarding model rocketry nose cones. They're the single, most important component in most model rockets, especially LPR ones. They serve as the linchpin for clone and custom builds.

As for the other parts, I save most of everything, too. My work area is practically littered with cut off pieces of main body tubes, scrap balsa and plastic, etc.

 

[cwbullet]

Nope, guilty as charged.

 

[SolarYellow]

Anyone need a nosecone (or two, or three, or four). I have stacked up plastic bins filled with old nosecones "just in case"
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Put up a list, I might be interested in some.

 

[Alan15578]

I have a couple boxes full of what I think of as my salvage yard.

 

[mikeyd]

I have been known to pull a crashed rocket out of the dumpster at a big launch, just for the parts....

 

[Zman1961]

Nope, guilty as charged.

Same here!

 

[alexzogh]

Put up a list, I might be interested in some.

Not a bad idea, although I would sell them in lots vs. individually. Too much hassle to ship a single nosecone.

 

[MALBAR 70]

I just started going through a bunch of old stuff myself. Although my storage system is best described as complete chaos, I've been finding stuff I'd totally forgotten about. Yeah, I'm a junk collector (my wife's words, not mine) too.

 

[Marc_G]

I think most of us are hoarders of rocket stuff. I haven't done a build in 2 years but hoping to restart this winter. I have kits/parts for about 50;-60 rockets

 

[Tyeeking]

It’s not hoarding. It’s future selective repurposing.

 

[cwbullet]

I am going to reduce my hoard by building one every 2 weeks for the next year.

 

[goose_in_co]

It's not hoarding if you use it.

 

[cerving]

I hear there's an A&E program in the works... Rocket Hoarding: Buried Alive

 

[Fishhead]

I spent the afternoon cleaning up the Rocket Barn, and have come to realize I am a serious hoarder. I'm not talking about buying things I won't immediately use (that's a problem too...), but keeping things I KNOW I should just throw away, "just in case"....

Like these fins... "I better keep this, I *might* fix that broken rocket one day", or "I like this fin profile, I better keep it around"

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Or cutoffs. "This tiny piece of fiberglass might be useful one day... maybe I'll need a switch band or something" - even worse, AV bay lids that are the wrong size...

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Anyone need a nosecone (or two, or three, or four). I have stacked up plastic bins filled with old nosecones "just in case"
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I have the pods for the Estes SR71 Blackbird, but not that nose cone. I'd be interested in a trade or purchase.