Seems like I'm far from unique in resuming a hobby from childhood. My interest is to get my kids involved with something more tangible than electronic entertainment. I justify building my own with them to present an example for them to work towards. I think it's been successful thus far, and considering I only built one rocket as a kid and I already have them up to 4 ea, I think I'm making progress.
I'm a knifemaker by trade and really enjoy craftsmanship in most any variety. I'd say for my own pursuit, this is active procrastination where I can work and build on something other than what I should be doing. I do love knifemaking and forging in general, but a few hours with rockets goes a lot farther for a finished product, and is just as fun.
I mainly am a lurker and enjoy learning and researching ideas and designs as much as building them. Just like with knives, I rarely just draw a pattern, but rather research historic or culturally distinct designs and then work from there.
I attached a pic of the next rocket to try. I'm currently waiting on my E motors to run it as high as possible. I think after this if I continue with my own builds I want to learn more about the sugar engines and build a rocket powered by a candy motor.
Anyway, thanks for a forum full of ideas and knowledge as I plan to spend plenty of time reading and researching what I can. I can never leave well enough alone, and even on the attached pic I have attempted a low-tech streamer for the first stage assembly. It will likely fail, but I like to start simple and go from there.
Thank you!
I'm a knifemaker by trade and really enjoy craftsmanship in most any variety. I'd say for my own pursuit, this is active procrastination where I can work and build on something other than what I should be doing. I do love knifemaking and forging in general, but a few hours with rockets goes a lot farther for a finished product, and is just as fun.
I mainly am a lurker and enjoy learning and researching ideas and designs as much as building them. Just like with knives, I rarely just draw a pattern, but rather research historic or culturally distinct designs and then work from there.
I attached a pic of the next rocket to try. I'm currently waiting on my E motors to run it as high as possible. I think after this if I continue with my own builds I want to learn more about the sugar engines and build a rocket powered by a candy motor.
Anyway, thanks for a forum full of ideas and knowledge as I plan to spend plenty of time reading and researching what I can. I can never leave well enough alone, and even on the attached pic I have attempted a low-tech streamer for the first stage assembly. It will likely fail, but I like to start simple and go from there.
Thank you!
. Might have to steal your nose cone paint scheme when I finally get around to painting mine though. The black and red looks really nice.
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