Never add up your costs [Now with pics!]

[ksaves2]

Rocket looks very nice. You do realize that if one puts a nice paint job on a rocket it is by definition going to get bunged up! Kurt

 

[les]

Thankfully, I never kept my receipts or added things up. This way I can lowball my guestimates on how much I have spent over the years................

And even that number comes out way too high and I mostly do LPR!!!!

la la la la - I'm not thinking about it - la la la la

 

[kelltym88]

Another factor to consider is time. How much time spent building and finishing, especially bigger or upscale/scratch built projects. My Level 2 rocket cost me, IIRC , close to $200, plus the motor, another $60. It shredded on it's first attempt, remake entire lower section, another $60. So there's $320, no L2 yet, but I spent probably 40-60 hours working on it (that might be a little high, but you get the point). Then another $60 for a successful L2 attempt. Time, lots of it, that's part of the cost as well.

 

[Tonimus]

Oh, I'm well aware of time spent working on it. The car I referred to earlier, my buddy and I have somewhere around 3,000 man hours in it.

 

[Tonimus]

I got it back this morning. Here's the obligatory pictures!

 

[tim cubbedge]

Looks good - now go launch it!

 

[ThirstyBarbarian]

That's a really nice looking rocket. It would still be a bargain at twice the price!

 

[Tonimus]

Waiting on my electronics, then to find a launch, then I'm off to get my cert.