Matt_The_RocketMan
Well-Known Member
What do you guys think?
Didn't you know federal statute :
54.6 chapter 6 paragraph 2 subpart d:
Must have Saturn V!
Seriously $89 for a "Model Rocket" I would say i would be more afraid to shoot it after i built it..... Also does it actually go only 350ft in the air Plus heavy E30-4 Compsite?
Skill Level 4
Length: 43.25 in. (110 cm)
Diameter: 3.94 in. (100 mm)
Estimated Weight: 11 oz. (311.8 g)
Parachute Recovery: 2 - 24 in. (61 cm) and 1 - 18 in. (46 cm)
Recommended Engine: E12-4 (first launch), E30-4
Projected Max Altitude: 350 feet (107 m)
What do you guys think?
1:1 - probably not. Mostly for storage and fuel cost reasons.
1:100 - definitely yes. At ACSupply's 40% off price of $54, get two: one to learn, fly, and crash; second to get right, and maybe turn into cluster, or a 2-stager.
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When does the Deal end? I would like to get one far near into the future probably nearer to May rather than now $54 sounds more reasonable
Thus far the only Saturn V I've built is the Lego one, and it proudly sits on my shelf and I often glare at it affectionately.
I'm not really interested in doing an actual rocket version. A quality build requires a lot of time, and having invested that time, I'm not sure I'd want to stick a motor in it and send it skyward to potentially get damaged.
So I think at this moment there's only like a 20% chance I'd build a Saturn V, and even if I did there's only like a 20% chance I would actually launch it.
Really though although I appreciate the history, I'm just not that into building scale stuff for launch. It's just a lot of time and a lot of risk of wrecking that time.
When do we go from obsessing over the Saturn V and move on the the SLS? Once one actually launches?
To paraphrase John Shedd:
“Rockets are safe on a shelf, but that’s not what rockets are built for.”
Saturn V is still the most powerful rocket flown, though Space-X has plans to surpass that. For now, it is also the only rocket to put people on another planet. Every model I send into the sky is a piece of me going to the stars.
LOL but i think for Saturn V's 50th birthday i think it would be saluting it a goddamn well journey of like 350ft
But if i could buy a rocket i would prefer buying and making theses two.......
And yes they both cost around $25 bucks and can fly to altitudes far higher than the Saturn V for model rockets
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