We had a club member do the exact same thing with cabbage. I saw nothing wrong with that.
Here are some ideas for more alignment charts I may do - or someone else could make:
- Just one Estes Catalog - I'm thinking one of the ones from the '80's would be good.
- HPR Rockets - kits
- HPR Rockets - scratch
- Odd rocs
etc
Cetainly for oddrocs. No one expects the inquisition, but judging is so much fun!
Charts could be very useful to help with RSO discretion. Our club had dry weather rules banning sparkies, clusters, staged and funny looking rockets. This one was so bad (funny looking) that evoked dry weather standards to suddenly appear even on a green May morning.
My usual process was to bring such Chaotic Evil abominations at least one launch prior for RSO pre-approval, but there was a TRF contest and I had to get it in the air. So after the banning I took it to another club where I asked an experienced old dude to look at the MODEL ROCKET PORN I had in the trunk. Did it appeal to the prurient interests as defined by commity standards? That was the TEST under strict scrutiny. The strange thing was some other old dudes overheard my request and wanted to see the model rocket porn too! Very naughty.
Even though that abomination was in the XXX range it got to fly. Like Hannibal the Cannibal said to Agent Starling over the phone, he wasn't going to eat her because she made the world a more interesting place.
Paint schemes must also be examined. A Lawful Good 3FNC rocket can be downgraded, like the DRM with it's totenkopf, death tally and German cultural appropriation "slogan" decals. Nicht stompin and Mitt grabbin! A skull wearing a monicle and pickelhaube tend to chide 21st century sensibilities. At least down to Lawful Neutral!
Have you heard the sith legend of the Estes 36 D squared! Originally called the 36 Double D. That name did not make it. The two D cluster kit from Esteses with fins shaped like breasteses. Put an alignment on that one! Large, exposed mammaries? Down the chart it falls! Even Leo DiCaprio playing Howard Hughes can't help.
Chaotic or Evil High Power kits? Maybe I can can think of one... THEY are very strict on high power idiot factors for kits.
Lots of Chaotic or Evil High Power scratch builds, just turn on some crash TV! The lot are Oddrocs. Don't get me started on the triggering videos from South East Asia. My inner RSO would cry seeing those alignment charts. Even worse they wager on the flights! Neutral Evil?
Do commercial motors have Alignments too? Three seconds of Hell? That was a Devilish motor that basically involved a shredding contest. Lawful Evil!
Sparkies? Out of production motors? CATO prone Estes motors with bad dates? All need that Lawful Good certification seal.
Lots of Big 80's rockets like the gorgeous Manta Bomber are straight outta the Chaotic Good column.
Delicious cabbage rules! Although it can make one a bit on the gassy side. Still Neutral?