Is Shooting a Viking Rocket legal?

Another tip - bend small piano wire into a flat bottomed U and bury the wire in the fin root fillets so the bottom of the U catches the motor. Described elsewhere on the forum recently.

And I have to admit, every time I see the title of this thread, I think someone is asking about rocket skeet.

Sorry, don't have time to read the whole thread ....

I would say shooting a Viking rocket is legal if you own the rocket and the gun laws in your state permit the discharge of firearms. Make sure no one is holding it at the time, because shooting a person is definitely a no-no in all fifty states.

Bat-mite said:

Sorry, don't have time to read the whole thread ....

I would say shooting a Viking rocket is legal if you own the rocket and the gun laws in your state permit the discharge of firearms. Make sure no one is holding it at the time, because shooting a person is definitely a no-no in all fifty states.

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Makes you wonder why he doesn't want to shoot the other rockets in the Estes line. He could be a Packers fan.

I always chute my rockets unless I stream them. I keep thinking about gliding one, but not yet....

Lol you guys are totally extending this thread... but i have built the rocket today and tried a friction fit and it did well ... only problem was that the engine sorta expanded the bottom half guess that's not my fault putting the next engine was a bugger

Here's Homer demonstrating shooting a Saturn V.

Sabrina said:

The "hook" goes on the outside of the rocket -in between the fins. Use glue and wrap a strip of index card around the rocket and over the hook - on the top half- away from the motor.

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Nice use of my image... But a better one might have been seen in my OpenRocket Files thread.



The grey band at the back end of the rocket is the Mylar Engine Hook Retaining Ring (30168).

Bat-mite said:

Sorry, don't have time to read the whole thread ....

I would say shooting a Viking rocket is legal if you own the rocket and the gun laws in your state permit the discharge of firearms. Make sure no one is holding it at the time, because shooting a person is definitely a no-no in all fifty states.

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Well, the best time to shoot & hit your rocket is at apogee ... and if there is someone holding onto it at that point, you've got one hack of a hot motor + someone competing for a Darvin award !

...and, you broke the NAR safety code about launching vertabrea animals, so boooo on you for that!
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Cnorm said:

Here's Homer demonstrating shooting a Saturn V.

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I remember that episode lol why i should buy one and put a hamster in it.
Hmm so LPR payload sections are for cameras? or other things?

Matt_The_RocketMan said:

I remember that episode lol why i should buy one and put a hamster in it.
Hmm so LPR payload sections are for cameras? or other things?

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Also eggs. You have to get the egg back safely without breaking. This tests your rocket recovery skills.

K'Tesh said:

Nice use of my image... But a better one might have been seen in my OpenRocket Files thread.

The grey band at the back end of the rocket is the Mylar Engine Hook Retaining Ring (30168).

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the retaining band does what for the motor? i was drinking n cold one and i wasnt to sure if that was actually useful to the motor bay since its housed outside of the rocket
plus how can i use those pics to demonstrate my ideas....i would love to know and show

JERRYR708 said:

Also eggs. You have to get the egg back safely without breaking. This tests your rocket recovery skills.

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So called the you know the only one i know that might serve a purpose... can you place gadgets to measure the Gs sustained by rockets?

Matt_The_RocketMan said:

can you place gadgets to measure the Gs sustained by rockets?

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https://www.jollylogic.com/products/altimetertwo/

https://www.jollylogic.com/products/altimeterthree/

Matt_The_RocketMan said:

So called the View attachment 375336 you know the only one i know that might serve a purpose... can you place gadgets to measure the Gs sustained by rockets?

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Jolly Logic Altimeter 2

JERRYR708 said:

Jolly Logic Altimeter 2

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thanks i would infact see that you could infact test this idea of strong G forces by using silly putty?

Matt_The_RocketMan said:

the retaining band does what for the motor?

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It keeps the engine hook attached to the motor tube. In a minimum diameter rocket the motor tube is the same as the main body tube.

Matt_The_RocketMan said:

the retaining band does what for the motor? i was drinking n cold one and i wasnt to sure if that was actually useful to the motor bay since its housed outside of the rocket
plus how can i use those pics to demonstrate my ideas....i would love to know and show

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kuririn said:

It keeps the engine hook attached to the motor tube. In a minimum diameter rocket the motor tube is the same as the main body tube.

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^What he said.

Using the image? I'd recommend that you download OpenRocket, then download some of my files. From there, you can open them up in 3D view, and manipulate the rendering of the rocket to get the views you need. A screen grab (print screen) of the desired angle, and some work with image software, and Bob's your uncle.

K'Tesh said:

^What he said.

Using the image? I'd recommend that you download OpenRocket, then download some of my files. From there, you can open them up in 3D view, and manipulate the rendering of the rocket to get the views you need. A screen grab (print screen) of the desired angle, and some work with image software, and Bob's your uncle.

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thanks for the info i guess i can use that application to help me better understand build without building them

Sabrina said:

The "friction fit" thing is in the Viking instructions... it's in there, yeah... but... I can't say I'm super thrilled about those Estes instructions. Sorry - that's my honest opinion. Here's the thing - You can get the Viking instructions by searching the Estes Rockets website and see for yourself. Now compare the modern Estes instructions with older instructions from the JimZ website. Pick a friction fit model on the JimZ site - maybe the Wizard for example. Compare and come to your own conclusion. -My opinion - There is a tremendous opportunity for improvement with the modern Estes instructions... I'm not volunteering... I'm just saying... -not sure anyone (Ellis) is listening.

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If Ellis Langford isn't listening, remember than John Boren is a forum member.

Dave F.

Ez2cDave said:

If Ellis Langford isn't listening, remember than John Boren is a forum member.

Dave F.

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Haven't seen John post in a long time.

so what are you referring to by this John guy?

Matt_The_RocketMan said:

so what are you referring to by this John guy?

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Just a designer dude who works for the company that Ellis dude bought last year...

K'Tesh said:

^What he said.

Using the image? I'd recommend that you download OpenRocket, then download some of my files. From there, you can open them up in 3D view, and manipulate the rendering of the rocket to get the views you need. A screen grab (print screen) of the desired angle, and some work with image software, and Bob's your uncle.

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got a this message from downloading it .. uncaught problem where the thingy say bug report what do i do to open it ?

K'Tesh said:

Nice use of my image...

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I shoulda figured... I didn't have an image of my own ( you know I like pictures, right?)

... and I just did a google image search on "Estes motor hook" - your image - best of the bunch!!!

- just like all of your posts here on the forum - totally da bomb

well w/o a more precise bug/error message it is hard to say but lets see if we can narrow things down a bit. you got this message when you tried to open the open rocket jar file? are you running Windows? with the current java installed? or did you try to open an open rocket design (ork) file w/o open rocket up and running?
Rex

Rex R said:

well w/o a more precise bug/error message it is hard to say but lets see if we can narrow things down a bit. you got this message when you tried to open the open rocket jar file? are you running Windows? with the current java installed? or did you try to open an open rocket design (ork) file w/o open rocket up and running?
Rex

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it was a bug report and let me read it and send the issue to the company, but nothing has opened in 1 week.. sooo

Charles_McG said:

...And I have to admit, every time I see the title of this thread, I think someone is asking about rocket skeet.

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Actually, Rocket Trap Shooting would be much easier. Skeet is complicated, and probably better left to those certified for high power rocketry.

DaveW6DPS said:

Actually, Rocket Trap Shooting would be much easier. Skeet is complicated, and probably better left to those certified for high power rocketry.

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still idk how im going to use a bugged java program....

I am briefly going to bring up the topic for another questioner.
I have been toying with some new viking models I made a few months back, shot like 6 of them , using different motors ; A8-33, B6-4 and C6-7. Of the six shots i lost 2 rockets due to to tight of tape wrap, and to loose tape wrap, how can I use these rockets if I dont know the complete and utter safety of the friction wrap? I feel like friction fitting a engine in a rocket is quite primitive, i just built swift, and it is also a friction wrap rocket, but the only issue, is it has a tumble recovery system, but the engine is ejected from the rocket, how the heck does this not pop off the nose come? Also is the kit technically breaking its own rules? It primary just fictions a fire starting rocket.

I have done a little bit of poking around on the Apogee web and found an interesting alternative to friction fitting.