Astrogopher
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1. 55 year old male.
2. Some experience in the late 70's with Estes simple to medium models (maybe 20 launches with A to C motors).
3. Forgot all about it for 40 years.
4. Kids both grown and wife will support any new hobby.
5. Would love to get back into model rocketry but in a purposeful direction.
6. Reasonable skill at model making and basic electronics.
7. Soooooo... I am not sure what to do next.
8. There seem to be two primary directions for me to concentrate on, (1) working up toward more powerful rockets. i.e. ultimately to Tripoli, or (2) staying low power but gradually building more complex scale rockets and launch pads. (for instance working crawler and LUT with lights, and Saturn V model rocket etc.)
Question then is: Would working through a guided program like Nartek Skills Program be useful in making that decision, or do I just start building stuff?
I know that is a very broad question without much context but I really want to do this well without making a lot of stupid mistakes that others have surely already made. Thanks is advance, Mark from South Carolina.
ps. It seems like there is much, much, much, great information and people on this forum, but if I am not careful, I will be sucked into this forum forever and never get out and never build anything, only read of others great adventures.
2. Some experience in the late 70's with Estes simple to medium models (maybe 20 launches with A to C motors).
3. Forgot all about it for 40 years.
4. Kids both grown and wife will support any new hobby.
5. Would love to get back into model rocketry but in a purposeful direction.
6. Reasonable skill at model making and basic electronics.
7. Soooooo... I am not sure what to do next.
8. There seem to be two primary directions for me to concentrate on, (1) working up toward more powerful rockets. i.e. ultimately to Tripoli, or (2) staying low power but gradually building more complex scale rockets and launch pads. (for instance working crawler and LUT with lights, and Saturn V model rocket etc.)
Question then is: Would working through a guided program like Nartek Skills Program be useful in making that decision, or do I just start building stuff?
I know that is a very broad question without much context but I really want to do this well without making a lot of stupid mistakes that others have surely already made. Thanks is advance, Mark from South Carolina.
ps. It seems like there is much, much, much, great information and people on this forum, but if I am not careful, I will be sucked into this forum forever and never get out and never build anything, only read of others great adventures.