Indeed.
Perhaps if you had called it a "dowel finned rocket" instead of a bottle or stick rocket there might not have been such a kerfuffle?
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Not so funny looking, a much safer feeling.Indeed.
Perhaps if you had called it a "dowel finned rocket" instead of a bottle or stick rocket there might not have been such a kerfuffle?
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I am not allowed to fly a real Nike Apache
I modeled it and Open Rocket says it's stable. If you shorten the stick, you can see it become unstable.
I mocked it up and swing tested it, it's not marginally stable, it's rock solid stable.
There are numerous video's of them flying, straight as an arrow.
Why does it work.... Ancient Chinese Secret
If you remember that commercial you are officially an old dude !
Dunno about “old” yet, but I’m about 60 days away from becoming 50…….and it sure doesn’t look near as old as it did when I was 20!!!!
49.. Yep, you're still a youngster.
Side note: They were still playing that commercial in 1992 when you were 20?
Indeed.
Perhaps if you had called it a "dowel finned rocket" instead of a bottle or stick rocket there might not have been such a kerfuffle?
It gets confusing sometimes. Here’s what NFPA 1127 says:
1.3.6. This code shall not apply to the following:
(1) Model rockets as specified in NFPA 1122
(2) Fireworks rockets, skyrockets, and rockets with sticks as defined in NFPA 1123 or NFPA 1126.
So, today I’ll look up 1123 and 1126 (both of which regulate commercial fireworks, not consumer fireworks.)
However, just for the record, I am not strictly against them. I’m somewhere in the middle and trying to provide factual information regarding existing regulations.
I think it’s possible to have certain stick rockets that are indeed model rockets and interesting, and I’m also concerned that flying stick rockets could be done irresponsibly such that claiming they are model rockets would appear to be an attempt to bypass prohibitions against fireworks. If casual observers believe they are just fireworks the damage is done. So I wouldn’t simply go to a public park and fly stick rockets, but I would allow them at a club launch.
NFPA 1122 doesn’t have any rules regarding rockets with sticks. They are mentioned in the annex, but that doesn’t equate to a regulation.It get's confusing, because none of the codes you are referencing apply to the topic at hand.
NFPA 1127 is the "Code for High Power Rocketry". That doesn't apply.
Definition of fireworks.. a class of low explosive pyrotechnic devices.
Unless I don't load an Estes E motor into my stick rocket, the likelihood of it "exploding" is pretty slim.
NFPA 1123 is the "Code for Fireworks Display", so that doesn't apply, our model rockets are not fireworks, as defined above.
NFPA 1126 is the "Standard for the Use of Pyrotechnics Before a Proximate Audience" that also doesn't apply.
NFPA 1122 doesn’t have any rules regarding rockets with sticks. They are mentioned in the annex, but that doesn’t equate to a regulation.
On my range box I have big The Rocketry Forum (and Estes) decals. If I taped an Estes motor to a stick with a streamer on it and launched it in a public park which allows model rockets and prohibits fireworks, could I honestly claim my stick rocket is a model rocket per The Rocketry Forum, Estes, and the NAR Safety Code pledge I signed to abide by? Could we do a poll or consult the management of the forum and/or NAR? Or is it better to seek forgiveness rather than permission?
Something that hasn't been mentioned but which would probably be important to the casual observer- where did the rocket come from. If you bought it from a place that sells various other fireworks, then it would be lumped in with them. If you bought the hobby parts at a hobby shop or online retailer that sells hobby rockets and hobby parts, it would be easy to say that it is a model rocket just like any other but with unusual design elements. If you had some leftover actual fireworks, peeled off the stick, glued on some balsa fins and painted it all, you would still have a hard time convincing anyone that it was a model rocket.On my range box I have big The Rocketry Forum (and Estes) decals. If I taped an Estes motor to a stick with a streamer on it and launched it in a public park which allows model rockets and prohibits fireworks, could I honestly claim my stick rocket is a model rocket per The Rocketry Forum, Estes, and the NAR Safety Code pledge I signed to abide by? Could we do a poll or consult the management of the forum and/or NAR? Or is it better to seek forgiveness rather than permission?
I feel very privileged being able to drive 10 minutes to a manicured field, 500' x 500', where I can launch rockets, make loud noises and stinking smoke. To maintain this privilege, I try to be the best possible exemplar and ambassador of model rocketry that it is is possible for me to be. I carry extra Estes catalogs in my range box, and hand them out to interested bystanders.Something that hasn't been mentioned but which would probably be important to the casual observer- where did the rocket come from. If you bought it from a place that sells various other fireworks, then it would be lumped in with them. If you bought the hobby parts at a hobby shop or online retailer that sells hobby rockets and hobby parts, it would be easy to say that it is a model rocket just like any other but with unusual design elements. If you had some leftover actual fireworks, peeled off the stick, glued on some balsa fins and painted it all, you would still have a hard time convincing anyone that it was a model rocket.
Something that hasn't been mentioned but which would probably be important to the casual observer- where did the rocket come from.
If you bought it from a place that sells various other fireworks, then it would be lumped in with them. If you bought the hobby parts at a hobby shop or online retailer that sells hobby rockets and hobby parts, it would be easy to say that it is a model rocket just like any other but with unusual design elements.
If you had some leftover actual fireworks, peeled off the stick, glued on some balsa fins and painted it all, you would still have a hard time convincing anyone that it was a model rocket.
Now, this is truly a bottle rocket! You might get more performance with diet coke and mentos...
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Credit goes to Odd'l Rockets and Custom Rockets for those birds.
And let us not forget the first "model rocket", the Rock a Chute Mark 1 by Orville Carlisle.
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I would call that a tractor motored stick rocket (with fins).
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