bcdlr
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Yep. Me too. Got bit by the bug again. Tried a couple of years ago and RocketVision went belly up before I could buy a Machbuster.
I bought a Semroc ThunderBee and I'm still priming and sanding (GREAT kit BTW) We were at Hobby Lobby last week, they had a Quest starter kit for $8.50: launcher & control, rocket, 3 A6 engines.
My youngest daughter (13) and grandaughter (4) were very interested. We went out tonight. The Recoil is a simple little thing, plastic fin can & nose, parachute recovery - added a snap swivel.
I took the camcorder and digital camera and we fired off all the engines. Very low wind I don't think the rocket landed more than 50 feet from the pad. No problems.
Had a great time. The kids loved it.
Anyway I just had to tell someone (I know you guys probably get tired of hearing BARs rant and rave). I put some pics and a video on my unfinished website: https://on30.home.insightbb.com/photo.htm
Dan
Now I got to build a two stage, and a cluster, and a mid-power, and a...
I bought a Semroc ThunderBee and I'm still priming and sanding (GREAT kit BTW) We were at Hobby Lobby last week, they had a Quest starter kit for $8.50: launcher & control, rocket, 3 A6 engines.
My youngest daughter (13) and grandaughter (4) were very interested. We went out tonight. The Recoil is a simple little thing, plastic fin can & nose, parachute recovery - added a snap swivel.
I took the camcorder and digital camera and we fired off all the engines. Very low wind I don't think the rocket landed more than 50 feet from the pad. No problems.
Had a great time. The kids loved it.
Anyway I just had to tell someone (I know you guys probably get tired of hearing BARs rant and rave). I put some pics and a video on my unfinished website: https://on30.home.insightbb.com/photo.htm
Dan
Now I got to build a two stage, and a cluster, and a mid-power, and a...