My name is Mike. I am getting back into rockets after a 35 year break. I recently turned 50 and having gone through all my teen stuff in storage came across my old rocket things. Long story short in less than 2 months I have 10 rocket kits on the wall, in the middle of 4 builds and acquiring parts for two custom builds. I have an eight year old who I am doing this with. I am pursuing my own tangents with big hobby rockets like a highly modded Mean Machine and scratch building a Mega Der Red Max. The eight year old is putting together smaller rockets with me. I gutted and rebuilt my Bigfoot launcher with more robust parts. I am pretty handy and have a well appointed shop and have been enjoying applying my adult skills and shop resources to rockets now. I bought many of the custom Estes rocket tools as I have never regretted buying a tool and now have the resources to do bigger rockets right.
We are in rural Maine making it a challenge to find good launch sites but have a nearby 600x600ft field that works (for now). The only club in Maine I can see is in southern Maine four hours away and does not appear to be active anymore. I look forward to learning new things on the forum.
I wanted to reach out and introduce myself. Thanks for listening.
We are in rural Maine making it a challenge to find good launch sites but have a nearby 600x600ft field that works (for now). The only club in Maine I can see is in southern Maine four hours away and does not appear to be active anymore. I look forward to learning new things on the forum.
I wanted to reach out and introduce myself. Thanks for listening.