Hooked On Rockets
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Another newbie here,
I got an Estes Argent and Ventris for my birthday about a year and a half ago and I've been HOOKED!
I bought a few Hobby Lob 40% off small rockets, and I ended up buying an AT Mustang...
That thing is a stout little monster!!!
And I was even more hooked!!!!
I haven't flown anything yet...just been building for the enjoyment of building...nice to have an "affordable" hobby (much cheaper than building hi-po engines!). LOL
Anyway. I've been looking at this forum and stuff on youtube for a while, I always end up here somehow!
This site is AWESOME!!!
I've been kinda learning Open Rocket too, still not sure what the graphs with the stability etc mean, but the build part and the "flight side profile" are pretty cool.
Maybe someone else can help me with the graphs sometime to figure out what is a safe stabile rocket vs one that aint.
I've been experimenting (for the builds sake) with adding 29mm MMs to some smaller rockets (darn hi-po engine habit!!! I'm addicted!!!),
I'd like to make sure they are safe to fly!!!
Anyhow, I moved a couple of months after I got started building and have just been piddling with the small rockets a little, I've finally got back to having some time to get back to my new hobby!
I bought the Loc 4" Goblin a couple of weeks ago and have been working on that. I LOVE IT!!
I've been TRYING to keep up with taking pictures of the build so I can document it, it seems that that is always helpful for certification...I'll try to figure out where to create a build thread if anyone is interested.
I'm not sure if anything I've done can help anyone but looking in on this site has sure helped me!!!
Even if I found the info a little too late, I'll know better on the next build!!!
Oh too, I joined the TRA last week and have been looking for a local chapter(?) to join that might be closer to where I live... I'm in Liberty County Texas (about 40 miles East of Houston) and there is so
much land out here, there has to be someone who flies in this area!??!
I hope I don't annoy y'all too much with questions that have been asked OVER AND OVER AGAIN by other newbies...I'm still figuring it out!!!
Thanks for having me!
And thanks for having this site!!!!
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I got an Estes Argent and Ventris for my birthday about a year and a half ago and I've been HOOKED!
I bought a few Hobby Lob 40% off small rockets, and I ended up buying an AT Mustang...
That thing is a stout little monster!!!
And I was even more hooked!!!!
I haven't flown anything yet...just been building for the enjoyment of building...nice to have an "affordable" hobby (much cheaper than building hi-po engines!). LOL
Anyway. I've been looking at this forum and stuff on youtube for a while, I always end up here somehow!
This site is AWESOME!!!
I've been kinda learning Open Rocket too, still not sure what the graphs with the stability etc mean, but the build part and the "flight side profile" are pretty cool.
Maybe someone else can help me with the graphs sometime to figure out what is a safe stabile rocket vs one that aint.
I've been experimenting (for the builds sake) with adding 29mm MMs to some smaller rockets (darn hi-po engine habit!!! I'm addicted!!!),
I'd like to make sure they are safe to fly!!!
Anyhow, I moved a couple of months after I got started building and have just been piddling with the small rockets a little, I've finally got back to having some time to get back to my new hobby!
I bought the Loc 4" Goblin a couple of weeks ago and have been working on that. I LOVE IT!!
I've been TRYING to keep up with taking pictures of the build so I can document it, it seems that that is always helpful for certification...I'll try to figure out where to create a build thread if anyone is interested.
I'm not sure if anything I've done can help anyone but looking in on this site has sure helped me!!!
Even if I found the info a little too late, I'll know better on the next build!!!
Oh too, I joined the TRA last week and have been looking for a local chapter(?) to join that might be closer to where I live... I'm in Liberty County Texas (about 40 miles East of Houston) and there is so
much land out here, there has to be someone who flies in this area!??!
I hope I don't annoy y'all too much with questions that have been asked OVER AND OVER AGAIN by other newbies...I'm still figuring it out!!!
Thanks for having me!
And thanks for having this site!!!!
SS