11bravo
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Hey all-
Name's Greg. Live in north central Iowa.
I did a very little model rocketing when I was in about third grade and have taken about 23 years off.
Recently a friend and I took his two kids (son 11 - daughter 9) and my nephew (10) and launched some rockets for grins and giggles. We launched all Estes rockets; an NSA Starship (twice) that came with the launcher, two No. 2 Estes Sky Writers (the boys got identical rockets), and an Eliminator off a homebuilt pad.
The two shots of the Starship went well, the two shots of the Skywriters went well as did the shot of the Eliminator. Of course, we used the largest engines we could get our hands on and the first four recoveries went well also. However, there were appearently much higher winds up where the Eliminator got to and when the parachute opened.... it was GONE!!!! Poop. Have to invest in a beeper or radio finder or something.
Despite this, I think I could get a little more into this.
Over Labor Day weekend my buddy and I are taking his kids with us down to the KloudBusters Air Fest in Argonia, KS. We never knew this existed, but when you get off I-35 at Exit, instead of turning west to Wellington and Argonia, if you turn east, the first town you get to is Oxford. Convienently, his mother lives just east of Oxford, so we can have a place to stay. Hope its as much fun as the Discovery Channel made it look.
Greg
Name's Greg. Live in north central Iowa.
I did a very little model rocketing when I was in about third grade and have taken about 23 years off.
Recently a friend and I took his two kids (son 11 - daughter 9) and my nephew (10) and launched some rockets for grins and giggles. We launched all Estes rockets; an NSA Starship (twice) that came with the launcher, two No. 2 Estes Sky Writers (the boys got identical rockets), and an Eliminator off a homebuilt pad.
The two shots of the Starship went well, the two shots of the Skywriters went well as did the shot of the Eliminator. Of course, we used the largest engines we could get our hands on and the first four recoveries went well also. However, there were appearently much higher winds up where the Eliminator got to and when the parachute opened.... it was GONE!!!! Poop. Have to invest in a beeper or radio finder or something.
Despite this, I think I could get a little more into this.
Over Labor Day weekend my buddy and I are taking his kids with us down to the KloudBusters Air Fest in Argonia, KS. We never knew this existed, but when you get off I-35 at Exit, instead of turning west to Wellington and Argonia, if you turn east, the first town you get to is Oxford. Convienently, his mother lives just east of Oxford, so we can have a place to stay. Hope its as much fun as the Discovery Channel made it look.
Greg
