A couple of days ago, my 8 yr old daughter, who has never built anything beyond stacking blocks as a toddler, decided that she had watched her 10 yr old brother long enough and wanted to build and fly her OWN rocket. Before she was afraid of the noise. Wanting her first experience to be successful, I flew to WalMart and bought her a Stars and Stripes Starter Kit. Nary an Alpha III kit anywhere to be found. With advice from her "big" 10 yr old brother and myself, she did a really good job on the simple for us, but new to her build. Off we went to the nearest high school field and set up to have some fun on this 45 degree, 0-5mph windy day. My son flew several never before flown rockets he has built, being Nova Payloader, Exoskell, Skywriter, and his old standbys, Totally Tubular and Fat Boy. My sole flight was Big Betty and she landed in the asphalt parking lot again but nothing was broken. Little daughter launched her Stars and Stripes the first two times on B4s and the last three times on C5s. All launches were successful with one of hers landing about a foot in front of the launch pad! The rocket gods were with us today! Most of my time was spent showing them the safe and proper way to set up and launch each rocket and taking pictures. They've learned that the first thing they will hear from me if they make a move to the launch pad is "Controller disarmed?" On the way home my daughter said to me, "Daddy, after we have hot chocolate at home, can we go to Hobby Lobby and get a rocket that I can build and paint the way I want it?" Hee, hee, hee, why of course we can, Sugar!
Let the buying begin!
Da Dog
Let the buying begin!
Da Dog