This looks like a cool place
Hi. I'm a 44 year old guy trying to get back into model rocketry. I've been lurking around this site for a little while and looking through the threads. This looks like a cool place to visit. I hope to learn/relearn a lot of stuff around here.
Paul aka STRMan |
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Welcome to the forum. If you are looking for information on model rockets this is the place. :) |
Welcome...
Tell us a little about your early rocketry experiences. |
My friend's older brother was into model rocketry and he recommended I read The Handbook of Model Rocketry. That was all it took. I started building and flying Estes and Centuri models, and I even designed and built a few of my own.
Here are some of the models I built and flew. Scout Vulcan Mini Bomarc Stilletto Camroc Carrier Saturn V Andromeda There were many more, but I can't recall them. One was a starter rocket kit that has a chromed plastic nose cone and fin assembly. I don't remember it's name I designed and built a two engine cluster model that worked quite well, when I could get both engines to ignite, that is! I even had one of those Estes CO2 powered rocket cars. I remember it had foam wheels. I also remember I once froze the index finger on my hand while launching one. I actually launched and recovered a raw egg in the Camroc Carrier once. What a nice payload rocket that was. A few years ago, my daughter built a Razor tube fin model for a school project. She flew it on a B engine at school and got an A grade. I almost got back into rocketry back then, but I didn't have the work space I wanted in my old house. I was browsing the net, and found myself pining after an Andromeda kit. The vintage ones on eBay seem to go for big bucks. I actually found PDRocketry made a reasonably priced kit. It was in browsing those threads that I found references to this forum and started coming here. My Brother-in-law flies larger rockets with E, F, and G engines. I think I better stay with the lower powered motors because I just don't have places to fly larger engine rockets in my immediate area. |
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That would be the Citation (by Estes) Quasar Starter Set. I've got an all chrome Quasar sitting right in front of me on my computer desk. It was a favorite of mine as a kid. |
Welcome to the forum. It is a cool place!
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My goodness, you're right! Thanks!
My dad took me to a large parking lot on a Sunday (back when the stores were closed on Sundays). I remember we launched that rocket three times. The first time we used an A engine. I ran after it and brought it back. Then we launched it with a B engine. Once again, I got it and brought it back. On the third launch, I think we used a C engine. I lost site of the rocket and couldn't find it. I never saw the chute. We packed up our gear and started driving around the parking lot. Sure enough, we found it. The chute failed to deploy and it did a nose dive right onto the parking lot pavement. The nose was destroyed and the tube was folded over. Did that discourage me? Not on your life. After that I couldn't wait to build a rocket and try launching it again. |
Just in case you haven't found these already, here are a couple of must-see websites for BAR's (Born Again Rocketeers).
JimZ's - Rocket Plans for out of production kits Ninfinger - Vintage catalogs from Estes, Centuri, and much more. |
There is also another forum, without "Olde" in the title, so the focus is a little different but just as excellent. There is a "sticky" thread with some good reference material:
http://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?t=41082 Enjoy! |
Welcome back into the hobby. Things have changed over the years. NARAM 50 is next year in The Plains VA, July 26th - Aug 1st, look for details on the NAR web site www.nar.org
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