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You did that too? My track length was shorter but the flight results were the same.
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Well, it is quite obvious you were completely ignoring the safety code with these actions!! As I recall, the safety code that was in effect back then specifically called out the requirement for FIVE feet of Hot Wheels track for mini motors, EIGHT feet for 18mm motors. Earl
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Agree wholeheartedly with MarkB on this one.
Not worth the struggle. Find a Quest kit, Estes kit or Estes RTF one. Use plenty of noseweight.
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Safety code only applied to rockets, not wheeled vehicles. It was the Model Rocket Safety Code, after all. I am amazed I survived ages 8-11...
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I hear ya, man. Four ER visits to get sewn up and two concussions by the time I was 13. The angels were watching over us, no doubt. I'm surprised I'm not half dain bread by now! Earl
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Sounds like Drain Bamage to me....
Many of the things that were "Boys being Boys" when I grew up would get one arrested nowadays, which in a word SUCKS.
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I know what you mean. It used to be "Hey Jimmy, hold my Faygo Redpop and watch this!" There was usually a ramp and/or an explosive involved.
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NOTHING wrong with a Ramp and/or an EXPLOSIVE being involved then, and agree it WAS usually one or the other.
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Exactly! ....and Jimmy's hearing did return, eventually. The use of his left eye, not so much.
Ah, the folly of youth.
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I'm intrigued with hand carving a nose cone. Ive heard of turning one on a lathe. What material? I assume it takes a really good eye! |
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