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JPvelo Fri Feb 14, 2014 5:35 pm

I had the opportunity to teach my son two important lessons today.

1. How to launch a rocket:

2. How to sneak into a gated community and retrieve said rocket:

roddie Fri Feb 14, 2014 5:49 pm

It's great when you can find them... I used to take my 4 kids rocket flying years ago... and we lost a couple. Crying or Very sad

...(rockets... not kids!) lol!

pkrankow Fri Feb 14, 2014 6:38 pm

Growing up we lost a lot of rockets too. A and B engines we could get back, sometimes we would get back C engines, but all the D engine rockets were single use affairs.

Good thing they are generally not expensive, but the engines do add up quickly in an afternoon of fun.

Phil

roddie Sat Feb 15, 2014 8:18 am

"Roddie the Romantic" once packed the nose of a rocket with confetti strips that read "Roger Loves Linda" (an old girlfriend) so that when the ejection charge popped the nose-cone off... the little messages would be spread far and wide! Smile

**Cribbs74** Sat Feb 15, 2014 8:32 am

Saw this in an old MAN issue the other day.

Day of learning... FU3XTJxl

JPvelo Sat Feb 15, 2014 9:35 am

pkrankow wrote:Growing up we lost a lot of rockets too. A and B engines we could get back, sometimes we would get back C engines, but all the D engine rockets were single use affairs.

Phil

Yeah that was a two stage D rocket. The first launch was one stage. All went well so we decided to try both stages. It took a turn for the horizontal shortly after liftoff. Glad it didn't land in someone's backyard.

Jim

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