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Old 05-02-2012, 09:13 PM
 
Location: Houston
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As someone who used to mess with Estes model rockets, I felt the need to share this cool video I stumbled onto on Youtube today:




And it takes off so FAST.
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Old 05-02-2012, 09:30 PM
 
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I get a nostalgic smile when we drive through Huntsville and see the rockets. <sigh> Those were the days of big dreams.
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Old 05-03-2012, 10:18 AM
 
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Thanks for that video. Something I've always wanted to do, but haven't.
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Old 05-03-2012, 11:06 AM
 
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That was awesome....
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Old 05-03-2012, 01:46 PM
 
Location: Londonderry, NH
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It should have acellerated about 100 times as hard. it appears it did. Great fun.
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Old 05-10-2012, 12:04 AM
 
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Default That was pretty cool...

- but in threads about amateur rocketry, I am obliged to link to my stark-raving bonkers countrymen who are going all-in on this rocketry thing:


HEAT-1X launch Copenhagen Suborbitals - YouTube

Doesn't look that impressive without scale, but that orange bit at the top holds a full-scale crash test dummy. And the rocket engine is a home-made hybrid, paraffin/LOX. Went supersonic, even. The veered off course and had to be shutdown, but... Not bad for a couple of guys working on donations, hope and ingenuity.
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Old 05-10-2012, 10:53 AM
 
Location: God's Gift to Mankind for flying anything
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veered off course and had to be shutdown,
Pretty dang hard to make those *model engines* be able to *gimble* ...
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Old 05-10-2012, 11:15 AM
 
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Pretty dang hard to make those *model engines* be able to *gimble* ...
They hoped that movable fins with rollerons would do the trick, but no joy. Currently, they're working on movable vanes in the rocket exhaust, V2-style. And, because they thought it might be fun, they're now delving into liquid-fueled engines.

Rocket Shop | Wired Science | Wired.com
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Old 05-16-2012, 10:18 AM
 
Location: the Beaver State
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As someone who used to mess with Estes model rockets, I felt the need to share this cool video I stumbled onto on Youtube today:




And it takes off so FAST.
Looks pretty cool. I got to see the last Saturn V rocket two years ago when I was in Houston.

But it'd didn't seem like it went up that high. Perhaps the size is misleading though.
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Old 05-16-2012, 02:46 PM
 
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But it'd didn't seem like it went up that high. Perhaps the size is misleading though.

Saturn V is absolutely huge, it's longer than a football field.

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