Oh shit, you are right, it got lost in the corn. I forgot all about that.

What the hell am I thinking of then? I distinctly remember one going on to the roof of the school one time.


****ing Stoners lmao

Nah, just getting old and can't remember shit. I may have bought a second one after the corn field incident.

R-U you doing a drive-by tonight? Im game

Nah, got lazy. I'll get with ya tomorrow.

It's fun to try to launch a raw egg on one and try to recover it unbroken.
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Without a doubt good fun!
We always stock up when Hobby Lobby has 50% off. We end up breaking them and then saving the parts to make Franken-Rockets.

The thing is the engines are so expensive we started making our own. The first time they were bad, but we got better and better.

Its real funny because we live on a lake. So we set up a Kayak Rocket Rescue team. Half the fun is finding them either in trees or the numerous wildflower fields.

We don't use electric start. I just bought some dynamite fuse at a gun show. It is way faster and more predictable.

What do you make the engines out of? Black powder?

If you're gonna do it, do it right...

This thread reminded me of one of my all time favorite videos.

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Yes it is a hard grain black powder. I have to admit when I say we make them, that means I go to my buddies house with beer, we use all his toolings and chemicals and we make them there, and usually a shitload. I understand the principles of packing the delay charge and ejection charge etc...but his tools make them Pro.

The only modification we have to do is on the rockets themselves is to change the motor mounts.

Here is a good site that explains.

http://www.skylighter.com/fireworks/...ket-engine.asp

C-Mac....I spit coke all over the monitor:) I haven't giggled like that in a while.

Speakiing of favorite vids, I have this posted on my desktop. Whenever Im having a bad day, watch this and realized the days' not so bad.

It keeps within the theme of this thread.....kinda

Prolly NSFW

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/1195/

We do rocketry for my two youngest son's cub scout troops. The boys dig it no end.
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