My Dad was into it also. He worked for Halliburton.My buddy and I used to fire off an early version of the Mosquito. Anything bigger than that was too expensive for us. Heck we could only afford a four pack of engines every other month.
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Yeah, as a kid we had not have rocket bucks either. Our neighbor's happen to smoke cigars that came in an aluminum container. With a little work and by breaking off match heads, we could reach several hundred feet... horizontally.My buddy and I used to fire off an early version of the Mosquito. Anything bigger than that was too expensive for us. Heck we could only afford a four pack of engines every other month.
Were you my neighbor?Aluminum cigar tubes made the most amazing aerobatic displays.
Needs repeating. Burnt many a finger wrapping matches in chewing gum foil.Warning. "Don't play with matches." Match-head fuel can be dangerous! Any rocket fuel is dangerous, for that matter!
Many match heads + masking tape, rolled into a ball = a NICE smoke/stink bomb.Needs repeating. Burnt many a finger wrapping matches in chewing gum foil.
Unfortunately for me, I had a kite, with 2 large spindles of string. One spindle was used to get the kite as high as possible. The second spindle was used as a release mechanism to ensure that a parachute was released the moment the shoebox separated from the kite. Inside the shoebox was the worlds first "hamsternaut" he didn't make it. He was buried with full military honors.Many a GI Joe doll were taped to an Estes rocket lol. Amoung other things, like lizards or some other small critter.
Yeah, Estes rockets are great.Yep, the Estes models, and they were fun. I still have one in the package here, just got it years ago. I want to find an area where I can fire it off, and start doing that again in these retirement years. Would love to have some of those big ones like they do at events but time might be hard to find for that, or the licensing for it.