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tallen702 
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 Topic: Mah Rokkit! (now with video!)Posted: 03 January 2010 at 12:57am |
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finished it today. Stands at 3' (that's approx 1 meter to you pinkos up north). If the wind dies down enough tomorrow I'm gonna launch it. Edit: Launched on Monday. Took video, forgot to follow the rocket up with the camera for a moment. I'll take better footage when I launch again tomorrow. Anyway, here's what I got: Edited by tallen702 - 06 January 2010 at 1:54pm |
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Posted: 03 January 2010 at 12:58am |
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I'm surprised you didn't design it after something soviet made.
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Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos. |
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Darur
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Posted: 03 January 2010 at 12:59am |
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Mrs. Tallen must be very pleased
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Real Men play Tuba
[IMG]http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1859/newsmall6xz.jpg"> PH33R TEH 1337 Dwarf! DONT CLICK ME!!1 |
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Posted: 03 January 2010 at 1:05am |
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The best thing to do is get the cheap kits with your buddys and play dodge-rocket from about 300 yards....
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Posted: 03 January 2010 at 1:08am |
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...not what i was expecting. damn
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Posted: 03 January 2010 at 1:10am |
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Well someone got a little paranoid after playing Modern Warfare 2
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High Voltage
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Posted: 03 January 2010 at 1:21am |
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Suck it, tallen. It's over 6' tall.
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tallen702
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Posted: 03 January 2010 at 1:36am |
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HV, is that 2 Estes Amazon rockets put together? Sure looks like it.
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Eville
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Posted: 03 January 2010 at 1:43am |
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I do believe HV's is the Mean Machine.
Tallen, what does yours say? |
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tallen702
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Posted: 03 January 2010 at 1:50am |
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AMAZON, hence my question to HV. It seems to be similar fin, nose cone, and body construction. |
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High Voltage
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Posted: 03 January 2010 at 2:23am |
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Estes Mean Machine
I've had it for years, so my kit was older than the one on their site. This one doesn't break down into smaller sections, or fit E engines I think. I had one exactly like yours, tallen, but I broke a fin one day when the chute failed to open completely. |
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Eville
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Posted: 03 January 2010 at 2:37am |
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I still have my old Estes Patriot from 10+years ago around here somewhere. Only thing it needs is a new nose cone. My parachute chord snapped on its last flight so the rest of the rocket just free-fell. Held up fine other than that.
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Posted: 03 January 2010 at 7:53am |
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I used to make rockets from scratch with my dad. We would put in windows and put in a payload of either a lizard or a random large bug. I should get back into it, rockets are fun.
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Posted: 03 January 2010 at 8:13am |
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i made a few when i was younger. quite fun and we had a big lake that once frozen was perfect for launching off of. i liked my 1000ft rocket till it melted its chute and smashed to peices on the ice...opps.
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Posted: 03 January 2010 at 11:11am |
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I used to be a big "rocketeer" as well. My neighbor was also a science geek, so he was member of an actual club. I'd go to launches where the used those big reusable engines. Fun to watch. I remember one homemade rocket's chute failed to open. Thing was, this rocket was like 12' tall and 8" in diameter. It suffered a bit more damage than a cracked nose cone. I remember the tracker yelling at everyone to run. :)
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Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted: 03 January 2010 at 11:31am |
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I built a rocket once. I glued the nose cone on and inserted a small bag of black powder.
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Posted: 03 January 2010 at 11:59am |
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recreating the challenger, eh? |
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Sort of. I was a lot younger so I didn't understand that it would need to be compressed for a satisfying explosion so all I got was a little "poof" and a broken rocket. |
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Posted: 03 January 2010 at 2:33pm |
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Mah Rokkit (pending getting one of the internships I applied for)
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Posted: 03 January 2010 at 2:53pm |
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I have built and launched rockets but have never recovered one.
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