Posted on 04/20/2009 1:12:24 PM PDT by Joiseydude
On Saturday, April 25, the Saturn V, the rocket that sent men to the moon 40 years ago, will once again lift off from U.S. soil and soar over the Atlantic.
Only this time, it won't be quite real. Rather, what's going up will be the largest model rocket ever built — a one-tenth scale, 36-foot-tall, fully working replica of the Saturn V.
Its nine rocket engines will provide 8,000 pounds of thrust to lift it between 3,000 and 4,000 feet above its launching point in Price, Md.
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I think it’s cool... but glad 36’ of home-made rocket isn’t launching in my backyard!
How big does it have to be before they stop calling it a “model rocket”?
Pretty cool ... but then again, given all that thrust it's pretty disappointing performance, too. Having not seen the specs, I'm guessing it's a single-stage deal, so they're dragging a bunch of excess weight.
This ought to light up an MSAT.
Taking things to a logical conclusion....
If it wasn’t a replica of the Saturn V I’m sure the BATFE would be knocking on his door....(if they didn’t already)
Guy makes his own Surface to Air Missile in backyard. ATF and DHS arrest him for being an ‘extremist’
Now taking bets on how soon the ATF kicks in his door and shoots his dog.
Launch it from Hawai’i toward L’il Kim
Kewl
Good question! Probably a matter of (potential) payload?
Can’t wait for the UFO siting reports....
FrEak State Ping!
Where’s Prince, MD. Wonder if I’ll be able to see it.
That is one HELL of a model!
She’s beautiful. Saturn V, my all time favorite rocket.
I love America. One man in his back yard can out perform the entire North Korean space program!
WOW!
That's the largest amount of propellant a single model rocket engine can have in it - by law
Rocket motors at the E level begin to make a transition into a higher powered form of the hobby, with F- and G-engines used by much more experienced rocketeers.
H-engines and above are generally the province of experienced adult hobbyists who fly from fields measured in square miles and launch with clearance from the Federal Aviation Administration.
The 62.5-gram level for a single engine is reached around the mid-G-motor level.
Depending on the manufacturer, motors starting in the medium range around the F-classification and above use an ammonium perchlorate composite propellant.
hobbyists that want to continue to handle and fly rocket motors with propellant amounts greater than 62.5 grams will be able to do so by applying for a permit, undergoing a background check, paying a $25 fee and getting fingerprinted - application forms are available on the Internet.
We need to protect and secure this guy. North Korea might just kidnap him.
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