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World's Largest Model Rocket to Lift Off Saturday
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| Monday, April 20, 2009
Posted on 04/20/2009 1:12:24 PM PDT by Joiseydude
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To: Made In The USA
glad 36 of home-made rocket isnt launching in my backyard!
...OR landing there!
I wonder where he IS lauching from and how much govt. bureaucracy he had to go thru if any.
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posted on
04/20/2009 1:31:19 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(This country isn't going to hell in a handbasket, it's riding shotgun on an Indy car....)
To: bill1952
the magic number is 62.5 grams. 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.Dear God, that is why I love FR. Someone out there always knows the answer to a question on this site. Thanks.
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posted on
04/20/2009 1:35:47 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(It's going to get a lot worse now that the anchor babies are voting!)
To: Hot Tabasco
I wonder where he IS lauchingPrice, MD
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posted on
04/20/2009 1:38:35 PM PDT
by
Joiseydude
(Kate Smith - God Bless America http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCavKL2zdjM GREAT visual interpretatio)
To: lormand
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posted on
04/20/2009 1:39:06 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
To: Joiseydude
You left out the rest of the headline:
....World's Largest Model Rocket Cellophane Parachute Will Fail to Deploy, World's Largest Model Rocket Expected to Crash In Field.
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posted on
04/20/2009 1:42:59 PM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
(Presbyterians often forget that John Knox had been a Sunday bowler.)
To: Joiseydude
Has the UN condemed the launch yet?
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posted on
04/20/2009 1:46:32 PM PDT
by
TonyM
(E)
To: bill1952
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.
I hope he has his license then .From the story
It's cost a lot of money the 1,700 pounds of ammonium perchlorate fuel alone will cost about $13,000
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posted on
04/20/2009 1:48:03 PM PDT
by
grjr21
To: Alex Murphy
You forgot to ad this:
World's largest cricket used as payload fails to survive due to severe burns.
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posted on
04/20/2009 1:48:38 PM PDT
by
Sawdring
To: caver
How big does it have to be before they stop calling it a model rocket? I guess as long as it isn't as big as the real one, and with a Saturn V you can make a damn big model rocket. I say go for 1/2 scale.
To: fightinbluhen51
"Wheres Prince, MD."Don't know about Prince, MD. It doesn't show up in any references but Prince George's is next to Andrew's AFB, MD.
yitbos
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posted on
04/20/2009 2:00:26 PM PDT
by
bruinbirdman
("Those who control language control minds.")
To: lormand
Shes beautiful. Saturn V, my all time favorite rocket. This is my favorite. It was also used on the Gemini project.
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posted on
04/20/2009 2:02:30 PM PDT
by
OldMissileer
(Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
To: Joiseydude
I know the city but is it from his back yard or in an extremely large plot of vacant land outside of the city?
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posted on
04/20/2009 2:02:37 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(This country isn't going to hell in a handbasket, it's riding shotgun on an Indy car....)
To: Hot Tabasco
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posted on
04/20/2009 2:15:30 PM PDT
by
Dixiekraut
(( Rommell...you magnificent bastard . I READ YOUR BOOK !!! ))
To: TonyM
Has the UN condemed the launch yet? He may launch it towards Israel, so they may not have to condemn it...
To: Joiseydude
The North Koreans and Iranians would televise it and call it a satellite launch.
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posted on
04/20/2009 2:29:12 PM PDT
by
SampleMan
(Socialism kills your soul.)
To: Tallguy; caver
A model rocket ends at 3.3 lbs total weight and 62.5 grams of propellant. Anything over that, like this beast, is considered high power rocketry.
BTW...the model/high power hobby rocketry people just won a 10 year plus legal battle with the BATFEces over high power rocket engines.
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posted on
04/20/2009 2:32:01 PM PDT
by
nuke rocketeer
(File CONGRESS.SYS corrupted: Re-boot Washington D.C (Y/N)?)
To: Joiseydude
Geez, that things bigger than the liquid fueled rocket that the Confederacy shot at Washington during the Civil War.
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posted on
04/20/2009 2:33:50 PM PDT
by
BuffaloJack
(To stand up for Capitalism is to hope Teleprompter Boy fails.)
To: Travis T. OJustice
Purty neat, ain’t it.....
beats the hell outta the F and G engined rockets I fire off.....
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posted on
04/20/2009 2:37:41 PM PDT
by
nuke rocketeer
(File CONGRESS.SYS corrupted: Re-boot Washington D.C (Y/N)?)
To: Made In The USA
“... the 1,700 pounds of ammonium perchlorate fuel alone will cost about $13,000 and Eves and his partners are taking donations.”
1700 pounds of perchlorate ought to help get this thing airborne....for certain, with 8,000 lbs of thrust, it’s going somewhere...
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posted on
04/20/2009 2:48:04 PM PDT
by
Bean Counter
(Stout Hearts.....)
To: nuke rocketeer
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posted on
04/20/2009 2:56:29 PM PDT
by
Dixiekraut
(( Rommell...you magnificent bastard . I READ YOUR BOOK !!! ))
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