Pete, Magnificent build. The care and hard work show.
Re: "the...whiff of black powder". Model rockets aren't the only (other) cool thing with that perfume, recent experience reminds me that coal-fired steam engines do to.
Thank you. It's good to read this: Model rocketry was a hobby I fell away from, never “gave up.” Someone scanned the 1974 Estes catalog on-line; remember the 'Mars Lander'?
As a youngster I was never bitten by that particular bug hard enough to do more than admire the catalog pictures and wish.
The 'Mars Lander' was a feature of Estes' catalogs throughout that period and high on my list of 'if and when.'
Since the post focuses on model rocketry in the Springs, building and launching rockets, I would be remiss in my civic pride if I didn't include a pointer to local manufacturer Apogee Rockets' top-of-the-line flyable Saturn V.
This is at the top of my list of 'when I win the (big) lottery' toys!
By the way, on the page facing the Mars Lander in the '74 catalog is a great kit I'd forgotten about. The two-stage HOTL "Orbital Transport" that was an even bigger personal favorite than the 'Mars Lander'.
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I'm so jealous! A dozen launches, what a morning.
Pete,
Magnificent build. The care and hard work show.
Re: "the...whiff of black powder". Model rockets aren't the only (other) cool thing with that perfume, recent experience reminds me that coal-fired steam engines do to.
-Mike Sargent
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Thank you. It's good to read this: Model rocketry was a hobby I fell away from, never “gave up.” Someone scanned the 1974 Estes catalog on-line; remember the 'Mars Lander'?
http://www.ninfinger.org/~sven/rockets/catalogs/estes74/74estcat.html
Also, from 1970:
http://www.dars.org/Jimz/70est00.htm
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The 'Mars Lander' was a feature of Estes' catalogs throughout that period and high on my list of 'if and when.'
Since the post focuses on model rocketry in the Springs, building and launching rockets, I would be remiss in my civic pride if I didn't include a pointer to local manufacturer Apogee Rockets' top-of-the-line flyable Saturn V.
This is at the top of my list of 'when I win the (big) lottery' toys!
By the way, on the page facing the Mars Lander in the '74 catalog is a great kit I'd forgotten about. The two-stage HOTL "Orbital Transport" that was an even bigger personal favorite than the 'Mars Lander'.
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