I completed in a national level rocket contest in highs school and Mr. Hickman signed a piece of my rocket still hangs in the office


Quote Originally Posted by CS1983 View Post
I would encourage anyone interested in rocketry to view the modern classic, October Sky. My dad showed it to his students every year.

My oldest is old enough that a basic Estes Alpha III would be a doable build.

Growing up, we used to launch in the field next to our house. We did all kinds of neat experiments. From a standard engine with streamers and packing the tube with powdered chalk to gluing in a D engine and loading the nose cone with weight to balance it (those went high).

My dad had a teaching partner who would do that but load the nose come with a binary explosive and launch horizontally at objects. Giggity.