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Old 22-07-2021, 09:13 PM
Hans Tucker (Hans)
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Originally Posted by GrahamL View Post
Did a couple of model rocket flights.. from memory you do have to give up some info to buy the motors .. I do remember one getting a little tweak and at launch went vertical for 20 metres then horizontal for 50 + metres right towards the highway patrol team doing random tests near bye .. and it was all painted green like a missile.. when that motor died at 1.3 seconds and fell short oh god I was so

happy not to have to run
All this discussion about launching rockets reminds me of the movie October Sky which was based on the memoir of Homer H. Hickam Jr. Must get around to reading the book.
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