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Model Forum / General / Rockets / January 2010A Threat to Our Hobby!
Do you like model rocketry? I do. All it takes is a just few jerks to ruin it. Please see: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-770370787085311826&ei=XgM-S6SOK5OerALryoTDDQ > Do you like model rocketry? I do. > All it takes is a just few jerks to ruin it. > Please see: > > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-770370787085311826&ei=XgM-S6SOK5OerALryoTDDQ Quite unfortunate that they used the engines as a source of black powder but it really wasn't about rocketry. I can foresee something like this making it harder for kids to get the motors. Tom > > Do you like model rocketry? I do. > > All it takes is a just few jerks to ruin it. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > motors. > Tom No law prevents illegal acts. This is clearly a violation of federal, and I would bet their state and local laws. Even Mythbusters has cut open modek rocket engines to get the black powder. It's a darned stupid thing to do, but people (young and old) have been doing it since black powder was invented. I bet even a young George Washington pinched a few ounces of his dad's rifle powder to make crackers. >and I would bet their state and local laws. Even Mythbusters has cut >open modek rocket engines to get the black powder. It's a darned >stupid thing to do, but people (young and old) have been doing it Why would the Mythbusters need to cut open black powder motors to get black powder? Can't they just buy a can of black powder? I bought some black powder last year with no issues and nothing special required. >>and I would bet their state and local laws. Even Mythbusters has cut >>open modek rocket engines to get the black powder. It's a darned [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I bought some black powder last year with no issues and nothing special > required. They try to do the "myth" as it is described. It was probably described that way. Tom >> Why would the Mythbusters need to cut open black powder motors to get >> black powder? Can't they just buy a can of black powder? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >They try to do the "myth" as it is described. It was probably described that >way. If I remember correctly they were recreating a myth from hundreds of years ago. They might have been doing it to make the show more interesting for TV. >> Do you like model rocketry? I do. >> All it takes is a just few jerks to ruin it. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >motors. >Tom The obscenely high price of model rocket motors already makes it difficult for kids (as well as adults) to get motors. The more likely scenario is that kids buy low cost fireworks and try making rocket motors from them. Of course fireworks are not available in most states, and kids do not always respect laws. So, the scenario could be kids shop lifting model rocket motors and abusing them to make fireworks. Even Andy spoke in "60 minutes" in favor or fireworks, even for kids. Legalizing Fireworks would seem to be a win-win situation, except for a few accidents, and the nuisance of mistaking crackers for drive by shooters, etc. >> The obscenely high price of model rocket motors already makes it > difficult for kids (as well as adults) to get motors. The more likely [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > situation, except for a few accidents, and the nuisance of mistaking > crackers for drive by shooters, etc. Three bucks each for a D motor is not that bad, is it? Tom > >> The obscenely high price of model rocket motors already makes it > > difficult for kids (as well as adults) to get motors. The more likely [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Three bucks each for a D motor is not that bad, is it? > Tom Estes D12 motors are now $15.29 list price. Plus tax and shipping. >> >> The obscenely high price of model rocket motors already makes it >> > difficult for kids (as well as adults) to get motors. The more likely [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Estes D12 motors are now $15.29 list price. Plus tax and shipping. That's list for a 3-pack. The same site (Discount Hobbies) where I found that actually sells them for $10.70 for the 3-pack.  SignatureAs we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously. (Benjamin Franklin) >>> >> The obscenely high price of model rocket motors already makes it >>> > difficult for kids (as well as adults) to get motors. The more likely [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > That's list for a 3-pack. The same site (Discount Hobbies) where I > found that actually sells them for $10.70 for the 3-pack. Yes, they're the ones I used to get for $8.99. I stand corrected. Tom > Do you like model rocketry? I do. > All it takes is a just few jerks to ruin it. > Please see: > > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-770370787085311826&ei=XgM-S6SOK5OerALryoTDDQ I will also note that this is not exactly news. The clip was posted 3 years ago, and we haven't seen any (new) restrictions on the purchase of motors in the last 3 years. Make of that what you will. > > Do you like model rocketry? I do. > > All it takes is a just few jerks to ruin it. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > ago, and we haven't seen any (new) restrictions on the purchase of motors in > the last 3 years. Make of that what you will. Yep, these kids got away with it. However, if this continues, some day soon we will open the morning paper and see a scare headline like, "6 kids killed by model rocket bomb." Then try to buy a model rocket engine! > Do you like model rocketry? I do. > All it takes is a just few jerks to ruin it. > Please see: > > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-770370787085311826&ei=XgM-S6... there is a "report problem" link on there to use > > Do you like model rocketry? I do. > > All it takes is a just few jerks to ruin it. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > there is a "report problem" link on there to use A VERY GOOD IDEA! |
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