Anyone here into model rockets?

[Archae]

I used to be, when I was much younger.

I went to the Estes web site, and they now have digital video that can be strapped on to many rockets, and one rocket dedicated to digital video.

I saw a few videos at Youtube, taken with these cameras and it really is awesome!

&ab_channel=asotoole1985

[sanatanadharma]

1. Why? Yes! Thanks for asking-- I note the foiled fins

I began with an Estes scale model of the ARCAS sounding rocket in 1969.
Many years later with a son, I built and flew again.
That video shows six "F" energy engines, which is a long way from a single "A"*

Which led to years of scale model building, forum visits and postings, research, recognition in a major scale model builders book, building, some flying, some selling, some school and library display cases, some teaching, so much paraphernalia and finally all took flight, lost to memory and mind and a few photos.

Oh, and at least two "Ojala, no one was hurt" moments.
Perhaps balanced by the surprised, "You're willing to pay that much for what I built from cardboard and balsa and paint and measuring and detailing and DIYing and offering on eBay and thank you very much?
The hobby of model rocket doesn't exist in Uruguay, and only one modeler's shop in the entire country.

* For those who do know already know, amateur rocket engines are classified A-B-C-D-E-F- and more, wherein the total power doubles at each step. B = 2A, C =2B, D=8A etc (IIRC).

[MichMan]

2. They were fun to build and watch them take off

Unfortunately, could never find where they landed. One and Done

[Rincewind]

3. I am.

Model rockets, and high power rockets. I'm the President of the local model rocket club, and a member of both the National Association of rocketry, and the Tripoli Rocketry Association. I've never flown larger than a "J" motor. So far.

[OldBaldy1701E]

4. I used to have an Estes model of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701.

I launched it once. It flew up fine, deployed the chute, and lost it. She went down rather hard. I repaired it as best I could, but never launched it again. That was my foray into Estes rockets. Pretty pathetic, but I just could not watch her have another accident.

(Also, understand that this was the only 'model' of the Enterprise I had ever found. I lived in a decidedly rural part of my home state and such things were just not around often, if at all. This was way before the internet and Amazon. So, you either drove to a major city to find such things, or you just dreamed about it. Since there are no 'major' cities in my home state, such a thing was almost impossible to find, unless you located a shop where someone was willing to carry such a thing. Of course, after Star Trek: TNG came out, such things were much easier to find.)

[vanamonde]

5. I built the Camroc

https://www.rcgrabbag.com/estes-camroc-1966/

A really fussy rocket. One had to be very careful to select the correct delay. Gaining too little altitude, or too long a delay could result in the destruction of the rocket. After a few successful shots mine plowed straight into the roof of the junior high building without opening the 'chute. Expensive, too.
I still have the Mercury-Redstone kit, unassembled but the package has been opened. I've been schlepping it around for several decades now.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. Fun Video

I had model rockets when I was a kid. 12-14 years old, I think.
Kind of lost interest in HS.