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Model Rocketry Anyone?
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Posted April 23 2012 - 08:01 PM
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Posted April 23 2012 - 08:03 PM
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Posted April 23 2012 - 08:04 PM
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Posted April 23 2012 - 08:04 PM
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Posted April 23 2012 - 08:05 PM
#6
Posted April 23 2012 - 08:16 PM
What were they complaining about?
This being New York, it probably irked them to see people having fun...
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#7
Posted April 23 2012 - 08:19 PM
What were they complaining about?
I think they were afraid we were terrorists or something. The officer very politely told me of the complaint and since he could plainly see we were just out there having fun in the park on a beautiful summers day, he did not ask us to leave. We had already launched many rockets so we decided to call it a day and left on our own accord. The officer was fascinated by the model rockets and said he was going to see if his children would like to try the hobby.
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Posted April 23 2012 - 08:21 PM
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Posted April 23 2012 - 08:24 PM
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Posted April 23 2012 - 08:28 PM
Cops for a model rocket? God bless ny. They probably treated tge situation like you were operating a missile silo with nukes
We were really nervous when we saw the cop car pull up and the officer walked towards us but he couldn't have been more understanding and polite. With a sense of being sorry for having to bother us with this he told us of the complaint. At least that's how I interpreted his manner and speech.
#11
Posted April 23 2012 - 08:31 PM
"Made in North Korea" ;D
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#12
Posted April 23 2012 - 08:33 PM
Tried it once. It flew up a few feet, fell apart and crashed. I picked it up and it said
"Made in North Korea" ;D
:pmsl
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Posted April 23 2012 - 08:52 PM
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Posted April 23 2012 - 09:02 PM
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Posted April 23 2012 - 09:46 PM

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Posted April 23 2012 - 09:53 PM
#17
Posted April 23 2012 - 10:28 PM

I was into model rocketry was when I was younger too....built the Estes models with the small engines B and C size IIRC. I remember one model I bought took pictures on 110 speed film. It was pretty cool. Still see the models in hobby stores around here.
I remember those. Now they have digital cameras and high def video.
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Posted April 23 2012 - 10:55 PM
I just look for the model online. i rember it being big and with three stages.
#19
Posted April 24 2012 - 06:00 AM
Just won a vintage COX X-15 on ebay to replace the one I lost....15 years ago.
#20
Posted April 24 2012 - 06:29 AM
http://www.bradcoweb...hobbystores.htm
Model planes and rockets were a common sight at Wantagh Park at one time. It may still be allowed but from the posts I just read, it probably isn't. :-/ Worth checking out anyway.
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