 Model Rockets - Experience Sky Exploration right in your backyard |
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The Amazing Hobby of Model Rocketry It never ceases to amaze me at how satisfying the hobby of model rocketry is. And it really is amazing how inexpensive a hobby it is. For a few dollars you can get going in model rocketry. For what you get it really is a good value. And this is space age type technology - literally. This type of rocket technology hasn't been around that long and it used to be the sole property of scientists with lots of money and time. But you don't need a lot of money or a lot of time to enjoy model rockets. Multiple benefits
But, making them is just half the fun because, for me, it is very rewarding to take your rockets out to a big open field and launch them off. This isn't just an arts and crafts type hobby where you make things. It is an active hobby where you make things that do things: Launch into the sky at high speed.
I have lots of model rocket stuff here on this website so browse around and have some fun. I also have bought and built this Estes Tandem X Kit so you can get tutorials and watch videos. Lots of variations and lots of fun. How much does it cost as a hobby? The funny thing about model rocketry is how inexpensive it is. You can get this kit (which has two rockets) and everything else you need for less than thirty dollars. And what that gives you is several hours of model rocket making and a great afternoon of launching! And the rockets are not disposable. You can use them over and over again. You just have to buy more engines which cost around two to three dollars each depending on how strong you want them and how high you want to launch.
You can see the video here: Launching a Model Rocket in a A New England Snow Storm |
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Model Rocket Stuff
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The first thing about model rockets is building time. This is a satisfying hobby just in itself. It's just a lot of fun to make rockets. Some people don't even launch them -just put them on display. 
And over the past few years model rockets have joined the computer age because now you can get rockets with still cameras in them or with video cameras in them. So now you can take a video of your flight from the perspective of the rocket. Or you can take sky view pictures of the ground. 
You can get or make all kinds of rockets and one of the more popular ones is the type of rocket that has an onboard video camera so you can get a video of it as it goes up and comes back down. There are gliders and star wars type rockets. There is just a great variety. With a little bit of reading and some basic cardboard tube supplies you can also design your own rockets.
