Free model rocket engines/remote/shoots/wads

[Manik]

Long shot.....Just dont wanna see them get thrown away.

If anyone is into model rockets i have two unopened packages of three A and three B Engines along with 6 loose C Engines. 3 Unopened Parachutes and 4 Engine Wads.. Also a Remote det with coord (Unused)

The reminance of a long sold off 50+ rocket collection.

Anyone still shoot these guys off or have a kid that does? Just throwing these out otherwise. figure it could save someone 50 bucks...

[stoinkythepig]

I'd love to have those. We shoot rockets off the ice up in Maine.

[Manik]

Excellent. Im just down in Ipswich MA so we can meet up easily in NBPT or something, otherwise if you want to pm me an address i can just ship them to you. They are pretty light and would probably only cost a buck to send. Certainly worth seeing them get put to use over put in the trash.

[caddydaddy]

Since you have the experience, what would be a good starter rocket? I'd like to try it out now that my kids are old enough.

[Manik]

Most low end starter kits are about 25-30 bucks. If you want them to like rockets...whichever one looks the coolest is your best bet :-p

but honestly...they are all so similar from the start its really about just getting one that looks bada$$ and sending it up til it disappears.
Afterward, you can get into the hobby builds and custom engines, but to start there is a waste of money and will end in a frustrated kid. The hobbybuilds require that you take the time to build them propperly and that usually leads to crooked fins and lost rockets.

Anything with an A engine in it is fun. Anything with a C engine in it is usually lost. unless you have a field. Id Say grab up any sparkley headed cool colored Estes starter kit. they are very straight forward and hittin the button the first time is really going to overshadow what he rocket looks like / cost for the the first 5 or so launches.

[Manik]

Taser Model Rocket Starter Set Easy To Assemble #1491 by Estes (1491)

Great option with fin assemply that falls into notches. maybe a better second rocket. unless he likes building...then 1st all the way.

Alpha III Starter Set - Easy To Assemble #1427 by Estes (1427)

Alphas as far as i know come fins assembled and its just about a plug and play rocket. (Alot of the early stage1 rockets that are for beginnes will only fly 500-600 ft)
The alpha flies over 1000. Better awe factor for the young guy.

[caddydaddy]

Wow, I didn't realize how inexpensive they were. I'm sure that just like any other hobby, it can get spendy. Thanks!

[stoinkythepig]

PM sent

[MattR302]

I probably have a dozen rockets with a box of engines in a cabinet in my parents' basement, some cool ones I don't think I ever built.
And there's probably another half dozen still stuck in the trees near their house too.

Also, I'm not sure what the post office would think about you mailing model rocket engines...

[stoinkythepig]

I built one of these in the 1970s:


It would fly up to 300-400 feet (guessing) and when the parachute charge went off, it would pop the engine unit out of the glider to descend on its own and the glider wings would swing 90 degrees so it could glide down gracefully. It worked great until it glided all the way into the Lamprey River.

Looks like the kit might be worth a lot more these days. I doubt I spent more than 20 bucks for it back in the day.
Vintage Estes 1265 Scissor Wing Transport Flying Model Rocket Awesome Kit | eBay

[drinkingmymilk]

Wow, I didn't realize how inexpensive they were. I'm sure that just like any other hobby, it can get spendy. Thanks!

Seriously, this seems like a great cheap thing to get into with my nephews. Would a couple soccer fields be enough space for one of these things?

[MattR302]

Seriously, this seems like a great cheap thing to get into with my nephews. Would a couple soccer fields be enough space for one of these things?

Yes, at least with an A engine on a non windy day. That orange and black one is the classic starter rocket. I'll see what's kicking around at my parents for you Chris.

I used to make cheap "disposable" rockets out of a paper towel tube, cardboard fins, a plastic golf ball for the nose, and a plastic bag parachute.

[stoinkythepig]

I taught my daughters some basic trig while calculating the altitude of rockets using angles measured with a homemade spotting tube on a tripod. With A engines, we could re-use the rockets over and over indefinitely in a little league baseball field. B and C engines were exciting, but almost always resulted in lost rockets unless we shot them off on a frozen lake with at least 1/4 mile of open ice all around us (and painted the rockets dark colors).

This probably takes me out of the running for father of the year, but we got so confident in our rockets that we would play "catch" with them in the outfield of the baseball field when my wife was not around. One of us would fire them off (with A engines) at a low angle from home plate toward center field and the others would catch them in the air shortly after the parachute deployed at an altitude of maybe 25 feet. It was surprisingly easy not only to catch them, but also to figure out where to stand since they were very consistent in flight.

Rockets are a great way to teach kids about science and math and make it fun. The fact that they are really cheap helps too. I owe my 5th grade teacher a debt of gratitude for hooking me on them with a gift of an Alpha kit when I was 10 years old.

[csmutty]

We used to have a blast with those things when I was younger...





And more recent times...

[drinkingmymilk]

Yes, at least with an A engine on a non windy day. That orange and black one is the classic starter rocket. I'll see what's kicking around at my parents for you Chris.

I used to make cheap "disposable" rockets out of a paper towel tube, cardboard fins, a plastic golf ball for the nose, and a plastic bag parachute.

Awesome. Thanks.

[snwbrdr435]

I remember losing the rockets that i had when i put a c motor in on a windy day... just ended up firing the rest of the engines through a metal pipe like a bazooka. That was more fun.