I got bored yesterday so i took an old copper wire spool and made it into a flying rocket. I flew it today and it was sort of funny. I have the video here.
http://media.putfile.com/The-Spool-Rocket
(NOTE: Excuse my language)
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Flying Spool!
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Last edited by [jonrev] on November 20th, 2005, 3:12 pm, edited 3 times in total.
Haha Nice! Ive made a few of those before. Did you use a C motor?
Frank
I used B6-2 motor, I would've used a C but I was flying in my front yard and did'nt want it to hit someone's car.
I made another one that uses the D motors, but it doesn't fly as good as the little one.
Where exactly did the spool land?
I would of put an AT G64W in that thing!  Frank
In my neighbor's driveway.
That thing would be gone in a second if I did that, but it's a good idea! 
^ The biggest motor I have ever used is an H128. I have 2 bigger H motors also,but Im saving those for a rainy day. Where do you fly your rockets at?
Frank
When I fly the spool I fly in my front yard, but for the rest I fly at the Grayslake Middle School's Soccer Field because I live really close to it. It works fine except almost every time I try to fly there there's kids on the field.
 Last edited by [jonrev] on November 19th, 2005, 11:08 pm, edited 1 time in total.
hehe, just don't hit my car, I park here.
They don't land THAT far. They usually stay in the field, land on the school or in a evil tree
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Yeah, I know, I was just kidding.
That would be funny if it happened though.
Heres my field. Those lakes are rocket eaters!
Its in glendale heights.
http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image. ... 41.9360330 This place is my high power launch site which is in Burlington, WI. I found out the hard way when I put one 5,000 feet and it landed a mile away. Found it a week later. http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image. ... sconsin%7c Frank
Wow, that's a nice big area.
I might try to fly rockets again sometime tomorrow so if anyone want's to watch PM me.
The first one is kind of small, but the second one is huge and you feel like your in the middle of nowhere.
Frank
Glendale Heights is where NIRA does their monthly launch. I've been there before.
Whenever I try to fly something it always ends up in or on a car, roof, tree, on top of someone, house, or never comes back
Yup. Im there every month, except tomorrow. Frank
I was there in August. I was the one with the Estes V2 that was a pain in the ass to fly. (Everyone started clapping though when it finally got up there) I also had the very last launch of the day.
^ That was you! I was standing right there when you launched it. I had the sr71 blackbird, canadian arrow and that green and black nuke pro max which I flew on an F40.
Frank
I remember that F one! That was so cool!
Here's a video of the V2 launch (I'm the guy in the blue shirt) ... http://media.putfile.com/V2-at-NIRA
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