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Home-Made or Store Bought
Our Battalion Unit 8118 is going to do the Rocketry Mission. What suggestions does anyone have about building the rockets from scratch compared to buying rockets-to-build from Estes?
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Estes has 2 bulk packs you can purchase – the Viking and the Wizard – each pack has 12 rockets and the rocket fuel and wadding is included. We like using the kits because it is more economical and everyone is working on the same rocket together. We have the guys paint them as they wish and compete for who’s looks the best. Both these kits have streamer recovery, so less likely to loose then as with a parachute recovery.
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Building from scratch can actually be quite economical, but it is more labor intensive and works best if the guys are present every week. Rockets can be made from file folders and paper towel tubes, and the streamers can be cut from disposable plastic grocery bags. The new Rocketry mission has a downloadable PDF with directions and a complete materials list.
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Stockaders we use kits and For Battalion aged guys, we always did home made. We spent a couple weeks learning about rocket design and purchased tubes/wood/nose ones in bulk. Some years we made everything from scratch, tubes/nosecones/engines. That however took a lot of prep and time.
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Jim, Do you have any recommendations for resources to look at for guys who don’t know where to start when it comes to rocket design and making them from scratch?
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The new Rocketry mission has a downloadable pdf with all materials listed and step-by-step directions to cover four weeks.
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Thank you for the replies. Very helpful.
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