Nooo, It's not what you think. I just got my first rocket at the age of 51. lol
A $50 rocket for $5 at a garage sale.
Ever have one? Tell us about it here.
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I don't have any pictures of it (I guess I could go take one), but I custom built 2 rockets, 2 and 3 years ago.
First one was 6 feet tall, flew on an I, second was 7 feet and flew on am M.
~Lordbob
Used to fire off rockets when I was a kid, the kit kind. They'd inevitably drift somewhere we couldn't go get them, or the chute would fail. They went surprisingly high though. Ahhh, memories. A Guy
all i could play is firecrackers or homemade rocket. using bottles and water,then pumped it up. It's fun
I think they're engine sizes.
I've only ever had A rockets, I always wanted a multi-stage rocket, with a camera, that was taller than me.
Yes the letters are the engine size. A rough approximation would be to equate them to battery sizes. Comparing an A cell to a D cell would be like comparing an A engine to a D engine. The D engine is bigger, better, faster.I played around with building and launching a few rockets years ago. I think the biggest was about 4 feet tall with a single D engine. lol I can remember thinking, this is just a little breeze and should be no problem, and then running what seemed like forever trying to keep up with the rocket drifting on the parachute.
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are the letters the shape of the trajectory?