Doug Holverson
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I'm toying with putting a 24mm Estes motor mount in or on a Mini Arrow and make a RCRG. Any advice? Especially on line of thrust?
Rocket conversions?
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First piece of advice - carry a fire extinguisher to wherever you're going to touch it off.
Second - Check your range, because those rocket motors propel faster than you think, and you'll have that Arrow at the other side of the field and gone before you can blink, depending on how big your field is. If the end of the field is over homes or residential, or worse, a field of dry brush where the rocket motor can start a fire if you get out of control and crash. If that field is 1000' away and you're having to run over to put out a fire with a fire extinguisher, it may go up much faster than you can get a handle on it.
Sorry if I sound overly cautious; I just live in a very dry area of California and have been threatened by wildfires 3 times in the last 8 years. I'm not afraid of fire; I just have a VERY healthy respect for what it can do.
Second - Check your range, because those rocket motors propel faster than you think, and you'll have that Arrow at the other side of the field and gone before you can blink, depending on how big your field is. If the end of the field is over homes or residential, or worse, a field of dry brush where the rocket motor can start a fire if you get out of control and crash. If that field is 1000' away and you're having to run over to put out a fire with a fire extinguisher, it may go up much faster than you can get a handle on it.
Sorry if I sound overly cautious; I just live in a very dry area of California and have been threatened by wildfires 3 times in the last 8 years. I'm not afraid of fire; I just have a VERY healthy respect for what it can do.